Miss Aylmer; or, The maid's husband |
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... light circular turrets stuck full of loopholes , with a flag - staff on the top of one of them , she was taught not what she had to expect ; nor was her mind in the smallest degree broken in to relish 32 MISS AYLMER ; OR ,
... light circular turrets stuck full of loopholes , with a flag - staff on the top of one of them , she was taught not what she had to expect ; nor was her mind in the smallest degree broken in to relish 32 MISS AYLMER ; OR ,
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... light within , shining through its many - stained colours . Mrs. Milman looked delighted to see her ; and there was a cheerfulness in the room from the blaze of a good fire , that made her regret she had not returned sooner . " I am ...
... light within , shining through its many - stained colours . Mrs. Milman looked delighted to see her ; and there was a cheerfulness in the room from the blaze of a good fire , that made her regret she had not returned sooner . " I am ...
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... light and happy in comparison to what it had been . Woman is a simple being , and too apt , perhaps , to overrate the opinion of others : at all events , she considered , that what had so well suited my lord and my lady for so many ...
... light and happy in comparison to what it had been . Woman is a simple being , and too apt , perhaps , to overrate the opinion of others : at all events , she considered , that what had so well suited my lord and my lady for so many ...
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... light , my dear ! ” " And so let me , " hastily rejoined Rosalind , " if such as these are the suns that are to shine upon me . Brilliant in beauty as he was , the heart was cold within . If I had accepted him , it would have been to ...
... light , my dear ! ” " And so let me , " hastily rejoined Rosalind , " if such as these are the suns that are to shine upon me . Brilliant in beauty as he was , the heart was cold within . If I had accepted him , it would have been to ...
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... light in which they viewed them , were set down as so many barefaced toadyisms , paying off by driblets the sum total owed for the comfortable quarters in which she had the good luck to find herself . She lost nothing , however , by not ...
... light in which they viewed them , were set down as so many barefaced toadyisms , paying off by driblets the sum total owed for the comfortable quarters in which she had the good luck to find herself . She lost nothing , however , by not ...
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Сторінка 78 - Obscured, where highest woods, impenetrable To star or sun-light, spread their umbrage broad And brown as evening ! cover me, ye pines, Ye cedars, with innumerable boughs Hide me, where I may never see them more...
Сторінка 295 - 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, Under 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 59 - ... to travel round their circle with perpetual success and peace and love! It is when a woman has attained this inward mastery, that she truly makes the husband whom she loves a master: her attention will acquire all sorts of knowledge; 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...
Сторінка 48 - To sink or soar, with our mix'd essence make A conflict of its elements, and breathe The breath of degradation and of pride, Contending with low wants and lofty will, Till our mortality predominates, And men are— what they name not to themselves, And trust not to each other.
Сторінка 312 - The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear ; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.
Сторінка 193 - If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: If I say, "I am perfect," it shall also prove me perverse.
Сторінка 59 - ... 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 3 - ... as to mix with the assemblies of knaves and blockheads, nor yet of an opinion that he ought to retire from mankind to seek God in the horror of solitude : on the contrary, he must think that the Almighty is to be found amongst men, where his goodness is most active, and his providence most employed. There it is that religion must enlighten, and reason regulate his conduct, both in the cares of salvation, and the duties of life. With such a man, a woman must enjoy those pleasures in marriage which...
Сторінка 140 - ... becomes, if properly considered, a beauty in the drama, and adds a fresh stroke of truth to the portrait of the lover. Why, after all, should we be offended at what does not offend Juliet herself? For in the original story we find that her attention is first attracted towards Romeo, by seeing him "fancy sick and pale of cheer" for love of a cold beauty. We must remember that in those times every young cavalier of any distinction devoted himself, at his first entrance into the world, to the service...