Trials: A Tale, Volume 1G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1824 - 957 pages |
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... married well , and so far increased his fortune and his interest ; and had it pleased Provi- dence that his wife should have lived , he might , un- der her influence , have been a useful and ornamen- tal member of society . As it was ...
... married well , and so far increased his fortune and his interest ; and had it pleased Provi- dence that his wife should have lived , he might , un- der her influence , have been a useful and ornamen- tal member of society . As it was ...
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... marriage not eminently 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 ...
... marriage not eminently 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 ...
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... marriage . The dismay , which such a decision might have been expected to inspire , was considerably lessened by the gradual manner in which Lady Vincent's mind had been prepared for it . She had long been visited with many misgivings ...
... marriage . The dismay , which such a decision might have been expected to inspire , was considerably lessened by the gradual manner in which Lady Vincent's mind had been prepared for it . She had long been visited with many misgivings ...
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... married . In fact , 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 ...
... married . In fact , 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 ...
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... married , of her being eventually troublesome to her ; and as all measures for disposing of her brother in " marriage had failed , she next turned her thoughts upon D 2 41 don't know,' she replied, again concealing ...
... married , of her being eventually troublesome to her ; and as all measures for disposing of her brother in " marriage had failed , she next turned her thoughts upon D 2 41 don't know,' she replied, again concealing ...
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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.