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She bravely resolved to speak first to him herself , and thus share and perhaps
abate some of the indignation which she knew otherwise would fall entirely on
his head . Amy possessed a peculiarly free and fearless mind ; her nature had ...
She bravely resolved to speak first to him herself , and thus share and perhaps
abate some of the indignation which she knew otherwise would fall entirely on
his head . Amy possessed a peculiarly free and fearless mind ; her nature had ...
Página 72
Why , you see , Ruth , I have got an idea in my head . ” “ Have you , Jerry ? Better
keep it there , and make the most of it , as a sort of nest - egg . ” “ Come , Ruth ,
you are too hard upon me , considering I have had no breakfast yet . " After Jerry
...
Why , you see , Ruth , I have got an idea in my head . ” “ Have you , Jerry ? Better
keep it there , and make the most of it , as a sort of nest - egg . ” “ Come , Ruth ,
you are too hard upon me , considering I have had no breakfast yet . " After Jerry
...
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... but when the dear old soul came to die , when she so meekly resigned herself
to the will of God , and so humbly confessed all her sins ( which , after all , were
so few ) - when she even put her hand on my head , and prayed so fervently for a
...
... but when the dear old soul came to die , when she so meekly resigned herself
to the will of God , and so humbly confessed all her sins ( which , after all , were
so few ) - when she even put her hand on my head , and prayed so fervently for a
...
Página 106
She is a short , spare figure , with a head long and large enough for a tall woman
. She has a long , hooked nose , and scarcely any chin , with a large mouth ; but
her lips are so thin , and they are so firmly compressed , that , when she is silent ...
She is a short , spare figure , with a head long and large enough for a tall woman
. She has a long , hooked nose , and scarcely any chin , with a large mouth ; but
her lips are so thin , and they are so firmly compressed , that , when she is silent ...
Página 107
I see you shake your head , Amy , and say , “ Fanny , this is naughty in you ; it is
contemptible , to laugh at personal defects or peculiarities , ” and so on ; and I
acknowledge it all . But , remember , I have promised to write every thing to you
just ...
I see you shake your head , Amy , and say , “ Fanny , this is naughty in you ; it is
contemptible , to laugh at personal defects or peculiarities , ” and so on ; and I
acknowledge it all . But , remember , I have promised to write every thing to you
just ...
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Amy's answer asked bear beautiful believe better blessing called child considered dear dear Amy dear Fanny desire doctor duty Edward enjoy eyes face faithful Fanny Fanny's father fault fear feel felt friends gave give hand happy head hear heard heart hope horse husband Jerry keep kind knew lady laugh leave live look manner marriage married mean mind Miss Amy morning mother nature never opinion pain party passed perhaps pleasure poor present promise question reason remember replied respect rich Roberts Ruth seemed Selmar silent soon sort soul speak spirit suffer suppose sure talk tears tell thing thought told true trust truth turn Weston whole wife Willy wish woman wrong young
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Página 63 - Possessions vanish, and opinions change, And Passions hold a fluctuating seat: But, by the storms of circumstance unshaken, And subject neither to eclipse nor wane, Duty exists; — immutably survive, For our support, the measures and the forms, Which an abstract Intelligence supplies; Whose kingdom is, where Time and Space are not...
Página 130 - Hey, my kitten, hey, my kitten, And hey, my kitten, my deary ! Such a sweet pet as this Was neither far nor neary. Here we go up, up, up, And here we go down, down, down, And here we go backwards and forwards, And here we go round, round, roundy.
Página 151 - The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unveiled her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw.
Página 137 - To come and go with tidings from the heart, As it a running messenger had been.
Página 75 - Extends her liberal hand to all. " By Sympathy's untutor'd voice Be taught her social laws to keep ; Rejoice with them that do rejoice, And weep with them that weep. " The heart that bleeds for others' woes, Shall feel each selfish sorrow less ; His breast who happiness bestows, Reflected happiness shall bless.
Página 296 - The wind was hushed, And to the beach, each slowly lifted wave, Creeping with silver curl, just kissed the shore, And slept in silence.
Página 145 - The cloud doth gather, the greenwood roar, The damsel paces along the shore ; The billows they tumble with might, with might; And she flings out her voice to the darksome night ; Her bosom is swelling with sorrow ; The world it is empty, the heart will die, There's nothing to wish for beneath the sky : Thou Holy One, call thy child away ! I've lived and loved, and that was to-day — Make ready my grave-clothes to-morrow...
Página 199 - gird up the loins" of our affection. It will not be child's play, but he who wants a religion of child's play must not seek the companionship of Christ. The Master spake of cutting off the right hand and plucking out the right eye, and the bleeding figure has reference to the severing of relationships and the disentangling of well-established affections.
Página 297 - Thou hadst no home, green land ! For the fair creature from her bosom gone, With life's first flowers just opening in her hand, And all the lovely thoughts and dreams unknown, Which in its clear eye shone Like the spring's wakening...
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Sketches of Married Life |
| Autor | Eliza Lee Cabot Follen |
| Editor | Hilliard Gray, and Company, 1838 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 18 Mar 2008 |
| Largo | 304 páginas |
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