Sketches of Married LifeHilliard Gray, and Company, 1838 - 304 páginas |
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... better , he felt galled and fretted when he actually ex- perienced how much his importance was di- minished by the loss of his property . Mr. Weston's whole manner was changed towards him ; it was distant , and supercilious , and ...
... better , he felt galled and fretted when he actually ex- perienced how much his importance was di- minished by the loss of his property . Mr. Weston's whole manner was changed towards him ; it was distant , and supercilious , and ...
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... better wives than he obtained as a reward for waiting so long for each of them . I certainly should not be worth waiting seven months , nor even seven weeks for , I fear . It is hardly fair that I should marry William Roberts . He ...
... better wives than he obtained as a reward for waiting so long for each of them . I certainly should not be worth waiting seven months , nor even seven weeks for , I fear . It is hardly fair that I should marry William Roberts . He ...
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... . I love him ; I always have loved him better than anything in this bless- ed life there are but two things that can be named against him ; one is his over - estimate of me ; the other is he is too proper 42 SKETCHES OF.
... . I love him ; I always have loved him better than anything in this bless- ed life there are but two things that can be named against him ; one is his over - estimate of me ; the other is he is too proper 42 SKETCHES OF.
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... better than all the world beside , the soul almost shrinks with fear from the venture . Yet , is not this the only right view of this connexion ? How shall we make ourselves equal to these things ? From whence shall we derive help and ...
... better than all the world beside , the soul almost shrinks with fear from the venture . Yet , is not this the only right view of this connexion ? How shall we make ourselves equal to these things ? From whence shall we derive help and ...
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... Better change your mind every day , than continue one day in a wrong opinion . I will be generous , and forget what you have said , as you have repented so truly and so soon . Yours ever , AMY WESTON . CHAPTER V. " Words ! words ! words ...
... Better change your mind every day , than continue one day in a wrong opinion . I will be generous , and forget what you have said , as you have repented so truly and so soon . Yours ever , AMY WESTON . CHAPTER V. " Words ! words ! words ...
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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...