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Both girls had received many hints and counsels from their mother , whose low
birth caused her to look up to wealth and station as the grand objects of life , - -
who valued beauty ( as all ci - devant beauties do ) as the most precious of
means ...
Both girls had received many hints and counsels from their mother , whose low
birth caused her to look up to wealth and station as the grand objects of life , - -
who valued beauty ( as all ci - devant beauties do ) as the most precious of
means ...
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leaving the room for a few minutes ; but Augusta , though rain and ambitious ,
had all the delicate instinets of her sex , and when her mother reached the
corridor , she found her by her side . “ How proroking you are , Augusta ! " she
said ; “ I left ...
leaving the room for a few minutes ; but Augusta , though rain and ambitious ,
had all the delicate instinets of her sex , and when her mother reached the
corridor , she found her by her side . “ How proroking you are , Augusta ! " she
said ; “ I left ...
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Of acute and violent feelings , her indignation when her mother broached the
subject , and her disgust and shame when she recalled the frightful expression of
his dim eyes , and the heightened colour of his wicked face , knew no bounds .
Of acute and violent feelings , her indignation when her mother broached the
subject , and her disgust and shame when she recalled the frightful expression of
his dim eyes , and the heightened colour of his wicked face , knew no bounds .
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here he says , When once we are married , adored , divine Griselda , we can
make over your fortune to your mother and sisters . Think you your own Donald
cares for the base siller ? What is fortune to me ? My pride would be to support
my ...
here he says , When once we are married , adored , divine Griselda , we can
make over your fortune to your mother and sisters . Think you your own Donald
cares for the base siller ? What is fortune to me ? My pride would be to support
my ...
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Augusta , spite of all her finery , was pale and trembling ; but her mother was
elate and busy . It was strange that that wedding did not recal the daughter pining
in India , or the young bride sleeping in the very churchyard through which the ...
Augusta , spite of all her finery , was pale and trembling ; but her mother was
elate and busy . It was strange that that wedding did not recal the daughter pining
in India , or the young bride sleeping in the very churchyard through which the ...
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Página 46 - And, when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, Goddess, bring, To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown, that Sylvan loves, Of pine, or monumental oak, Where the rude axe, with heaved stroke, Was never heard the nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallowed haunt.
Página 222 - Is there, in human form, that bears a heart — A wretch ! a villain ! lost to love and truth ! That can, with studied, sly, ensnaring art, Betray sweet Jenny's unsuspecting youth ? Curse on his...
Página 46 - I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly dress'd, Fresh as a bridegroom; and his chin, new reap'd, Show'd like a stubble-land at harvest-home.
Página 247 - MY birth-day" — what a different sound That word had in my youthful ears ! And how, each time the day comes round, Less and less white its mark appears ! When first our scanty years are told, It seems like pastime to grow old ; And, as Youth counts the shining links. That Time around him binds so fast, Pleased with the task, he little thinks How hard that chain will press at last. Vain was the man, and false as vain, Who said* — "were he ordain'd to run " His long career of life again, . " He...
Página 143 - Winter comes, to rule the varied year, Sullen and sad, with all his rising train — Vapours, and clouds, and storms. Be these my theme ; These, that exalt the soul to solemn thought And heavenly musing. Welcome, kindred glooms...
Página 182 - The light of love, the purity of grace, The mind, the Music breathing from her face, The heart whose softness harmonized the whole, And oh! that eye was in itself a Soul...
Página 254 - THOU lingering star, with lessening ray, That lov'st to greet the early morn, Again thou usher'st in the day My Mary from my soul was torn. O Mary! dear departed shade! Where is thy place of blissful rest? See'st thou thy lover lowly laid? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast?
Página 237 - Was my own lord. Then did I seek to rise Out of the prison of my mean estate ; And, with such jewels as the exploring Mind Brings from the caves of Knowledge, buy my ransom From those twin gaolers of the daring heart — Low Birth and iron Fortune.
Página 277 - She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love : A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye! Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky.
Página 7 - Alas ! regardless of their doom, The little victims play! No sense have they of Ills to come; Nor Care, beyond to-day! Yet see, how all around them wait The Ministers of human fate; And black Misfortune's baleful Train!
Informação bibliográfica
| Título | The matchmaker, by the author of 'Cousin Geoffrey'. The matchmaker, by the author of 'Cousin Geoffrey', Harriet Maria Gordon Smythies |
| Autor | Harriet Maria Gordon Smythies |
| Publicação | 1842 |
| Original de | Universidade de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 24 Abr 2006 |
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