'Recommended to mercy' [by M.C. Houstoun]. |
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... true is the oft repeated saying , that in scenes of sorrow and of sick- ness , from the sight of which bold men shrink appalled , women seem in their most fitting place ! Even the weak and foolish among them find that their powers ...
... true is the oft repeated saying , that in scenes of sorrow and of sick- ness , from the sight of which bold men shrink appalled , women seem in their most fitting place ! Even the weak and foolish among them find that their powers ...
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... true to you , ' said Helen , solemnly . He hung upon her words eagerly , and when her vow was spoken , he , still resting on her arm , addressed her in smothered tones . ' Helen , you know all the history of my past life , and I have ...
... true to you , ' said Helen , solemnly . He hung upon her words eagerly , and when her vow was spoken , he , still resting on her arm , addressed her in smothered tones . ' Helen , you know all the history of my past life , and I have ...
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... true woman's love . 6 But Helen could not be silent . Philip , ' she exclaimed , ' pardon me if I seem to dis- regard your wishes , but indeed this must not be ; nor can I allow you to do this unjust thing . It is not by me that your ...
... true woman's love . 6 But Helen could not be silent . Philip , ' she exclaimed , ' pardon me if I seem to dis- regard your wishes , but indeed this must not be ; nor can I allow you to do this unjust thing . It is not by me that your ...
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... true that she could never hope to become either that ingenious piece of mechanism , an accomplished young lady , or that anomalous and graceless thing , a ' learned girl ; ' but she had grown to love reading for its own sake , and had ...
... true that she could never hope to become either that ingenious piece of mechanism , an accomplished young lady , or that anomalous and graceless thing , a ' learned girl ; ' but she had grown to love reading for its own sake , and had ...
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... true woman still , and shrank instinctively from public scandal . ' Who are they , and what do they in- sinuate ? Well , you shall know the truth . They say that you meet Thornleigh alone , and at undue hours ; and I say , dear Helen ...
... true woman still , and shrank instinctively from public scandal . ' Who are they , and what do they in- sinuate ? Well , you shall know the truth . They say that you meet Thornleigh alone , and at undue hours ; and I say , dear Helen ...
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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.