The Favourite of Nature: A Tale ...G. and W. B. Whittaker, 1822 |
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... going to the full extent of what you propose , ' " Here I interrupted him , and begged him to say no more , as I had lost even the wish to complete my purposes . ' So soon have you lost the wish that , but a dis- few minutes since , you ...
... going to the full extent of what you propose , ' " Here I interrupted him , and begged him to say no more , as I had lost even the wish to complete my purposes . ' So soon have you lost the wish that , but a dis- few minutes since , you ...
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... going to be animated , and evidently began to like me better than she had done . So I detailed my plans , leaving out my building scheme , which Mr. Henley's sarcasın had completely overturned . Suppose we sit down , ' said Louisa ; and ...
... going to be animated , and evidently began to like me better than she had done . So I detailed my plans , leaving out my building scheme , which Mr. Henley's sarcasın had completely overturned . Suppose we sit down , ' said Louisa ; and ...
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... schemes : and here methinks you are going to exclaim , ' For heaven's sake , Eliza , spare me the recital ; is the return you can make me for all the charming detail of beaux , and balls , and billets - doux , with which I 20.
... schemes : and here methinks you are going to exclaim , ' For heaven's sake , Eliza , spare me the recital ; is the return you can make me for all the charming detail of beaux , and balls , and billets - doux , with which I 20.
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... going on in the world . But , till yesterday , I have never heard Louisa talk of any thing but which was the best way of cutting out linen ; and how many frocks and petticoats might be made of so many yards of stuff . " When I found ...
... going on in the world . But , till yesterday , I have never heard Louisa talk of any thing but which was the best way of cutting out linen ; and how many frocks and petticoats might be made of so many yards of stuff . " When I found ...
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... going , and not minding where she is going herself , no wonder she runs against posts and pillars . And I must presume to find fault with her ! who have just knocked my simple head against a plan , wherein I begin to feel a mortal mis ...
... going , and not minding where she is going herself , no wonder she runs against posts and pillars . And I must presume to find fault with her ! who have just knocked my simple head against a plan , wherein I begin to feel a mortal mis ...
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admiration agreeable amusement appeared assure astonished attention aunt Baronet Bartley's beauty believe Belton cern certainly CHAP charming countenance daugh dear Delville and Miss doubt Durand earnest Eliza Rivers endeavoured expression fair lady Fairfield fancy feelings felt fortune going grave hand happy Harriet hear heard heart Henley's honour hope idea inquired interrupted Julia Bartley kind knew Lady Delville ladyship laughing look Lord Bacon Louisa Henley Madame du Deffand manner ment mind Miss Bartley Miss Brooke Miss Rivers morning Mortimer MORTIMER DURAND nature ness never observed party pathy paused person pleased pleasure politeness poor pretty proceeded racter rapture recollection Rectory remark replied returned riate Rule Britannia scarcely seemed sentiment Sidney sigh silent sing sion Sir George smile soon Sophia sort suppose sure taste thing thought Eliza tion turned vanity voice Walde Waldegrave walk wish woman words young Bartley young ladies
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Page 278 - See the wretch that long has tost On the thorny bed of pain, At length repair his vigour lost, And breathe and walk again ; The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise.
Page 225 - The sooty films that play upon the bars Pendulous, and foreboding, in the view Of superstition, prophesying still, Though still deceived, some stranger's near approach 'Tis thus the understanding takes repose In indolent vacuity of thought, And sleeps and is refresh'd. Meanwhile the face Conceals the mood lethargic with a mask Of deep deliberation, as the man Were task'd to his full strength, absorb'd and lost.
Page 112 - To buy Judy Pratt a pair of shoes, and John Wilson a hat; and five yards of stuff for a frock for Betsy Smith, some dark colour most useful — Mr. Sampson's,Market-place — Mrs. Thompson, the milliner. — One yard white sattin.— Five ditto ribbon, 2d. — Gloves. — The music shop. — Watch ribbon for Mr. Henley. — Pride and Prejudice — Sense and Sensibility.
Page 344 - But to center all our joys, and hopes, all our fears, and anxieties, in any human object, so as to make the happiness of our lives depend solely or chiefly upon that ; to raise our affections to their utmost height, to add to them all the heightenings of imagination, and...
Page 325 - all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Page 54 - ... diocesan, that I would not leave this state ; and the kind and earnest requests of my Episcopalian friends in Philadelphia, that I would remain in that city, where many circumstances lead to the belief that my poor exertions may be so directed as to be profitable to many. " To every thing now said, I should be unjust to my own feelings if I did not add, still further, that considering the grand scale on which the church in Richmond has been commenced, and the expectations raised with respect...
Page 7 - All regularly constituted, ordered and governed according to the Will of God, as revealed to us in his Word, That only we endeavor to make the rule of our Faith and Practice, in all religious concerns.
Page 42 - ... the duty he felt incumbent on him to do all that lay in his power to improve the position of the people of India.