Pneumanee; or, The fairy of the nineteenth century, Volume 2 |
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Página 53
... taste will unquestionably de- generate ; we should , of course , in so- litude , contract a narrowness of think- ing , an impatience of opposition , and be very liable to give to insignificant things an undue importance . ' " " When ...
... taste will unquestionably de- generate ; we should , of course , in so- litude , contract a narrowness of think- ing , an impatience of opposition , and be very liable to give to insignificant things an undue importance . ' " " When ...
Página 78
... Lucy said , she should like of all things to taste the Hermit , if he did not resemble any thing human , which she could hardly suppose possible . - Miss Volatile was half half inclined to think Lucy rude ; but recollecting her 78.
... Lucy said , she should like of all things to taste the Hermit , if he did not resemble any thing human , which she could hardly suppose possible . - Miss Volatile was half half inclined to think Lucy rude ; but recollecting her 78.
Página 81
... taste and feeling for rustic simplicity . " Pneumanee , always lovely and most interesting , pinned a carnation on her breast that had the richest crimson glow ; that expressed , if a flower could express it , that all within was rich ...
... taste and feeling for rustic simplicity . " Pneumanee , always lovely and most interesting , pinned a carnation on her breast that had the richest crimson glow ; that expressed , if a flower could express it , that all within was rich ...
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... taste . " The sermon was preached , as usual , to the heart and feelings of the congregation . " If the Prophet had told thee to do some great thing , wouldest thou not have done it ? " was the interesting text , and never was a finer ...
... taste . " The sermon was preached , as usual , to the heart and feelings of the congregation . " If the Prophet had told thee to do some great thing , wouldest thou not have done it ? " was the interesting text , and never was a finer ...
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... taste for amusement by using it sparingly ? " " You are always right , my dear Pneumanee , " they both exclaimed ; and , in their private gratitude to the Author of all Goodness , thanked him for the situation in which they were placed ...
... taste for amusement by using it sparingly ? " " You are always right , my dear Pneumanee , " they both exclaimed ; and , in their private gratitude to the Author of all Goodness , thanked him for the situation in which they were placed ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
admiration amusement artless asked babilities beach beauty believe blessings blushed boards body carriage Charles charming comfort dear creature dear Fanny dear girls dear Lucy dear Pneumanee dearest delightful Devil to pay dinner dread dress elegant epergne Fanny's father fear feel felt foolscap 8vo friends gaily give habits half-crown hand happy HATCHARD hear heard heart Hermit hoped impatient kind knew laugh leave letter London look Lord R.'s Lordship mamma manee married mind Miss Volatile Mitre morning necklace never old nurse opinion pain papa Parsonage party peated pelisses pleasant pleasure Pneu Pneuma poor recollection Rector Rector's wife remark replied returned Rock-house round Rupert Street scene shew smiled soon splendour sure talk taste Teignmouth tell thing thought took tranquillity village vols walk warm wife wish young ladies
Passagens conhecidas
Página 181 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Página 182 - With this her solemn bird and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train: But neither breath of morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds, nor rising sun On this delightful land, nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew, nor fragrance after showers, Nor grateful evening mild, nor silent night With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering starlight without thee is sweet.
Página 182 - But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds; nor rising sun On this delightful land; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers; Nor grateful evening mild; nor silent night With this her solemn bird; nor walk by moon, Or glittering starlight, without thee is sweet.
Página 12 - His all-searching eye will assuredly never pursue us into those little corners of our lives, much less will His justice select them for punishment without the general context of our existence, by which faults may be sometimes found to have grown out of virtues and very many of our heaviest offences to have been grafted by human imperfection upon the best and kindest of our affections.
Página 11 - God have mercy upon us ! — instead of standing before him in judgment with the hopes and consolations of Christians, we must call upon the mountains to cover us ; for which of us can present, for Omniscient examination, a pure, unspotted, and faultless course ? But I humbly expect that the benevolent Author of our being will judge us as I have been pointing out for your example. Holding up the great volume of our lives in his hands, and regarding the general scope of them ; — if he discovers...
Página 4 - He was wont to say that wisdom lay in the heart, and not in the head ; and that it was not the want of knowledge, but the perverseness of the will, that filled men's actions with folly and their lives with .disorder.
Página 12 - Holding up the great volume of our lives in his hands, and regarding the general scope of them; if He discovers benevolence, charity, and good-will to man beating in the heart, where He alone can look; if He finds that our conduct, though often forced out of the path by our infirmities, has been in general well directed; his allsearching...