Trials, by the author of 'The favourite of nature'.1824 |
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Página 52
... side of their respective merits , beyond what their epistles had revealed . At length Catherine heard a clock strike , which reminded her that the time Made- moiselle had fixed for their return was arrived ; and they retraced their ...
... side of their respective merits , beyond what their epistles had revealed . At length Catherine heard a clock strike , which reminded her that the time Made- moiselle had fixed for their return was arrived ; and they retraced their ...
Página 58
... side into a declara- tion of attachment , and on hers into an acceptance of it . But as attachment on the part of Catherine was not a matter of small moment , and as first impressions on an enthusiastic mind have commonly something ...
... side into a declara- tion of attachment , and on hers into an acceptance of it . But as attachment on the part of Catherine was not a matter of small moment , and as first impressions on an enthusiastic mind have commonly something ...
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... into intelligible language the impression she makes upon the heart . She sits and sings the old Scotch ballads ( for they are mostly her favourites ) , and I am chained to her side with an enthusiasm of rapture which 80.
... into intelligible language the impression she makes upon the heart . She sits and sings the old Scotch ballads ( for they are mostly her favourites ) , and I am chained to her side with an enthusiasm of rapture which 80.
Página 81
... " But I interrupted her not till she had finished it , not until , in tones that made me almost ready to weep , she wound up the whole with ' I'll do my best a gude wife to be E 5 81 chained to her side with an enthusiasm ...
... " But I interrupted her not till she had finished it , not until , in tones that made me almost ready to weep , she wound up the whole with ' I'll do my best a gude wife to be E 5 81 chained to her side with an enthusiasm ...
Página 112
... side some admired favourite of her own , at whom her smiles and her nonsense had been directed in vain . But , alas ! what was the accomplishment that Catherine pos- sessed which she would not willingly have resigned for the self ...
... side some admired favourite of her own , at whom her smiles and her nonsense had been directed in vain . But , alas ! what was the accomplishment that Catherine pos- sessed which she would not willingly have resigned for the self ...
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.