Sketches of Married LifeHilliard Gray, and Company, 1838 - 304 páginas |
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... woman , to whom he will always have to play second fiddle . " “ What do you suppose , is the reason , Mr. Selmar , " said the belle , " that ordinary men so often take a fancy to these very fine women ? " " I suppose , " answered Edward ...
... woman , to whom he will always have to play second fiddle . " “ What do you suppose , is the reason , Mr. Selmar , " said the belle , " that ordinary men so often take a fancy to these very fine women ? " " I suppose , " answered Edward ...
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... woman talk politics . " " Is it not of equal importance to a woman as to a man , what the government is under which she lives ? and if so , is it not natural that she should have some opinion ? " " The wisest and best have agreed that ...
... woman talk politics . " " Is it not of equal importance to a woman as to a man , what the government is under which she lives ? and if so , is it not natural that she should have some opinion ? " " The wisest and best have agreed that ...
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... woman has existed for ages , and to which she is still doomed in many parts of the world ? When exposed to the same trials , do we not often see the woman endur- ing with a quiet patience , a cheerful cour- age ; while lordly man either ...
... woman has existed for ages , and to which she is still doomed in many parts of the world ? When exposed to the same trials , do we not often see the woman endur- ing with a quiet patience , a cheerful cour- age ; while lordly man either ...
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... woman in the world . that it was my own 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 ...
... woman in the world . that it was my own 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 ...
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... 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 compress- ed , that , when she is silent , you would hardly know she had any . Her piercing , black ...
... 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 compress- ed , that , when she is silent , you would hardly know she had any . Her piercing , black ...
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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...