Trials: A Tale, Volume 1G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1824 - 957 pages |
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... indulged in the most in- discriminate and dangerous manner , from the stolen visits she made in his frequent absences to her fa- ther's library , and the utter incapacity of her gover- ness to direct or control her taste in this respect ...
... indulged in the most in- discriminate and dangerous manner , from the stolen visits she made in his frequent absences to her fa- ther's library , and the utter incapacity of her gover- ness to direct or control her taste in this respect ...
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... indulgence of exer- cising her faculties for speech and laughter . Such an ally presented herself in the person of Miss Augusta Belmont , a young lady of sixteen , who very speedily made great advances in Cathe- rine's favour by the ...
... indulgence of exer- cising her faculties for speech and laughter . Such an ally presented herself in the person of Miss Augusta Belmont , a young lady of sixteen , who very speedily made great advances in Cathe- rine's favour by the ...
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... indulgence which was granted , to the still further cementing of their already indissoluble af- fection . It was during this vacation that Mr. Dor- rington first began to imbibe hopes of his daughter ; for so visible and striking was ...
... indulgence which was granted , to the still further cementing of their already indissoluble af- fection . It was during this vacation that Mr. Dor- rington first began to imbibe hopes of his daughter ; for so visible and striking was ...
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... indulgence another morning . The sentiments with which St. Aubyn began to inspire Catherine , were of a character too deep , too sincere , for the sort of frivolous , flirting intercourse Augusta had established with her admirer ...
... indulgence another morning . The sentiments with which St. Aubyn began to inspire Catherine , were of a character too deep , too sincere , for the sort of frivolous , flirting intercourse Augusta had established with her admirer ...
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... indulged her enthusiastic attachment , by re- ceiving epistles from St. Aubyn ; and finally yielding to his entreaties for a clandestine marriage , which , in the ardour of his affection , and deep commiseration for the distress he had ...
... indulged her enthusiastic attachment , by re- ceiving epistles from St. Aubyn ; and finally yielding to his entreaties for a clandestine marriage , which , in the ardour of his affection , and deep commiseration for the distress he had ...
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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.