The Inheritance, Volume 2W. Blackwood, 1825 |
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... thing she said . He was aware , that , without ab- solutely speaking falsehood , she very rarely spoke truth - that , like many other people , she failed in repeating precisely what she heard , not so much from design as from confusion ...
... thing she said . He was aware , that , without ab- solutely speaking falsehood , she very rarely spoke truth - that , like many other people , she failed in repeating precisely what she heard , not so much from design as from confusion ...
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... could say Jack Robinson . I really don't see why you should take it so much to heart , when the lady puts up with it so quiet- ly ; but more than that , I happened to hear some- thing last night - I may as well tell you CHAPTER I. 5.
... could say Jack Robinson . I really don't see why you should take it so much to heart , when the lady puts up with it so quiet- ly ; but more than that , I happened to hear some- thing last night - I may as well tell you CHAPTER I. 5.
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Susan Ferrier, Author of Marriage. thing last night - I may as well tell you what it was , if it was only to save you telling any more fibs to me about it . I happened to be taking a turn through the rooms last night , just to cool ...
Susan Ferrier, Author of Marriage. thing last night - I may as well tell you what it was , if it was only to save you telling any more fibs to me about it . I happened to be taking a turn through the rooms last night , just to cool ...
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... thing but Christianity . He saw much of fine na- tural feeling - but in vain sought for any guiding principle of duty . Her mind seemed as a lovely , flowery , pathless waste , whose sweets exhaled in vain - all was graceful luxuriance ...
... thing but Christianity . He saw much of fine na- tural feeling - but in vain sought for any guiding principle of duty . Her mind seemed as a lovely , flowery , pathless waste , whose sweets exhaled in vain - all was graceful luxuriance ...
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... thing I must not omit to mention , in or- der that you may be able to conceive some idea of the delight we experienced , and for which we were indebted to the Major's politeness and gallantry . In order to surprise us , he proposed our ...
... thing I must not omit to mention , in or- der that you may be able to conceive some idea of the delight we experienced , and for which we were indebted to the Major's politeness and gallantry . In order to surprise us , he proposed our ...
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Página 117 - Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom He pleases.
Página 160 - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look, how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines...
Página 66 - Jésus-Christ, si on ne trouvait plus de douceur dans le mépris, dans la pauvreté, dans le dénûment et dans le rebut des hommes que dans les délices du péché. Et ainsi, comme dit Tertullien, il ne faut pas croire que la vie des chrétiens soit une vie de tristesse. On ne quitte les plaisirs que pour d'autres plus grands.
Página 149 - I will not leave you long ; For in your shades I deem some spirit dwells, Who from the chiding stream, or groaning oak, Still hears and answers to Matilda's moan.
Página 113 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair: thyself how wondrous then, Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Página 352 - O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day ; Which now shows all the beauty of the sun, And by and by a cloud takes all away ! Re-enter PANTHINO.
Página 285 - Discourse may want an animated — No — To brush the surface and to make it flow ; But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
Página 285 - J'entre en une humeur noire, en un chagrin profond, Quand je vois vivre entre eux les hommes comme ils font; Je ne trouve partout que lâche flatterie, Qu'injustice, intérêt, trahison, fourberie; Je n'y puis plus tenir, j'enrage ; et mon dessein Est de rompre en visière à tout le genre humain PHILINTE.
Página 14 - French horns burst upon our ears, waking the echoes all round; the delightful harmony was repeated from every recess which echo haunted on the borders of the lake. At first, indeed, the surprise was almost too much for Mrs Major, and she became a little hysterical, but she was soon recovered by the Major's tenderness and assurances of safety. Indeed he is, without exception, the most exemplary and devoted husband I ever beheld; still I confess (but that is entre...
Página 241 - Strikes thro' their wounded hearts the sudden dread; But their hearts wounded, like the wounded air, Soon close ; where past the shaft, no trace is found. As from the wing no scar the sky retains ; The parted wave no furrow from the keel; So dies in human hearts the thought of death.