The Inheritance, Volume 3William Blackwood, Edinburgh: and T. Cadell, London., 1824 - 387 páginas |
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... 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 should have sought to free herself from ...
... 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 should have sought to free herself from ...
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... house thing , in fact - a sort of Lilliputian beau ideal of rustic life , " said she , attempting , by a laugh , to hide her confusion , " with a 8 56 THE INHERITANCE . and others of a totally different nature were adopt- ...
... house thing , in fact - a sort of Lilliputian beau ideal of rustic life , " said she , attempting , by a laugh , to hide her confusion , " with a 8 56 THE INHERITANCE . and others of a totally different nature were adopt- ...
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... attempt to interrupt her ; but , on hearing the sound of a carriage , she raised her head , and saw the pha- ton driven by Colonel Delmour , and drawn by four beautiful horses , followed by two grooms , mounted on two of the same set ...
... attempt to interrupt her ; but , on hearing the sound of a carriage , she raised her head , and saw the pha- ton driven by Colonel Delmour , and drawn by four beautiful horses , followed by two grooms , mounted on two of the same set ...
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... attempt it . I am sure I shall never be fashionable . Ah ! Delmour , it was not thus we talked and felt at dear Rossville ! What was the world to us there ? " " Would to Heaven we were there now ! " said Delmour , echoing her sigh ...
... attempt it . I am sure I shall never be fashionable . Ah ! Delmour , it was not thus we talked and felt at dear Rossville ! What was the world to us there ? " " Would to Heaven we were there now ! " said Delmour , echoing her sigh ...
Página 80
... attempted to confirm the falsehood . " I half suspect , " said Georgiana , laughing , " that Master Fred . has been telling you that mama is not fashionable ; he is so admired and recherché himself , that we think he gives himself airs ...
... attempted to confirm the falsehood . " I half suspect , " said Georgiana , laughing , " that Master Fred . has been telling you that mama is not fashionable ; he is so admired and recherché himself , that we think he gives himself airs ...
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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...
Página 344 - 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. But Thou wilt heal that broken heart, Which, like the plants that throw Their fragrance from the wounded part, Breathes sweetness out of woe.
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.