The Inheritance, Volume 3William Blackwood, Edinburgh: and T. Cadell, London., 1824 - 387 páginas |
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... the injurious treat- ment he met with from Mrs 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 ...
... the injurious treat- ment he met with from Mrs 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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... mean ? " " Even that it seems it was necessary for me to have guardians appointed , and so I have made choice of my cousin for one ; he has already proved himself my friend on more occasions than one , and to him , I think , I 4 THE ...
... mean ? " " Even that it seems it was necessary for me to have guardians appointed , and so I have made choice of my cousin for one ; he has already proved himself my friend on more occasions than one , and to him , I think , I 4 THE ...
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... means follows , that because words are Scotch , they must needs be vulgar ; on the contrary , I have heard good musicians say , that , from the frequent termination of the Scotch words in vowels , there is a softness in the language ...
... means follows , that because words are Scotch , they must needs be vulgar ; on the contrary , I have heard good musicians say , that , from the frequent termination of the Scotch words in vowels , there is a softness in the language ...
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... will go on these terms ? ' Admit Major Waddell and his wife ! ' - Wife ! I really never met with any thing like that ! ” " What is't you mean ? " demanded uncle Adam in a voice of thunder- " Are you no 32 THE INHERITANCE .
... will go on these terms ? ' Admit Major Waddell and his wife ! ' - Wife ! I really never met with any thing like that ! ” " What is't you mean ? " demanded uncle Adam in a voice of thunder- " Are you no 32 THE INHERITANCE .
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... means neither more nor less than the wife of a beggar - man ; and , in these times , when there is such a tendency to a bad spirit amongst the peo- ple , and such an evident wish to bring down the higher ranks to a level with themselves ...
... means neither more nor less than the wife of a beggar - man ; and , in these times , when there is such a tendency to a bad spirit amongst the peo- ple , and such an evident wish to bring down the higher ranks to a level with themselves ...
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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.