Trials, by the author of 'The favourite of nature'.1824 |
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... tion , she certainly deserved . But she was called hence at a time when a marriage not eminently happy to a person of her views and feelings , was beginning to present a charm to her which endears many a union , that without it would ...
... tion , she certainly deserved . But she was called hence at a time when a marriage not eminently happy to a person of her views and feelings , was beginning to present a charm to her which endears many a union , that without it would ...
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... tion , the most hopeless of materials for moulding into an elegant young lady , who was to build her hopes of preferment upon her person and accomplishments . In her father's estimation , then , poor Catherine had been a blank almost ...
... tion , the most hopeless of materials for moulding into an elegant young lady , who was to build her hopes of preferment upon her person and accomplishments . In her father's estimation , then , poor Catherine had been a blank almost ...
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... tion upon this point , and was not , therefore , wholly overpowered with dis- appointment when it was communi- cated to her . She said nothing that day upon the next proposition she had to make for his benefit ; but , the fol- lowing ...
... tion upon this point , and was not , therefore , wholly overpowered with dis- appointment when it was communi- cated to her . She said nothing that day upon the next proposition she had to make for his benefit ; but , the fol- lowing ...
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... tion to Miss Mathews , that , perceiving it would be an eternal contest , that well - judging woman , after a due calcu- lation of what she would get , and what she would lose , by going or staying , determined upon the latter ; and ...
... tion to Miss Mathews , that , perceiving it would be an eternal contest , that well - judging woman , after a due calcu- lation of what she would get , and what she would lose , by going or staying , determined upon the latter ; and ...
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... tion , she soon gathered pretty nearly as much as Miss Matthews possessed the power of bestowing in the way of tuition ; and , long before she had at- tained her sixteenth year , she had learned to hold the acquirements of her governess ...
... tion , she soon gathered pretty nearly as much as Miss Matthews possessed the power of bestowing in the way of tuition ; and , long before she had at- tained her sixteenth year , she had learned to hold the acquirements of her governess ...
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.