The Maid's Husband, Том 3R. Bentley, 1844 |
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... position in your heart , in which I wish to be . I believe I am weakly anxious about your good opinion ; and in proportion to my anxiety , it will , out of mere perverseness , be denied me . " She sought to speak ; but he said , with an ...
... position in your heart , in which I wish to be . I believe I am weakly anxious about your good opinion ; and in proportion to my anxiety , it will , out of mere perverseness , be denied me . " She sought to speak ; but he said , with an ...
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... position in which fate had placed him . He loved to look round on all he saw , and the grey stone suited well with the thoughtfulness of his disposition . The moat , the battlemented gateway , the strong towers , all gave him an idea of ...
... position in which fate had placed him . He loved to look round on all he saw , and the grey stone suited well with the thoughtfulness of his disposition . The moat , the battlemented gateway , the strong towers , all gave him an idea of ...
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... time , so can the mind but dwell on one predilection ; and his present position , spite of all , passed before him with strong lights devoid of shadows , and tinged all over with a soft glow of kindly feeling , 28 MISS AYLMER ; OR ,
... time , so can the mind but dwell on one predilection ; and his present position , spite of all , passed before him with strong lights devoid of shadows , and tinged all over with a soft glow of kindly feeling , 28 MISS AYLMER ; OR ,
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... position that he had gained ; —the power of his originality , learning , acuteness , terseness , over the affections of a simple - hearted girl ! her caprice wearing off - the pretty intolerance - arrogance , that he fancied once were ...
... position that he had gained ; —the power of his originality , learning , acuteness , terseness , over the affections of a simple - hearted girl ! her caprice wearing off - the pretty intolerance - arrogance , that he fancied once were ...
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... for those which had super- seded them . To establish herself in a new position , without its appearing that she had found reason to change the old ; to render to each his due , without taking from her own in THE MAID'S HUSBAND . 31.
... for those which had super- seded them . To establish herself in a new position , without its appearing that she had found reason to change the old ; to render to each his due , without taking from her own in THE MAID'S HUSBAND . 31.
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affection babe better Betty Bracken calm carriage cheerful chinchilla comfort confess creature dear deep delight Divine grace dream duty escutcheon eyes fancy fear feelings felt folly gained girl give gone hand happiness HARVARD COLLEGE Haveringham heart hope John Bracken knew Lady Oglander laughed leave live look round lost maid's husband manner married ment mind Miss Ayl Miss Aylmer morbid mind mother mother of pearl ness never night once pain passed passion peace Philip Waldegrave pity pleasure poor Betty pretty pride racter recollection repose rience Rosalind seemed servant silence single Sir Francis smile soft soon sorrow spirit stand stood Strick Strickland sweet taken talk tell tender thing thou thought timate tion truth turb turn uncon unem voice wait Waldegrave's weak whilst wife Winston Hall wished women word young
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Сторінка 76 - Angels and ministers of grace defend us! Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damn'd, Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee: I'll call thee Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane, O, answer me!
Сторінка 1 - It is good to be honest and true ; It is good to be off with the old love Before you are on with the new.
Сторінка 259 - Tramp ! tramp ! across the land they speede, Splash! splash! across the sea; Hurrah ! The dead can ride apace ! Dost fear to ride with me...
Сторінка 203 - If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: If I say, "I am perfect," it shall also prove me perverse.
Сторінка 68 - What is the highest happiness of mortals, if not to execute what we consider right and good ; to be really masters of the means conducive to our aims ? And where should or can our...
Сторінка 69 - ... her activity will turn them all to profit. Thus is she dependent upon no one ; and she procures her husband genuine independence, that which is interior and domestic : whatever he possesses, he beholds secured ; what he earns, well employed ; and thus he can direct his mind to lofty objects, and if fortune favours, he may act in the state the same character which so well becomes his wife at home.
Сторінка 178 - ... to turn the heart of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, and bring him round to a sense of his own perplexities.
Сторінка 306 - If we were to form an image of dignity in a man, we should give him wisdom and valour, as being essential to the character of manhood. In like manner, if you describe a right woman in a laudable sense, she should have gentle softness, tender fear, and all those parts of life which distinguish her from the other sex ; with some subordination to it, but such an inferiority that makes her still more lovely.
Сторінка 21 - Gymnosophists or hermits, who are clothed in the bark of trees. In amazement at her beauty they worship her as a divinity. Fear not thou, oh blessed spirit! Speak, oh thou ! of form so beauteous; who art thou, and what thy purpose ? As thy noble form we gaze on, as we gaze on thy bright eyes, In amaze we stand and wonder: freely breathe, and wail no more. Of the wood art thou the goddess? or the mountain-goddess thou ? Or the river-nymph, the beauteous ? Blessed spirit, speak the truth.
Сторінка 57 - I once persuaded thee to reflect much ; let me now persuade thee to avoid the habitude of reflection, to lay aside books, and to gaze carefully and steadfastly on what is under and before thee.