Sketches of Married LifeHilliard Gray, and Company, 1838 - 304 páginas |
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... knew I had told you of this ; but , somehow or other , I could not help it now , Mr. Edward . ” " Thank you ! thank you , Ruth ! now is the time to find out one's true friends . " " Ruth is right , " said Edward to himself , after she ...
... knew I had told you of this ; but , somehow or other , I could not help it now , Mr. Edward . ” " Thank you ! thank you , Ruth ! now is the time to find out one's true friends . " " Ruth is right , " said Edward to himself , after she ...
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... true love , there are many , very many of the rich as well as the poor , whose hearts will understand and respond to it . Amy and Edward knew that they had now one severe trial to encounter , and they wisely 14 SKETCHES OF.
... true love , there are many , very many of the rich as well as the poor , whose hearts will understand and respond to it . Amy and Edward knew that they had now one severe trial to encounter , and they wisely 14 SKETCHES OF.
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... knew that Mr. Weston would be greatly dis- pleased at his daughter's engaging herself to a man who had no property . " What shall I say to your father ? " asked Edward . " Tell him the whole truth , " replied Amy . ' Yes ; but he will ...
... knew that Mr. Weston would be greatly dis- pleased at his daughter's engaging herself to a man who had no property . " What shall I say to your father ? " asked Edward . " Tell him the whole truth , " replied Amy . ' Yes ; but he will ...
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... knew otherwise would fall entirely on his head . Amy possessed a peculiarly free and fearless mind ; her nature had instinctive- ly rebelled against the narrowness and slavish- ness of her father's mode of thinking . She had early ...
... knew otherwise would fall entirely on his head . Amy possessed a peculiarly free and fearless mind ; her nature had instinctive- ly rebelled against the narrowness and slavish- ness of her father's mode of thinking . She had early ...
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... knew that such notions were absurd . Such nonsense might sound well in novels , but all the re- spectable part of the community would vindi- cate him in his determination , that his daugh- ter should not marry a man who could not ...
... knew that such notions were absurd . Such nonsense might sound well in novels , but all the re- spectable part of the community would vindi- cate him in his determination , that his daugh- ter should not marry a man who could not ...
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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...