Trials, by the author of 'The favourite of nature'.1824 |
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... character made all her defects so very obvious , and they were unfortunately of a kind to be so particularly disagreeable to her father , in whose eyes no natural advantages made any compensation for a deficiency of elegant acquirement ...
... character made all her defects so very obvious , and they were unfortunately of a kind to be so particularly disagreeable to her father , in whose eyes no natural advantages made any compensation for a deficiency of elegant acquirement ...
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... character , was sufficient to have made her hated by every five out of six persons who came in her way . To laugh alone is generally a vain attempt . It became , therefore , essential to obtain some allies in this species of pastime ...
... character , was sufficient to have made her hated by every five out of six persons who came in her way . To laugh alone is generally a vain attempt . It became , therefore , essential to obtain some allies in this species of pastime ...
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... character , was the situation in which she had so heedlessly placed herself . She felt her heart throb with agitation at every step that brought them nearer . She implored Augusta to return , and not to meet them ; she declared with ...
... character , was the situation in which she had so heedlessly placed herself . She felt her heart throb with agitation at every step that brought them nearer . She implored Augusta to return , and not to meet them ; she declared with ...
Página 52
... character of each other ; Augusta and the Captain had very little to learn on either side of their respective merits , beyond what their epistles had revealed . At length Catherine heard a clock strike , which reminded her that the time ...
... character of each other ; Augusta and the Captain had very little to learn on either side of their respective merits , beyond what their epistles had revealed . At length Catherine heard a clock strike , which reminded her that the time ...
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... character too deep , too sincere , for the sort of frivolous , flirting intercourse , Augusta had established with her admi- rer . Though St. Aubyn had only been known to her an hour , she felt as if his good opinion was almost ...
... character too deep , too sincere , for the sort of frivolous , flirting intercourse , Augusta had established with her admi- rer . Though St. Aubyn had only been known to her an hour , she felt as if his good opinion was almost ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
affection agitated amongst Ann Morton appeared Arabella attachment Aubyn Augusta barouche Belgrave believe bosom Brighton called Catherine Catherine's CHAP character Charles cheek child circumstances comfort continued countenance creature Danvers daugh dear delight Desdemona desire Dorrington Edmund emotion endeavoured exclaimed eyes fear feeling felt girl grief hand happy Harcourt hear heard heart Hessian boots hope hour husband Iago indulgence inquired kind knew Lady Vincent laugh less look Madame de Staël manner marriage Matilda Matty ment Michael Cassio mind Miss Hunter morning mother nature ness never Othello pain passed passion paused perceived person poor present proceeded racter repeated replied rienced rine scarcely seemed sigh smile soon sorrow soul speak spirit spoke storm of passion suffering suppose sure tears tell tender thing thought tilda tion took turned uttered walk wife Willett Wimbledon wish woman words young
Passagens conhecidas
Página 65 - But, hail! thou Goddess sage and holy! Hail, divinest Melancholy! Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight...
Página 237 - For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt ; I am black ; astonishment hath taken hold on me. Is there no balm in Gilead ; is there no physician there ? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered...
Página 23 - His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say —
Página 107 - And from Shakespeare she gained a great store of information amongst the rest, that -'Trifles light as air, Are, to the jealous, confirmation strong, As proofs of Holy Writ.
Página 82 - But I'll do my best a gude wife to be, For auld Robin Gray is kind unto me.
Página 130 - No more of that. I pray you, in your letters, When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, Speak of me as I am ; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice...
Página 266 - Lord was not in the wind of human passion — not in the earthquake — not in the fire — but in the still small voice which comes when all these have passed away.
Página 237 - O that I had wings like a dove : for then would I flee away, and be at rest.
Página 245 - Habitual evils change not on a sudden: But many days must pass, and many sorrows; Conscious remorse and anguish must be felt, To curb desire, to break the stubborn will, And work a second nature in the soul...
Página 175 - O thou bounteous giver of all good, Thou art of all thy gifts thyself the crown ! Give what thou canst, without thee we are poor ; And with thee rich, take what thou wilt away.