The Inheritance, Volume 3William Blackwood, Edinburgh: and T. Cadell, London., 1824 - 387 páginas |
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... St Clair . But when he proceeded to urge immediate union , as the only means of putting an end to the ma- VOL . III . A 551 chinations against him , she stopped him by saying , 955 ...
... St Clair . But when he proceeded to urge immediate union , as the only means of putting an end to the ma- VOL . III . A 551 chinations against him , she stopped him by saying , 955 ...
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... St Clair was conversing with Mr Lyndsay in another on the subject of her daugh- ter's pupillage , and Lady Rossville and Colonel Delmour found themselves together in the draw- ing - room , where they flattered themselves with enjoying ...
... St Clair was conversing with Mr Lyndsay in another on the subject of her daugh- ter's pupillage , and Lady Rossville and Colonel Delmour found themselves together in the draw- ing - room , where they flattered themselves with enjoying ...
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... St Clair ; and finally repaired to the room , where she had left the Countess and her lover , and where she still found them . " Well , Lady Rossville , I'm just come to apo- logize to you for doing what is really an ill - bred thing ...
... St Clair ; and finally repaired to the room , where she had left the Countess and her lover , and where she still found them . " Well , Lady Rossville , I'm just come to apo- logize to you for doing what is really an ill - bred thing ...
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... St Clair was not delivered . Lyndsay was out of spirits , and Lady Rossville was inatten- tive ; and , in short , uncle Adam began to feel himself one too many . He was also within two pages of the end of Guy Mannering ; and , there ...
... St Clair was not delivered . Lyndsay was out of spirits , and Lady Rossville was inatten- tive ; and , in short , uncle Adam began to feel himself one too many . He was also within two pages of the end of Guy Mannering ; and , there ...
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... St Clair , after several ineffectual attempts to gain the entire direction of her daughter , and the control of her every action , found it vain , and she was therefore obliged to carry the reins with a light hand , lest the Countess ...
... St Clair , after several ineffectual attempts to gain the entire direction of her daughter , and the control of her every action , found it vain , and she was therefore obliged to carry the reins with a light hand , lest the Countess ...
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Página 343 - DRY'ST THE MOURNER'S TEAR. (AiR. — HAYDN.) •' He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds." — Psalm cxlvii. 3. OH Thou who dry'st the mourner's tear. How dark this world would be, If, when deceived and wounded here, We could not fly to Thee. The friends who in our sunshine live, When winter comes, are flown ; And he who has but tears to give, Must weep those tears alone.
Página 1 - Twas his own voice — she could not err — Throughout the breathing world's extent There was but one such voice for her, So kind, so soft, so eloquent ! Oh ! sooner shall the rose of May Mistake her own sweet nightingale, And to some meaner minstrel's lay Open her bosom's glowing veil, * Than Love shall ever doubt a tone, A breath of the beloved one...
Página 138 - ... joined To give your life more harmony. You lived there Secure, and innocent, beloved of all ; Praised for your hospitality, and prayed for : You might be envied ; but malice knew Not where you dwelt. I would not prophesy, But leave to your own apprehension, What may succeed your change. Lady B. You do imagine, No doubt, you have talked wisely, and confuted London past all defence.
Página 358 - ... very humane and learned, but enthusiastic writer. It is an attempt to save the credit of human nature. Without seeking to enter into the dread question of moral responsibility, we may in some degree extenuate, without excusing, the crimes of the persecutors, by ascribing them to virtual insanity. In considering the actions of the mind, it should never be forgotten, that its affections pass into each other like the tints of the rainbow : though we can easily distinguish them when they have assumed...
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Página 287 - This law, though custom now diverts the course, As nature's institute, is yet in force ; Uncancell'd, though disused ; and he, whose mind Is virtuous, is alone of noble kind ; Though poor in fortune, of celestial race ; And he commits the crime who calls him base.
Página 179 - This is the state of man : in prosperous fortune A shadow, passing light, throws to the ground Joy's baseless fabric : in adversity Comes malice with a sponge moistened in gall, And wipes each beauteous character away : More than the first this melts my soul to pity.