Trials, by the author of 'The favourite of nature'.1824 |
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Page 38
... spirits , and the sort of good humour which thoughtlessness and ex- treme youth naturally inspire . After a great deal of nonsense had been written on both sides , the Captain imparted a desire to be favoured with an intervew , which ...
... spirits , and the sort of good humour which thoughtlessness and ex- treme youth naturally inspire . After a great deal of nonsense had been written on both sides , the Captain imparted a desire to be favoured with an intervew , which ...
Page 59
... spirit with which you speak of his conduct , testifies that you have already advanced a great way towards estimating him as he deserves . Oh how I wish you were as happy as I am , and that such another as St. Aubyn were in reserve for ...
... spirit with which you speak of his conduct , testifies that you have already advanced a great way towards estimating him as he deserves . Oh how I wish you were as happy as I am , and that such another as St. Aubyn were in reserve for ...
Page 83
... , when balanced with that living death , that daily pining of heart and soul , that wearing away of spirits and of mind , with which the vic- tim of disappointed affection mourns over the too easy credulity with which she yielded herself ...
... , when balanced with that living death , that daily pining of heart and soul , that wearing away of spirits and of mind , with which the vic- tim of disappointed affection mourns over the too easy credulity with which she yielded herself ...
Page 88
... spirit of Catherine promised an assurance that all inter- ference , as far as it respected her , would be useless , she took , as she conceived , the most probable measures for bringing the matter about . Her own opinion of her niece ...
... spirit of Catherine promised an assurance that all inter- ference , as far as it respected her , would be useless , she took , as she conceived , the most probable measures for bringing the matter about . Her own opinion of her niece ...
Page 104
... spirit had been given her in the doctrines of Mrs. Vernon . She indulged her emo- tions till they exhausted themselves , and till she had perfectly astonished St. Au- byn by such an exhibition of temper , for such a trifling cause . He ...
... spirit had been given her in the doctrines of Mrs. Vernon . She indulged her emo- tions till they exhausted themselves , and till she had perfectly astonished St. Au- byn by such an exhibition of temper , for such a trifling cause . He ...
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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.