Trials, by the author of 'The favourite of nature'.1824 |
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... cause her counsels to be followed ; and that you , Miss Dorrington , could be persuaded into the manners of a gentlewoman . ” It is a sad thing , indeed , Catherine , " said Lady Vincent , adding her remon- strances , " it is a very sad ...
... cause her counsels to be followed ; and that you , Miss Dorrington , could be persuaded into the manners of a gentlewoman . ” It is a sad thing , indeed , Catherine , " said Lady Vincent , adding her remon- strances , " it is a very sad ...
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... balancing in his mind the various merits of various ladies , with the design of promoting them to the honour of succeeding the departed Lady Catherine ; a measure , his sister Lady Vincent strongly recommended , be- cause , as she said 11.
... balancing in his mind the various merits of various ladies , with the design of promoting them to the honour of succeeding the departed Lady Catherine ; a measure , his sister Lady Vincent strongly recommended , be- cause , as she said 11.
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Mary Ann Kelty. Vincent strongly recommended , be- cause , as she said , it was a step essential to his domestic happiness ; but princi- pally because it occurred to her that , as she was a widow , and had no children of her own , this ...
Mary Ann Kelty. Vincent strongly recommended , be- cause , as she said , it was a step essential to his domestic happiness ; but princi- pally because it occurred to her that , as she was a widow , and had no children of her own , this ...
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... of elegant acquirement , that , shocking as it might be to suppose it , Catherine had but too much cause to believe that , at this period of her life , she was little less than an object of dislike to him . Such an 18.
... of elegant acquirement , that , shocking as it might be to suppose it , Catherine had but too much cause to believe that , at this period of her life , she was little less than an object of dislike to him . Such an 18.
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... caused him to despair of her success in the way of personal attrac- tion ; for he had always felt sure that a woman with such a pair of eyes as Cathe- rine possessed , might have done a great deal for herself , if she had been one ...
... caused him to despair of her success in the way of personal attrac- tion ; for he had always felt sure that a woman with such a pair of eyes as Cathe- rine possessed , might have done a great deal for herself , if she had been one ...
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Popular passages
Page 65 - But, hail! thou Goddess sage and holy! Hail, divinest Melancholy! Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight...
Page 237 - For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt ; I am black ; astonishment hath taken hold on me. Is there no balm in Gilead ; is there no physician there ? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered...
Page 23 - His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say —
Page 107 - And from Shakespeare she gained a great store of information amongst the rest, that -'Trifles light as air, Are, to the jealous, confirmation strong, As proofs of Holy Writ.
Page 82 - But I'll do my best a gude wife to be, For auld Robin Gray is kind unto me.
Page 130 - No more of that. I pray you, in your letters, When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, Speak of me as I am ; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice...
Page 266 - Lord was not in the wind of human passion — not in the earthquake — not in the fire — but in the still small voice which comes when all these have passed away.
Page 237 - O that I had wings like a dove : for then would I flee away, and be at rest.
Page 245 - Habitual evils change not on a sudden: But many days must pass, and many sorrows; Conscious remorse and anguish must be felt, To curb desire, to break the stubborn will, And work a second nature in the soul...
Page 175 - O thou bounteous giver of all good, Thou art of all thy gifts thyself the crown ! Give what thou canst, without thee we are poor ; And with thee rich, take what thou wilt away.