Miss Aylmer; or, The maid's husband |
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... side of the pew , only separating her from " the tomb of all the Capulets ! " it was too much for her . There lay two of the family of the Havering- hams , husband and wife , close beside her ; cut out in stone ; larger than life ...
... side of the pew , only separating her from " the tomb of all the Capulets ! " it was too much for her . There lay two of the family of the Havering- hams , husband and wife , close beside her ; cut out in stone ; larger than life ...
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... side like a weary lion , and appeared to dream of blood and forests . " - Portrait of Vendean . 66 CHATEAUBRIAND . a " I DON'T like country people , " said Rosalind to her friend one day , after having laboured through two or three ...
... side like a weary lion , and appeared to dream of blood and forests . " - Portrait of Vendean . 66 CHATEAUBRIAND . a " I DON'T like country people , " said Rosalind to her friend one day , after having laboured through two or three ...
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... side . He was getting into a headlong pas- sion , worshipping a heart of marble . Could he but have suspected her drift , how differently he might have managed ! how well he might have doubled her turnings ! how com- pletely taken her ...
... side . He was getting into a headlong pas- sion , worshipping a heart of marble . Could he but have suspected her drift , how differently he might have managed ! how well he might have doubled her turnings ! how com- pletely taken her ...
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... side , she was willing to give him a patient trial ; and was both vexed and disap- pointed at witnessing so much to condemn in the violence of his temper . Whilst this inquiry was going on on her part , this espionage on her side , the ...
... side , she was willing to give him a patient trial ; and was both vexed and disap- pointed at witnessing so much to condemn in the violence of his temper . Whilst this inquiry was going on on her part , this espionage on her side , the ...
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... side of her having sought him , - yet it was provoking , and he muttered in an aside , " Confound the Stricklands ! " louder than he intended ; so loud , indeed , that his sister heard it . " And what of the Stricklands ? " she asked ...
... side of her having sought him , - yet it was provoking , and he muttered in an aside , " Confound the Stricklands ! " louder than he intended ; so loud , indeed , that his sister heard it . " And what of the Stricklands ? " she asked ...
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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...