Trials: A Tale, Volume 1G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1824 - 957 pages |
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... awoke to life . They continued their ramble ; St. Aubyn and his companion every instant becoming better acquainted with the character of each other ; Augusta and the VOL . I. - C Captain had very little to learn on either side of 25.
... awoke to life . They continued their ramble ; St. Aubyn and his companion every instant becoming better acquainted with the character of each other ; Augusta and the VOL . I. - C Captain had very little to learn on either side of 25.
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... continued , after a short silence ; Who could grieve you ? ' " Oh , Augusta , was I wrong in my answer ! - Tell me yet don't - oh don't tell me for I know that I was wrong ; but had I been to die for uttering them , I could not have ...
... continued , after a short silence ; Who could grieve you ? ' " Oh , Augusta , was I wrong in my answer ! - Tell me yet don't - oh don't tell me for I know that I was wrong ; but had I been to die for uttering them , I could not have ...
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... continued , breaking into fresh tears , as the recollection of what he had then said occurred to her mind . In her distempered fancy he appeared not as he really was , the man of calm and benevolent feeling , speaking in the cause of ...
... continued , breaking into fresh tears , as the recollection of what he had then said occurred to her mind . In her distempered fancy he appeared not as he really was , the man of calm and benevolent feeling , speaking in the cause of ...
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... continued , " you could not think so meanly of me -you have too much confidence in me . " " God bless , you , St Aubyn , for those words - my own dear St Aubyn , " she said , bursting into tears of joy as the irresistible force of truth ...
... continued , " you could not think so meanly of me -you have too much confidence in me . " " God bless , you , St Aubyn , for those words - my own dear St Aubyn , " she said , bursting into tears of joy as the irresistible force of truth ...
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A Tale Mary Ann Kelty. Kate , " he continued , looking upon her with a tender . ness as touching as it was genuine , " what a heart are you taking into the trials of life ! Yet perhaps , " he said , after a moment's thought , " these ...
A Tale Mary Ann Kelty. Kate , " he continued , looking upon her with a tender . ness as touching as it was genuine , " what a heart are you taking into the trials of life ! Yet perhaps , " he said , after a moment's thought , " these ...
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Page 31 - But hail, thou goddess sage and holy, Hail, divinest Melancholy! Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight...
Page 50 - 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 39 - But I'll do my best a gude wife to be, For auld Robin Gray is kind unto me.
Page 107 - Not in the strong wind that brake the rocks in pieces, not in the earthquake, not in the fire, but in the still small voice that followed, the Lord made himself known.
Page 93 - O that I had wings like a dove : for then would I flee away, and be at rest.
Page 48 - It was by this sort of discipline that the heart and affections of a being, whose every nerve "turned at the touch of joy or woe, and turning trembled too...
Page 97 - 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, Ere Virtue can resume the place she lost: 'Tis else dissimulation — He had often read these lines, he said; but never tasted them before.