'Recommended to mercy' [by M.C. Houstoun]. |
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... present was indeed no fitting moment in which to evoke memories that , Alas ! were far from sinless , and she felt her boasted courage fail her as she called to mind the laws they had outraged , and the avenging Deity they had so long ...
... present was indeed no fitting moment in which to evoke memories that , Alas ! were far from sinless , and she felt her boasted courage fail her as she called to mind the laws they had outraged , and the avenging Deity they had so long ...
الصفحة 105
... present at the fête . Luckily ( at least I deemed it so then , for my whole heart was bent upon the expedition ) the Archery Ground lay in the way of my father's daily round of visits ; and nothing doubting that , once there , I should ...
... present at the fête . Luckily ( at least I deemed it so then , for my whole heart was bent upon the expedition ) the Archery Ground lay in the way of my father's daily round of visits ; and nothing doubting that , once there , I should ...
الصفحة 143
... present position , it was difficult to drive away the thoughts ( not unmixed with their due portion of self - accu- sation ) that crowded upon him : and many a rousing memory of the daughter he had so lightly valued , forced itself upon ...
... present position , it was difficult to drive away the thoughts ( not unmixed with their due portion of self - accu- sation ) that crowded upon him : and many a rousing memory of the daughter he had so lightly valued , forced itself upon ...
الصفحة 154
... present possessor of the Abbey , was what is called one of the old school ; ' by which we may infer that in the days when he was young , schools were neither so numerous or so various as they are in these our times , when we have so ...
... present possessor of the Abbey , was what is called one of the old school ; ' by which we may infer that in the days when he was young , schools were neither so numerous or so various as they are in these our times , when we have so ...
الصفحة 162
... present day - ' fine figure , well brought up , good connection , elegant girl , very - but now I think of it , ' he added in a voice of alarm , ' I have not asked you where this person is - I hope to Heaven she is not at the cottage ...
... present day - ' fine figure , well brought up , good connection , elegant girl , very - but now I think of it , ' he added in a voice of alarm , ' I have not asked you where this person is - I hope to Heaven she is not at the cottage ...
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Alice Alice's angry Archery Arthur asceticism asked beauty better Brandreth breast breath called cheek child cold Colonel Thorn Colonel Thornleigh comfort cousin creature comforts cried daugh dear Dormer dread duty Edward Ellerton eyes face fancy father fear feel felt fingers forgive gentle gentle touch Gertrude girl hand happy hard heard heart Heaven Helen Helen loved Herbert honour hope husband India knew labour Lady Thornleigh Langton laugh leave lips listen looked marriage Mary Owen mind mother Nellie never night once pain pardon passed passion perhaps Philip Thornleigh pity pleasant poor pray Rector rich seemed shillings sight silent Sir Edgar Sir Philip sister smile sorrow stood sure Talmash tears tell thing Thornleigh Abbey thought tion tone truth turned Vaughan voice Warminster whispered wife wish woman women words young
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الصفحة 43 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together : our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.
الصفحة 273 - THE flower that smiles to-day To-morrow dies; All that we wish to stay Tempts and then flies. What is this world's delight? Lightning that mocks the night, Brief even as bright.
الصفحة 277 - I should have found in some place of my soul A drop of patience : but, alas, to make me A fixed figure for the time of scorn To point his slow unmoving finger at...
الصفحة 1 - Lydia's monarch should the search descend, By Solon caution'd to regard his end, In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise? From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driv'ler and a show.
الصفحة 241 - Alas ! I have walked through life Too heedless where I trod ; Nay, helping to trample my fellow-worm, And fill the burial sod, Forgetting that even the sparrow falls Not unmarked of God...
الصفحة 68 - Twill ever stick, through malice of your own. Most hard! in pleasing your chief glory lies; And yet from pleasing your chief dangers rise : Then please the best; and know, for men of sense. Your strongest charms are native innocence.
الصفحة 241 - I drank the richest draughts ; And ate whatever is good — Fish, and flesh, and fowl, and fruit, Supplied my hungry mood ; But I never...
الصفحة 63 - To bear those labours, which our fathers bore, That crown withheld, which they in triumph wore? When with much pains this boasted learning's got, 'Tis an affront to those who have it not.
الصفحة 68 - When kind, most cruel ; when oblig'd the most, The least obliging; and by favours lost. Cruel by nature, they for kindness hate ; And scorn you for those ills themselves create. If on your fame our sex a blot has thrown, 'Twill ever stick, through malice of your own.