Trials: A Tale, Volume 1G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1824 - 957 pages |
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... living creature , in fact , scarce- ly avowed it to herself , she was not so unlike the rest of her companions as not to have a favourite amongst the names with which they were all of them so per- fectly familiar ; and , long before ...
... living creature , in fact , scarce- ly avowed it to herself , she was not so unlike the rest of her companions as not to have a favourite amongst the names with which they were all of them so per- fectly familiar ; and , long before ...
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... living death , that daily pining of heart and soul , that wearing away of spirits and of mind , with which the victim of disappointed affection mourns over the too easy credulity with which she yielded herself up to the fond dreams of ...
... living death , that daily pining of heart and soul , that wearing away of spirits and of mind , with which the victim of disappointed affection mourns over the too easy credulity with which she yielded herself up to the fond dreams of ...
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... living tomb of her husband's happiness . And this it was Catherine's to effect ! Her dissatisfaction , ill repressed in the first instance , and nourished by the phantasies of a cruel imagina- tion , daily increased . St. Aubyn ...
... living tomb of her husband's happiness . And this it was Catherine's to effect ! Her dissatisfaction , ill repressed in the first instance , and nourished by the phantasies of a cruel imagina- tion , daily increased . St. Aubyn ...
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... living , a name no longer to be shuddered at with recoil and detestation - the name of Mrs. Elliot ! Mrs. Elliot ! " she faintly articulated . the Mrs. Elliot " - " What ! " Yes , ma'am , " said the maid , anticipating what she would ...
... living , a name no longer to be shuddered at with recoil and detestation - the name of Mrs. Elliot ! Mrs. Elliot ! " she faintly articulated . the Mrs. Elliot " - " What ! " Yes , ma'am , " said the maid , anticipating what she would ...
Page 104
... Mysterious thoughts , sublime reflections , agonising struggles , the perpetual conflict of flesh and spirit , were marked in living characters upon every line and feature ; and the first conclusion to which the rapid 104.
... Mysterious thoughts , sublime reflections , agonising struggles , the perpetual conflict of flesh and spirit , were marked in living characters upon every line and feature ; and the first conclusion to which the rapid 104.
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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.