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... told you all . His father's estate joins When children , we played together , not yet ours . and I distinctly remember one day we were VOL . II . C told to kiss each other , for that we should NOBLY FALSE . 25.
... told you all . His father's estate joins When children , we played together , not yet ours . and I distinctly remember one day we were VOL . II . C told to kiss each other , for that we should NOBLY FALSE . 25.
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James McGrigor Allan. told to kiss each other , for that we should be married when we grew up . For many years as a girl I considered myself as actually be- trothed to Gerald Lindor . " แ Oh , the young man is respectably con- nected ...
James McGrigor Allan. told to kiss each other , for that we should be married when we grew up . For many years as a girl I considered myself as actually be- trothed to Gerald Lindor . " แ Oh , the young man is respectably con- nected ...
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... told me so frequently ; and I never let him have his own way in anything connected with the household arrangements . When he showed a disposition to fall back on the brutal preroga- tive of superior strength , I used to have my sainted ...
... told me so frequently ; and I never let him have his own way in anything connected with the household arrangements . When he showed a disposition to fall back on the brutal preroga- tive of superior strength , I used to have my sainted ...
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... told . Unable to endure further the persecution she had so long suffered under her mother's roof , she had obeyed an invincible impulse , and taken the train to London , where she had arrived that morning , with some half - formed idea ...
... told . Unable to endure further the persecution she had so long suffered under her mother's roof , she had obeyed an invincible impulse , and taken the train to London , where she had arrived that morning , with some half - formed idea ...
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... ! Such wo- men go to church like children , because they have been told to do so ; and think themselves religious . They cannot be called Infidels , for that implies some exercise of thought ; but they NOBLY FALSE . 77.
... ! Such wo- men go to church like children , because they have been told to do so ; and think themselves religious . They cannot be called Infidels , for that implies some exercise of thought ; but they NOBLY FALSE . 77.
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Page 324 - For mine own good, All causes shall give way : I am in blood Stepp'd in so far that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er : Strange things I have in head, that will to hand ; Which must be acted ere they may be scann'd.
Page 274 - In thrilling regions of thick-ribbed ice ; To be imprison'd in the viewless winds, And blown with restless violence round about The pendent world ; or to be worse than worst Of those, that lawless and incertain...
Page 329 - I was a fish, and I shall be a crow,' said Tancred to himself, when the hall door closed on him. ' What a spiritual mistress ! And yesterday, for a moment, I almost dreamed of kneeling with her at the Holy Sepulchre ! I must get out of this city as quickly as possible ; I cannot cope with its corruption.
Page 354 - Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world : now could I drink hot blood, And do such bitter business as the day Would quake to look on.
Page 327 - First, there was nothing, then there was something; then — forget the next— I think there were shells, then fishes; then we came— let me see — did we come next? Never mind that; we came at last. And the next change there will be something very superior to us — something with wings.
Page 328 - Nobody ever saw a star formed,' said Tancred. ' Perhaps not. You must read the " Revelations ;" it is all explained. But what is most interesting, is the way in which man has been developed. You know, all is development. The principle is perpetually going on. First, there was nothing, then there was something ; then, I forget the next, I think there were shells, then fishes ; then we came, let me see, did we come next ? Never mind that ; we came at last. And the next change there will be something...
Page 328 - You know, all is development. The principle is perpetually going on. First, there was nothing, then there was something; then - I forget the next - I think there were shells, then fishes; then we came - Let me see did we come next? Never mind that; we came at last. And the next change will be something very superior to us - something with wings. Ah! that's it: we were fishes, and I believe we shall be crows. But you must read it.
Page 3 - Her brow was white and low, her cheek's pure dye Like twilight rosy still with the set sun ; Short upper lip— sweet lips ! that make us sigh Ever to have seen such ; for she was one Fit for the model of a statuary, (A race of mere impostors, when all's done — I've seen much finer women, ripe and real, Than all the nonsense of their stone ideal).
Page 184 - We have, however, a plain precept to follow, which is, to do our duty in that state of life to which it has pleased God to call us.