Trials, by the author of 'The favourite of nature'.1824 |
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Page 66
... sigh , and a few silent tears ; and St. Aubyn did not observe it , and I was again very happy . He went on repeating to me the greater part both of L'Allegro and II Penseroso , stopping every now and then , and look- ing under my hat ...
... sigh , and a few silent tears ; and St. Aubyn did not observe it , and I was again very happy . He went on repeating to me the greater part both of L'Allegro and II Penseroso , stopping every now and then , and look- ing under my hat ...
Page 125
... sigh . They can only affect me , as affect- ing you , " she replied ; " but you look serious , St. Aubyn - something disturbs you tell me what it is ? " " It is nothing of very recent occur- rence , " he replied . " It has long been a ...
... sigh . They can only affect me , as affect- ing you , " she replied ; " but you look serious , St. Aubyn - something disturbs you tell me what it is ? " " It is nothing of very recent occur- rence , " he replied . " It has long been a ...
Page 154
... with tears that now seemed to give her infi- nite relief . Her grief gradually died away in heavy sighs . Images succeeded each other with less rapidity and distinctness ; they became obscure and dull - till at length , 154.
... with tears that now seemed to give her infi- nite relief . Her grief gradually died away in heavy sighs . Images succeeded each other with less rapidity and distinctness ; they became obscure and dull - till at length , 154.
Page 167
... , which fettered her tongue , and rivetted her to the spot . Without uttering a word she obeyed her suggestion , and resumed her seat . For more than an hour she silently sat by them , occasionally sighing deeply , for she was suffering ...
... , which fettered her tongue , and rivetted her to the spot . Without uttering a word she obeyed her suggestion , and resumed her seat . For more than an hour she silently sat by them , occasionally sighing deeply , for she was suffering ...
Page 168
Mary Ann Kelty. them , occasionally sighing deeply , for she was suffering beyond the power of language to describe . Yet , wretched as she was , there seemed to be a fascination in her misery . She felt as if she could sooner have died ...
Mary Ann Kelty. them , occasionally sighing deeply , for she was suffering beyond the power of language to describe . Yet , wretched as she was , there seemed to be a fascination in her misery . She felt as if she could sooner have died ...
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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.