Life, or, Fashion and feelingA.K. Newman, 1822 |
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... bosom , under the fostering influence of affliction . Ah ! little does that woman know the high privilege she foregoes , who neglects to establish in her own mind . those sentiments , of pure and rational reli- gion , which serve to ...
... bosom , under the fostering influence of affliction . Ah ! little does that woman know the high privilege she foregoes , who neglects to establish in her own mind . those sentiments , of pure and rational reli- gion , which serve to ...
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... bosom of his wife a sanctuary from the chagrins - the cares- the tumults of life . Bitter were the re- flections of this discovery - many were the agonized hours he endured , reverting with unavailing regret to the past , look- ing ...
... bosom of his wife a sanctuary from the chagrins - the cares- the tumults of life . Bitter were the re- flections of this discovery - many were the agonized hours he endured , reverting with unavailing regret to the past , look- ing ...
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... be found in the pursuits of public life alone . He turned his views to his home . He there saw the wife of his bosom , whom , with all her faults , he yet fondly loved , with LIFE . 41 could not remove the weight upon his ...
... be found in the pursuits of public life alone . He turned his views to his home . He there saw the wife of his bosom , whom , with all her faults , he yet fondly loved , with LIFE . 41 could not remove the weight upon his ...
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... bosom . No ; it was the pain- ful consciousness that he had , by a rash engagement , probably deprived himself for ever of this source of homefelt happiness . Frederick Clifford was busily employed sowing seed in a border newly dressed ...
... bosom . No ; it was the pain- ful consciousness that he had , by a rash engagement , probably deprived himself for ever of this source of homefelt happiness . Frederick Clifford was busily employed sowing seed in a border newly dressed ...
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... throat and part of her bosom , which the partial open- ing of her white dress displayed . Clifford advanced with ease and good- humour , the gratified feelings of a hus- band 4 ed , and glowing with a pleasing elevation ,. LIFE . 69.
... throat and part of her bosom , which the partial open- ing of her white dress displayed . Clifford advanced with ease and good- humour , the gratified feelings of a hus- band 4 ed , and glowing with a pleasing elevation ,. LIFE . 69.
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