Trials, by the author of 'The favourite of nature'.1824 |
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... took , in lieu of money or family plate , all that quantity of family pride , which usually goes to those who get little else beside . Mr. Dorrington married well , and so far increased his fortune and his interest ; and had it pleased ...
... took , in lieu of money or family plate , all that quantity of family pride , which usually goes to those who get little else beside . Mr. Dorrington married well , and so far increased his fortune and his interest ; and had it pleased ...
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... took of her ; and at this period of life friendship being somewhat rapid in its growth , at the end of a week they were connected together in every project and every pursuit . Augusta announcing herself to be " most particularly ...
... took of her ; and at this period of life friendship being somewhat rapid in its growth , at the end of a week they were connected together in every project and every pursuit . Augusta announcing herself to be " most particularly ...
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... took care , in a brief but very energetic way , to impress upon her mind that the elegant endowments which cost him such a quan- tity of money , must be looked upon by her as so much stock in trade , with which in due season she was to ...
... took care , in a brief but very energetic way , to impress upon her mind that the elegant endowments which cost him such a quan- tity of money , must be looked upon by her as so much stock in trade , with which in due season she was to ...
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... their health the girls generally took every morning before breakfast , that her opinion of his being her captive was founded . Upon so slen- der a basis indeed did this conquest appear to rest , that Catherine quite co- incided with 37.
... their health the girls generally took every morning before breakfast , that her opinion of his being her captive was founded . Upon so slen- der a basis indeed did this conquest appear to rest , that Catherine quite co- incided with 37.
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... took place . Captain Harvey offered his arm to Miss Belmont , and St. Aubyn very po- litely made the same overture to Cathe- rine , which she for a long time declined with many an embarrassed " No I thank you , " till Augusta's loud ...
... took place . Captain Harvey offered his arm to Miss Belmont , and St. Aubyn very po- litely made the same overture to Cathe- rine , which she for a long time declined with many an embarrassed " No I thank you , " till Augusta's loud ...
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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.