Sketches of Married LifeHilliard Gray, and Company, 1838 - 304 páginas |
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... fault in woman , which deserves still more to be rep- robated ; it is that of flattering this weakness in man , and , by that means , gaining by art that ascendancy over him , which he finds so much self - complacency in thinking he pos ...
... fault in woman , which deserves still more to be rep- robated ; it is that of flattering this weakness in man , and , by that means , gaining by art that ascendancy over him , which he finds so much self - complacency in thinking he pos ...
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... fault , I doubt not , that he knows nothing of it . " “ When did you ever speak of it ? " asked her husband . " The day , " replied . Fanny , " when you and Mr. Elton walked out to Brookline and returned so late to dinner . " " I ...
... fault , I doubt not , that he knows nothing of it . " “ When did you ever speak of it ? " asked her husband . " The day , " replied . Fanny , " when you and Mr. Elton walked out to Brookline and returned so late to dinner . " " I ...
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... fault with her . She did not neglect any of the just claims of society . She read , she studied , she thought , more ... faults which she feared , if indulged in , would eventually prove fatal 7 CHAPTER VIII. ...
... fault with her . She did not neglect any of the just claims of society . She read , she studied , she thought , more ... faults which she feared , if indulged in , would eventually prove fatal 7 CHAPTER VIII. ...
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... faults , especially now that I am going to leave it . This puts me in mind of poor aunt Hetty , who was very tiresome to me while she was alive , trotting about , finding fault with every thing and every body , especially with me , whom ...
... faults , especially now that I am going to leave it . This puts me in mind of poor aunt Hetty , who was very tiresome to me while she was alive , trotting about , finding fault with every thing and every body , especially with me , whom ...
Página 102
... fault , if I was not perfectly happy ; in short , she made out a list of my blessings , suffi- ciently accurate for an auctioneer , if , alas ! happiness could be purchased . You see , - Amy , I know all about my blessings before- hand ...
... fault , if I was not perfectly happy ; in short , she made out a list of my blessings , suffi- ciently accurate for an auctioneer , if , alas ! happiness could be purchased . You see , - Amy , I know all about my blessings before- hand ...
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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...