Letters from Ireland, MDCCCXXXVII |
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The circumstance threw a shade of indescribable sadness over my mind : the heart knew its own bitterness ; and the tears that for an hour would not cease to fall , as I looked upon the soft and beautiful scenery around me , were indeed ...
The circumstance threw a shade of indescribable sadness over my mind : the heart knew its own bitterness ; and the tears that for an hour would not cease to fall , as I looked upon the soft and beautiful scenery around me , were indeed ...
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My spirits rose to the highest pitch of joyousness , while the vehicle danced along , as if in sympathy with my bounding heart . The road was narrow and wild , the banks low ; and our position of course commanded only a view of one side ...
My spirits rose to the highest pitch of joyousness , while the vehicle danced along , as if in sympathy with my bounding heart . The road was narrow and wild , the banks low ; and our position of course commanded only a view of one side ...
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... in ninety - nine cases out of a hundred , win their warm hearts , and render them for the time being your attached , devoted servants . I envy not the person who would derive no pleasure from this return for pleasure conferred .
... in ninety - nine cases out of a hundred , win their warm hearts , and render them for the time being your attached , devoted servants . I envy not the person who would derive no pleasure from this return for pleasure conferred .
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These people are all heart ; all glowing warmth and devotion of feeling . Oh that we studied them aright for their own profit ; and strove to lead in bands of love those who cannot , will not be driven by the goad of stern authority .
These people are all heart ; all glowing warmth and devotion of feeling . Oh that we studied them aright for their own profit ; and strove to lead in bands of love those who cannot , will not be driven by the goad of stern authority .
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And the Lord , in pity to the blindness and unbelief of our hearts , has vouchsafed a perpetual witness to the truth of his word . My purpose , , therefore , is not in the course of this tour to declaim upon causes , but to trace ...
And the Lord , in pity to the blindness and unbelief of our hearts , has vouchsafed a perpetual witness to the truth of his word . My purpose , , therefore , is not in the course of this tour to declaim upon causes , but to trace ...
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| Title | Letters from Ireland, MDCCCXXXVII |
| Author | Charlotte Elizabeth |
| Publisher | R.B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1838 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 19 Dec 2012 |
| Length | 436 pages |
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