Trials, by the author of 'The favourite of nature'.1824 |
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Página 34
... idea of marriage as the end and object of all they were doing , was so interwoven in the education of these girls , that they were in a manner compelled to turn their thoughts to it , as the only thing they had to live for . The ...
... idea of marriage as the end and object of all they were doing , was so interwoven in the education of these girls , that they were in a manner compelled to turn their thoughts to it , as the only thing they had to live for . The ...
Página 49
... idea , that to entrap and aim at the other sex , was the only proper object of a woman's existence , that she did not thoroughly perceive , till this instant , ( however an intuitive sense of delicacy might afford her occasional ...
... idea , that to entrap and aim at the other sex , was the only proper object of a woman's existence , that she did not thoroughly perceive , till this instant , ( however an intuitive sense of delicacy might afford her occasional ...
Página 65
... in- distinct ; but it suggested to me the idea of St. Aubyn's death , and our everlasting separation and how , or why , or where- fore , I cannot tell , but something within me prompted a supplication , that we might never be 65.
... in- distinct ; but it suggested to me the idea of St. Aubyn's death , and our everlasting separation and how , or why , or where- fore , I cannot tell , but something within me prompted a supplication , that we might never be 65.
Página 79
... ladies who faint at the idea of singing any thing in their own mother tongue , and who professedly perform no music but what is adapted to a language which they do not under- stand . " I am not proficient enough in Ita- lian to 79.
... ladies who faint at the idea of singing any thing in their own mother tongue , and who professedly perform no music but what is adapted to a language which they do not under- stand . " I am not proficient enough in Ita- lian to 79.
Página 107
... idea of the power which the weakest person that exists obtains over the most highly gifted mind , when that mind is subjugated to the dominion of jealousy . The quotation has been so hackneyed that one almost fancies it common - place ...
... idea of the power which the weakest person that exists obtains over the most highly gifted mind , when that mind is subjugated to the dominion of jealousy . The quotation has been so hackneyed that one almost fancies it common - place ...
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.