Trials: A Tale, Volume 1G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1824 - 957 pages |
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Page 3
... happy enough with my plants , and my books , and my poney , and my dear Fidele ; " - and she began to caress a pretty little spaniel that lay at her feet : " and I give no trouble to any body , if they would but let me alone ; but they ...
... happy enough with my plants , and my books , and my poney , and my dear Fidele ; " - and she began to caress a pretty little spaniel that lay at her feet : " and I give no trouble to any body , if they would but let me alone ; but they ...
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... happy to a person of her views and feelings , was beginning to present a charm to her which endears many a union , that with- out it would hardly be supportable . She had been wife two years without the pros- pect of children . At ...
... happy to a person of her views and feelings , was beginning to present a charm to her which endears many a union , that with- out it would hardly be supportable . She had been wife two years without the pros- pect of children . At ...
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... happy temper of Catherine be- gan to prompt some wish of attaching herself to any body who looked good - humouredly upon her , and with whom she might have the indulgence of exer- cising her faculties for speech and laughter . Such an ...
... happy temper of Catherine be- gan to prompt some wish of attaching herself to any body who looked good - humouredly upon her , and with whom she might have the indulgence of exer- cising her faculties for speech and laughter . Such an ...
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... happy as I am , and that such another as St. Aubyn , were in reserve for you . He improves upon me every day and every hour - and all that I am afraid of is , that he should see how dear he is to me ; for you know , Augusta , till he ...
... happy as I am , and that such another as St. Aubyn , were in reserve for you . He improves upon me every day and every hour - and all that I am afraid of is , that he should see how dear he is to me ; for you know , Augusta , till he ...
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... happy - indeed , I wonder how any body here can be otherwise , when St. Aubyn is at hand , and they can see and speak to him . But what was I going to tell you , Augusta ? My mind is sadly wandering such a crowd of thoughts come rushing ...
... happy - indeed , I wonder how any body here can be otherwise , when St. Aubyn is at hand , and they can see and speak to him . But what was I going to tell you , Augusta ? My mind is sadly wandering such a crowd of thoughts come rushing ...
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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.