Trials: A Tale, Volume 1G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1824 - 957 pages |
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... wish that she had possessed authority enough to cause her counsels to be followed ; and that you , Miss Dorrington ... wishes to say to you , " observed Mr. Dorrington ; " and do , for heaven's sake , put that little beast of a dog down ...
... wish that she had possessed authority enough to cause her counsels to be followed ; and that you , Miss Dorrington ... wishes to say to you , " observed Mr. Dorrington ; " and do , for heaven's sake , put that little beast of a dog down ...
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... wishes and inte- rest in his behalf , to keep her as long as possible in suspense , as to how soon and how certainly he intend- ed to follow her affectionate monitions . The conse- quence of all this procrastination was , that he found ...
... wishes and inte- rest in his behalf , to keep her as long as possible in suspense , as to how soon and how certainly he intend- ed to follow her affectionate monitions . The conse- quence of all this procrastination was , that he found ...
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... wish of attaching herself to any body who looked good - humouredly upon her , and with whom she might have the indulgence of exer- cising her faculties for speech and laughter . Such an ally presented herself in the person of Miss ...
... wish of attaching herself to any body who looked good - humouredly upon her , and with whom she might have the indulgence of exer- cising her faculties for speech and laughter . Such an ally presented herself in the person of Miss ...
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... wish in this respect ; and in truth , when he came to peruse Mrs. Vernon's half - yearly bills , and observed the variety of items which went towards the formation of the elegant young gentlewoman , his imagination so much 16.
... wish in this respect ; and in truth , when he came to peruse Mrs. Vernon's half - yearly bills , and observed the variety of items which went towards the formation of the elegant young gentlewoman , his imagination so much 16.
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... wishes . Two hun- dred pounds per annum was the nominal sum at which Mrs. Vernon made it a great obligation to re- ceive a pupil ; but this was nothing in comparison with the tremendous et - ceteras which augmented the account , and ...
... wishes . Two hun- dred pounds per annum was the nominal sum at which Mrs. Vernon made it a great obligation to re- ceive a pupil ; but this was nothing in comparison with the tremendous et - ceteras which augmented the account , and ...
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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.