Trials: A Tale, Volume 1G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1824 - 957 pages |
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... wife should have lived , he might , un- der her influence , have been a useful and ornamen- tal member of society . As it was , he was what the world calls a highly respectable man . He went to church every Sunday , and paid his debts ...
... wife should have lived , he might , un- der her influence , have been a useful and ornamen- tal member of society . As it was , he was what the world calls a highly respectable man . He went to church every Sunday , and paid his debts ...
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... wife two years without the pros- pect of children . At length she had hopes of a fa- mily . A daughter was bestowed , scarcely to be blest , and wept over with tears of joy , when the mother was summoned from her child , and , a few ...
... wife two years without the pros- pect of children . At length she had hopes of a fa- mily . A daughter was bestowed , scarcely to be blest , and wept over with tears of joy , when the mother was summoned from her child , and , a few ...
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... wife to be , For auld Robin Gray is very kind to me . ' Then , overpowered with feeling , I bent my head upon her shoulder , and fondly whispered her name . She started from me with momentary surprise® ; but the smile of delight which ...
... wife to be , For auld Robin Gray is very kind to me . ' Then , overpowered with feeling , I bent my head upon her shoulder , and fondly whispered her name . She started from me with momentary surprise® ; but the smile of delight which ...
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... wife . CHAPTER III . To " prove all things , " in order that we may " hold fast that which is good , " is a divine com- mand ; and we commonly do prove them , but not as the Apostle enjoins ; not with that quiet waiting upon Providence ...
... wife . CHAPTER III . To " prove all things , " in order that we may " hold fast that which is good , " is a divine com- mand ; and we commonly do prove them , but not as the Apostle enjoins ; not with that quiet waiting upon Providence ...
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... wife something more than a twelvemonth , that her mind was first visited with a doubt , whether the step she had taken was a right one . And to this mental debate she was guided by no diminution in her attachment to St. Au- byn ; for ...
... wife something more than a twelvemonth , that her mind was first visited with a doubt , whether the step she had taken was a right one . And to this mental debate she was guided by no diminution in her attachment to St. Au- byn ; for ...
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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.