Sketches of Married LifeHilliard Gray, and Company, 1838 - 304 páginas |
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... trust which such a noble- minded being as Amy ought to inspire . Shall I suspect her of what I should despise myself for ? I have not lost anything in my own eyes , why should I in hers ? But am I certain that she loved me ? We have ex ...
... trust which such a noble- minded being as Amy ought to inspire . Shall I suspect her of what I should despise myself for ? I have not lost anything in my own eyes , why should I in hers ? But am I certain that she loved me ? We have ex ...
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... trust her eyes filled with tears . " What is it you would say , my dear child ? " said her father , tenderly . Amy was encouraged . She began again . " You have , perhaps , observed the friend- ship , the intimacy , the particular ...
... trust her eyes filled with tears . " What is it you would say , my dear child ? " said her father , tenderly . Amy was encouraged . She began again . " You have , perhaps , observed the friend- ship , the intimacy , the particular ...
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... she had been accustomed to live . " I therefore trust to you , Sir , as a man of honor , that you will not speak to my daughter of marriage till that is the case . " This Edward assured him was his purpose ; but , 28 SKETCHES OF.
... she had been accustomed to live . " I therefore trust to you , Sir , as a man of honor , that you will not speak to my daughter of marriage till that is the case . " This Edward assured him was his purpose ; but , 28 SKETCHES OF.
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... trust that he will be a truer friend than that , " said Amy , and they parted . And now all the company one after another took their leave . It seemed as if the lights gradually faded away , and the flowers droop- ed as each belle with ...
... trust that he will be a truer friend than that , " said Amy , and they parted . And now all the company one after another took their leave . It seemed as if the lights gradually faded away , and the flowers droop- ed as each belle with ...
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... trust under the severest trials 99 " I always avoid such scenes , " replied her father ; " Providence has taken care of me and mine , and I am grateful . As I could not therefore be a good counsellor to those who suffer , and as my ...
... trust under the severest trials 99 " I always avoid such scenes , " replied her father ; " Providence has taken care of me and mine , and I am grateful . As I could not therefore be a good counsellor to those who suffer , and as my ...
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Amy's answer asked baby bear beau ideal beautiful better blessing Boston called calm champaign child daugh dear Amy dear Fanny dear father doctor duty Edward and Amy eyes face faithful father fault fear feel felt forgive friends give glad green islands hand happy Hawkins hear heard heart hope horse husband Jerry knew lady laugh leave live look Lovell lover ma'am manner marriage mind misery Miss Amy morning mother never opinion pain party passed perfectly perhaps pity pleasure poor promise quiet replied Amy replied Fanny rich Roberts Robinette Ruth seemed Selmar silent SKETCHES OF MARRIED soon sorrow sorry soul speak spirit strange suffer suppose sure talk tears tell thing thought tion told trifle true trust truth Weston wife Willy wisest and best wish woman words wrong
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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...