Trials: A Tale, Volume 1G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1824 - 957 pages |
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... idea of marriage , as the end and object of all they were doing , was so interwoven in the edu cation of these girls , that they were in a manner com- pelled to turn their thoughts to it , as the only thing they had to live for . The ...
... idea of marriage , as the end and object of all they were doing , was so interwoven in the edu cation of these girls , that they were in a manner com- pelled to turn their thoughts to it , as the only thing they had to live for . The ...
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... idea , that to entrap and aim at the other sex was the only proper object of a woman's existence , that she did not thoroughly perceive , till this instant , ( however an in- tuitive sense of delicacy might afford her occasional ...
... idea , that to entrap and aim at the other sex was the only proper object of a woman's existence , that she did not thoroughly perceive , till this instant , ( however an in- tuitive sense of delicacy might afford her occasional ...
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... the words he uttered ! Oh , Augusta , such a thought came across me at that moment ! I cannot put it into words , it was so vague and indistinct ; but it suggested to me the idea of St. Aubyn's death , and our everlasting 31.
... the words he uttered ! Oh , Augusta , such a thought came across me at that moment ! I cannot put it into words , it was so vague and indistinct ; but it suggested to me the idea of St. Aubyn's death , and our everlasting 31.
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A Tale Mary Ann Kelty. the idea of St. Aubyn's death , and our everlasting separation ; and how , or why , or wherefore , I cannot tell , but something within me prompted a supplica- tion , that we might never be disunited in this world ...
A Tale Mary Ann Kelty. the idea of St. Aubyn's death , and our everlasting separation ; and how , or why , or wherefore , I cannot tell , but something within me prompted a supplica- tion , that we might never be disunited in this world ...
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... idea of singing any thing in their own mother tongue , and who professedly perform no music but what is adapt- ed to a language which they do not understand . 6 " I am not proficient enough in Italian to feel the full force of what I am ...
... idea of singing any thing in their own mother tongue , and who professedly perform no music but what is adapt- ed to a language which they do not understand . 6 " I am not proficient enough in Italian to feel the full force of what I am ...
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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.