Trials, by the author of 'The favourite of nature'.1824 |
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... mother was summoned from her child , and , a few days after its birth , expired . The first lamentations of Mr. Dorring- ton upon this event were very sincere . He certainly loved his wife with as much affection as a man who loved ...
... mother was summoned from her child , and , a few days after its birth , expired . The first lamentations of Mr. Dorring- ton upon this event were very sincere . He certainly loved his wife with as much affection as a man who loved ...
Page 79
... who faint at the idea of singing any thing in their own mother tongue , and who professedly perform no music but what is adapted to a language which they do not under- stand . " I am not proficient enough in Ita- lian to 79.
... who faint at the idea of singing any thing in their own mother tongue , and who professedly perform no music but what is adapted to a language which they do not under- stand . " I am not proficient enough in Ita- lian to 79.
Page 128
... in the character of a mother were to be her portion . She had the misfortune to lose three of her children ; and her eldest boy was so delicate in health as to keep her in con- • tinual dread of his following them . Still she 128.
... in the character of a mother were to be her portion . She had the misfortune to lose three of her children ; and her eldest boy was so delicate in health as to keep her in con- • tinual dread of his following them . Still she 128.
Page 153
... calmer , happier nature , than those which occupied the waking fancy of his poor mother ; for as he slept he smiled , he murmured inarticu- late sounds - again he smiled - he even laughed H 5 153 a voice struck upon her ear which came ...
... calmer , happier nature , than those which occupied the waking fancy of his poor mother ; for as he slept he smiled , he murmured inarticu- late sounds - again he smiled - he even laughed H 5 153 a voice struck upon her ear which came ...
Page 191
... mother of my children ! Ah , is it possible that ideas once so charming , and in this awful in- terval again so dear , so present to me , is it possible they could ever be obliterat- ed ? No , it was not possible ! a strange delusion ...
... mother of my children ! Ah , is it possible that ideas once so charming , and in this awful in- terval again so dear , so present to me , is it possible they could ever be obliterat- ed ? No , it was not possible ! a strange delusion ...
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Popular passages
Page 65 - But, hail! thou Goddess sage and holy! Hail, divinest Melancholy! Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight...
Page 237 - For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt ; I am black ; astonishment hath taken hold on me. Is there no balm in Gilead ; is there no physician there ? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered...
Page 23 - His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say —
Page 107 - And from Shakespeare she gained a great store of information amongst the rest, that -'Trifles light as air, Are, to the jealous, confirmation strong, As proofs of Holy Writ.
Page 82 - But I'll do my best a gude wife to be, For auld Robin Gray is kind unto me.
Page 130 - No more of that. I pray you, in your letters, When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, Speak of me as I am ; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice...
Page 266 - Lord was not in the wind of human passion — not in the earthquake — not in the fire — but in the still small voice which comes when all these have passed away.
Page 237 - O that I had wings like a dove : for then would I flee away, and be at rest.
Page 245 - Habitual evils change not on a sudden: But many days must pass, and many sorrows; Conscious remorse and anguish must be felt, To curb desire, to break the stubborn will, And work a second nature in the soul...
Page 175 - O thou bounteous giver of all good, Thou art of all thy gifts thyself the crown ! Give what thou canst, without thee we are poor ; And with thee rich, take what thou wilt away.