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... present at the opening . Yet the propriety of my being there will probably prevail upon me to comply with the entreaties of the churchwardens ; who , in their letter , signify the expectations of Sir Samuel Clarke , Sir William Turner ...
... present at the opening . Yet the propriety of my being there will probably prevail upon me to comply with the entreaties of the churchwardens ; who , in their letter , signify the expectations of Sir Samuel Clarke , Sir William Turner ...
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... present taste , to be introduced into public life . I am not fond of that life and what knowledge she will gain by the intro- duction , she had better be without . Yet I think we should conform something to the taste of the times in ...
... present taste , to be introduced into public life . I am not fond of that life and what knowledge she will gain by the intro- duction , she had better be without . Yet I think we should conform something to the taste of the times in ...
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... present press most upon me . Let me add to the subject . - I must soon go to Paris , in order finally to settle such of the affairs of my late worthy friend , as cannot be so well done by any other hand . The three thousand pounds ...
... present press most upon me . Let me add to the subject . - I must soon go to Paris , in order finally to settle such of the affairs of my late worthy friend , as cannot be so well done by any other hand . The three thousand pounds ...
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... present ; yet , it seems , knows not how to be silent , whatever be the subject . I have never chosen either to dine or sup with my lord , that I might not be under a necessity of objecting to her company : and were I not to object to ...
... present ; yet , it seems , knows not how to be silent , whatever be the subject . I have never chosen either to dine or sup with my lord , that I might not be under a necessity of objecting to her company : and were I not to object to ...
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... present . I am impatient to be with you all at Colnebrook ; you cannot think how impatient . Self - denial is a very hard doctrine to be learned , my good Dr. Bartlett . So , in some cases , is it found to be , by your CHARLES GRANDISON ...
... present . I am impatient to be with you all at Colnebrook ; you cannot think how impatient . Self - denial is a very hard doctrine to be learned , my good Dr. Bartlett . So , in some cases , is it found to be , by your CHARLES GRANDISON ...
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affected afraid answer Bartlett Beaumont behaviour believe bishop Bologna brother called Camilla Charlotte chevalier child Colnebrook compliment Count of Belvedere creature daughter dear despise distress earnest Emily endeavour eyes fault favour fortune girl give guardian Halden hand happy Harriet hear heard heart hinted honour hope indulgent Italy knew Lady Clementina Lady L Laurana leave letter looked Lord G Lord L lordship Lucy madam mamma marchioness marquis marriage marry mentina mind Miss Byron MISS GR Miss Grandison Miss Jervois mother Naples never noble Northamptonshire O'Hara obliged occasion once passion perhaps pity poor Porretta Pray proposed question religion sake seemed servant shew sigh Signor Jeronymo SIR CH Sir Charles Grandison sister soon soul speak spirit stept sure talk tears tell tender thing thought tion told took unhappy Urbino wife wish woman women word worthy young lady
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Página 396 - Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon; for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds
Página 252 - But let concealment like a worm i' th' bud Feed on her damask cheek: she pin'd in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy, She sat like Patience on a Monument, Smiling at grief.
Página 245 - She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud, Feed on her damask cheek : she pined in thought ; And, with a green and yellow melancholy, She sat like Patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
Página 396 - I AM black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
Página 257 - minuter discriminations," a good example being the following treatment of Sir Charles's alterations at Grandison Hall: He has a great taste . . . yet not an expensive one; for he studies situation and convenience, and pretends not to level hills, or to force and distort nature; but to help it, as he finds it, without letting art be seen in his works, where he can possibly avoid it.
Página 165 - ... given up. Sir Charles afterwards addressed himself to me jointly with his sisters. I see, with great pleasure, said he, the happy understanding that there is between you three ladies : it is a demonstration, to me, of surpassing goodness in you all. To express myself in the words of an ingenious man, to whose works your sex, and if yours, ours, are more obliged, than to those of any single man in the British world, ' Great souls by instinct to each other turn, Demand alliance, and in friendship...