The Favourite of Nature: A Tale ...G. and W. B. Whittaker, 1822 |
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... silent and af- fecting contemplation of the interesting being she addressed . " Alas ! " she con- tinued , as if the short abstraction had but augmented her doubts- " alas ! with what seductive snares has Nature encom- passed my darling ...
... silent and af- fecting contemplation of the interesting being she addressed . " Alas ! " she con- tinued , as if the short abstraction had but augmented her doubts- " alas ! with what seductive snares has Nature encom- passed my darling ...
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... silent . Her grief , so profound , so touching , in- creased the natural pang which accom- panied the idea of leaving in a state of comparative desolation , one so lovely and so young . Tears fell fast down the aged cheeks of Mrs ...
... silent . Her grief , so profound , so touching , in- creased the natural pang which accom- panied the idea of leaving in a state of comparative desolation , one so lovely and so young . Tears fell fast down the aged cheeks of Mrs ...
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... silence , that I do not participate in the rapture she finds in her music , and her other elegant pursuits . She does not see me wipe away the tears of pious pleasure , which her matchless perform- ance of Handel's sacred songs never ...
... silence , that I do not participate in the rapture she finds in her music , and her other elegant pursuits . She does not see me wipe away the tears of pious pleasure , which her matchless perform- ance of Handel's sacred songs never ...
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... silence , or by any thing short of being , upon all occasions , of the greatest possible con- sequence to every body about her . If she could have made choice of any par- ticular endowment for this purpose , she would have preferred the ...
... silence , or by any thing short of being , upon all occasions , of the greatest possible con- sequence to every body about her . If she could have made choice of any par- ticular endowment for this purpose , she would have preferred the ...
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... silent man ; fond of literature , and a scientific amateur in music ; but reserved in his habits , and averse from society ; seldom leaving home , except when drawn from it by the attraction of some gratifying performance in the art he ...
... silent man ; fond of literature , and a scientific amateur in music ; but reserved in his habits , and averse from society ; seldom leaving home , except when drawn from it by the attraction of some gratifying performance in the art he ...
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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.