Trials: A Tale, Volume 1G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1824 - 957 pages |
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... sure I am 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 ...
... sure I am 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 ...
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... sure , that even in his absence , before she could ven- ture to be gay , she felt herself obliged to ascertain that there was no chance of accidentally encountering him while the stream of her happiness was at its height . If the ...
... sure , that even in his absence , before she could ven- ture to be gay , she felt herself obliged to ascertain that there was no chance of accidentally encountering him while the stream of her happiness was at its height . If the ...
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... sure to be out of the way : for so often had she been caught by papa , in some such adventures as these , and so angrily had she been lectured for them , that she had at last acquired a habit of eluding his observation , in every thing ...
... sure to be out of the way : for so often had she been caught by papa , in some such adventures as these , and so angrily had she been lectured for them , that she had at last acquired a habit of eluding his observation , in every thing ...
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... sure that a woman with such a pair of eyes as Catherine possessed , might , have done a great deal for herself , if she had been one degree beyond a simpleton , which , in his extreme dissatisfaction with her , he had sometimes thought ...
... sure that a woman with such a pair of eyes as Catherine possessed , might , have done a great deal for herself , if she had been one degree beyond a simpleton , which , in his extreme dissatisfaction with her , he had sometimes thought ...
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... sure prelude that her own triumph in the same way is not far off , and her congratulations are gene- rally given with a joy which sufficiently testifies their sincerity . Much was to be asked , and much to be told , upon the momentous ...
... sure prelude that her own triumph in the same way is not far off , and her congratulations are gene- rally given with a joy which sufficiently testifies their sincerity . Much was to be asked , and much to be told , upon the momentous ...
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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.