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... the Grange . The clergyman's family , usually the standing re- source in such situations , was unluckily not rich in auxiliaries on the present occasion . Mr. Mortimer , the rector , had no rosy laughing tribe of lads and S PRIVATE LIFE .
... the Grange . The clergyman's family , usually the standing re- source in such situations , was unluckily not rich in auxiliaries on the present occasion . Mr. Mortimer , the rector , had no rosy laughing tribe of lads and S PRIVATE LIFE .
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... Mortimer him- self make a more proper - a more edifying speech ? Do you know , when all trades fail , I have some notion of turning parson ? I think I have a talent for ser- mon - making ; it is so straight forward . A beginning and an ...
... Mortimer him- self make a more proper - a more edifying speech ? Do you know , when all trades fail , I have some notion of turning parson ? I think I have a talent for ser- mon - making ; it is so straight forward . A beginning and an ...
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... Mortimer paid his respects in the course of the morning , with a flattering alacrity that was duly ap- preciated ; and their evening stroll , and the book by which it was succeeded , were both pronounced de- lightful . Constance began ...
... Mortimer paid his respects in the course of the morning , with a flattering alacrity that was duly ap- preciated ; and their evening stroll , and the book by which it was succeeded , were both pronounced de- lightful . Constance began ...
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... Mortimer can testify . I am sure I was quite ashamed for my old acquaintance , when I looked over the house ; you never saw any thing so abominable ! He had held the living twenty years , and I don't think he had laid out fifty pounds ...
... Mortimer can testify . I am sure I was quite ashamed for my old acquaintance , when I looked over the house ; you never saw any thing so abominable ! He had held the living twenty years , and I don't think he had laid out fifty pounds ...
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... Mortimer - bound to the Priory , I do suppose , " said she . 66 No , I cannot indulge myself this morning , " was the reply . 66 " I would not recommend it , if you have any busi- ness , " returned the lady , " for there is no getting ...
... Mortimer - bound to the Priory , I do suppose , " said she . 66 No , I cannot indulge myself this morning , " was the reply . 66 " I would not recommend it , if you have any busi- ness , " returned the lady , " for there is no getting ...
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Página 60 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Página 197 - tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord its various tone, Each spring its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
Página 53 - tis not forbidden here : Amid the groves you may indulge the muse, Or tend the blooms, and deck the vernal year ; Or softly stealing, with your watery gear, Along the brooks, the crimson-spotted fry You may delude ; the whilst, amused, you hear Now the hoarse stream, and now the zephyr's sigh, Attuned to the birds, and woodland melody.
Página 197 - But, let me whisper i' your lug, Ye're aiblins nae temptation. VII. Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman ; Tho' they may gang a kennin wrang, To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark, The moving Why they do it : And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it.
Página 37 - ... all those who are placed below the flight of fame, and who hear in the valleys of life no voice but that of necessity...
Página 24 - The stately homes of England, How beautiful they stand, Amidst their tall ancestral trees, O'er all the pleasant land! The deer across their greensward bound, Through shade and sunny gleam; And the swan glides past them with the sound Of some rejoicing stream.
Página 75 - Or in the starry regions, or th' abyss, To Reason's and to Fancy's eye display'd ; The first up-tracing from the dreary void, The chain of causes and effects to Him, The world-producing Essence, who alone Possesses being ; while the last receives The whole magnificence of heaven...
Página 42 - But we are to rejoice with those that rejoice, and to weep with those that weep.