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Page 49
... Miss Benger ; gossipped with Miss Spence ; been affectionately greeted by the excellent and accomplished sisters , Jane and Maria Porter ; attracted , as by a golden link , to the lofty genius and generous heart of unhappy Lætitia ...
... Miss Benger ; gossipped with Miss Spence ; been affectionately greeted by the excellent and accomplished sisters , Jane and Maria Porter ; attracted , as by a golden link , to the lofty genius and generous heart of unhappy Lætitia ...
Page 98
... ( Miss Antrobus ) who , to remedy his father's extravagance , joined with her in the establish- ment of a warehouse for the sale of India goods ' in Cornhill , there is a tone of well - bred mannerism and respect in his letters to his ...
... ( Miss Antrobus ) who , to remedy his father's extravagance , joined with her in the establish- ment of a warehouse for the sale of India goods ' in Cornhill , there is a tone of well - bred mannerism and respect in his letters to his ...
Page 108
... missed the family of white mice which usually crawled on the top of his organ : poor child , he had sheltered them in his bosom ; it was nothing more than natural that he should do so , and the act was common - place enough -- but it ...
... missed the family of white mice which usually crawled on the top of his organ : poor child , he had sheltered them in his bosom ; it was nothing more than natural that he should do so , and the act was common - place enough -- but it ...
Page 204
... Miss Jane Ewer , in 1709 , and certainly his politeness seemed hardly taxed by this event ; for he only says , that he found marriage not so much worse than celibacy as he had expected ; ' yet , despite this quiet sarcasm at the holy ...
... Miss Jane Ewer , in 1709 , and certainly his politeness seemed hardly taxed by this event ; for he only says , that he found marriage not so much worse than celibacy as he had expected ; ' yet , despite this quiet sarcasm at the holy ...
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... Miss Edgeworth's life of her father , Lovel Edgeworth , dwelt in the immediate neighbourhood . 6 * Many are the traditions of Cromwell's resting - place . After the Restoration of Charles II . , the bodies of Cromwell , Bradshaw , and ...
... Miss Edgeworth's life of her father , Lovel Edgeworth , dwelt in the immediate neighbourhood . 6 * Many are the traditions of Cromwell's resting - place . After the Restoration of Charles II . , the bodies of Cromwell , Bradshaw , and ...
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Page 93 - Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race Disporting on thy margent green The paths of pleasure trace, Who foremost now delight to cleave With pliant arm thy glassy wave?
Page 249 - This is owing to you, for you put it into my head by the question you put to me at Chalfont, which before I had not thought of.
Page 47 - For a thousand years in thy sight, are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. Thou carriest them away as with a flood ; they are as a sleep : in the morning they are like grass which groweth up ; in the morning it flourisheth and groweth up ; in the evening it is cut down and withereth.
Page 11 - Wilt thou leave thy sins and go to heaven, or have thy sins and go to hell...
Page 478 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
Page 445 - GOING TO THE WARS Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more.
Page 62 - Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord ; for they rest from their labours ; and their works do follow them, Rev.
Page 47 - Why art thou cast down, 0 my soul ? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God : for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Page 586 - Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays...
Page 137 - I have a garden of my own, But so with roses overgrown, And lilies, that you would it guess To be a little wilderness ; And all the springtime of the year It only loved to be there.