'Recommended to mercy' [by M.C. Houstoun]. |
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الصفحة 42
... for he was hardly old enough to comprehend the full measure of the disgrace
she had brought upon their house ; and was moreover more drawn to the
unreserved and warm - hearted sister of whom he had seen and known so little ,
than to ...
... for he was hardly old enough to comprehend the full measure of the disgrace
she had brought upon their house ; and was moreover more drawn to the
unreserved and warm - hearted sister of whom he had seen and known so little ,
than to ...
الصفحة 43
Unfortunately , the boy was able to obtain in the great commercial city some of
that baneful thing called “ credit , ' and being ( like his unhappy sister ) but ill
provided with a store of good principles wherewith to enable him to resist the
assaults ...
Unfortunately , the boy was able to obtain in the great commercial city some of
that baneful thing called “ credit , ' and being ( like his unhappy sister ) but ill
provided with a store of good principles wherewith to enable him to resist the
assaults ...
الصفحة 44
The appeal that he made for assistance was an urgent one ; the letter too was full
of regrets and promises of amendment ; but the amount of the sum required
startled his sister . She had no fears as regarded the providing for her own future
...
The appeal that he made for assistance was an urgent one ; the letter too was full
of regrets and promises of amendment ; but the amount of the sum required
startled his sister . She had no fears as regarded the providing for her own future
...
الصفحة 46
She was painfully impressed with the conviction , that by her own misconduct she
had forfeited her elder sister ' s right to offer counsel ; and therefore she seldom
ventured to remonstrate with the selfish and unthinking lad who was now ...
She was painfully impressed with the conviction , that by her own misconduct she
had forfeited her elder sister ' s right to offer counsel ; and therefore she seldom
ventured to remonstrate with the selfish and unthinking lad who was now ...
الصفحة 47
and from his - ah ! that regretful sister could too readily imagine the manner of
company in which so much of her little property had been squandered ! But she
thought her of her own shortcomings , and came to consider her loss as in the
light ...
and from his - ah ! that regretful sister could too readily imagine the manner of
company in which so much of her little property had been squandered ! But she
thought her of her own shortcomings , and came to consider her loss as in the
light ...
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الصفحة 220 - Meantime I seek no sympathies, nor need ; The thorns which I have reap'd are of the tree I planted, — they have torn me — and I bleed : I should have known what fruit would spring from such a seed.
الصفحة 246 - Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains.
الصفحة 86 - Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death, And all the sad variety of pain.
الصفحة 204 - Steadfast, serene, immovable, the same Year after year, through all the silent night Burns on for evermore that quenchless flame, Shines on that inextinguishable light...
الصفحة 178 - And the Poet, faithful and far-seeing, Sees, alike in stars and flowers, a part Of the self-same, universal being, Which is throbbing in his brain and heart. Gorgeous flowerets in the sunlight shining, Blossoms flaunting in the eye of day, Tremulous leaves, with soft and silver lining, Buds that open only to decay...
الصفحة 220 - The tree will wither long before it fall; The hull drives on, though mast and sail be torn; The roof-tree sinks, but moulders on the hall In massy hoariness; the...
الصفحة 202 - In some fair body thus th' informing soul With spirits feeds, with vigour fills the whole ; Each motion guides, and every nerve sustains, Itself unseen, but in th' effects remains. Some, to whom Heaven in wit has been profuse, Want as much more to turn it to its use ; For wit and judgment often are at strife, Though meant each other's aid, like man and wife.
الصفحة 152 - Heaven's Sovereign saves all beings, but himself, That hideous sight, a naked human heart.
الصفحة 178 - Flaunting gaily in the golden light ; Large desires, with most uncertain issues, Tender wishes, blossoming at night ! These in flowers and men are more than seeming Workings are they of the self-same powers, Which the Poet, in no idle dreaming, Seeth in himself, and in the flowers.