The Three Perils of Woman; Or, Love, Leasing and Jealousy: A Series of Domestic Scottish Tales, Հատոր 1E. Duyckinck, 1823 |
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Արդյունքներ 29–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
Էջ 5
... FEAR I am in love , " said Gatty Bell , as she first awakened in her solitary bed in the garret room of her father's farm - house . " And what a business I am like to have of it ! I have had such a night dream dreaming , and all about ...
... FEAR I am in love , " said Gatty Bell , as she first awakened in her solitary bed in the garret room of her father's farm - house . " And what a business I am like to have of it ! I have had such a night dream dreaming , and all about ...
Էջ 7
... fear , it is wrong , very wrong , but I would not care to try . " Gatty kneeled in her wonted place , and said her prayers with a fervency and a devotion to which she had seldom before attained ; but she neither prayed that she might ...
... fear , it is wrong , very wrong , but I would not care to try . " Gatty kneeled in her wonted place , and said her prayers with a fervency and a devotion to which she had seldom before attained ; but she neither prayed that she might ...
Էջ 15
... fear that what is hained off her educa- tion may be ill hained . A hunder pounds or twa may be as weel in the head as the pouch , and turn to as good account too ; and granting that the bits o ' nicky - nacky things that they learn at ...
... fear that what is hained off her educa- tion may be ill hained . A hunder pounds or twa may be as weel in the head as the pouch , and turn to as good account too ; and granting that the bits o ' nicky - nacky things that they learn at ...
Էջ 21
... fear of the expenses of the hotel ; and then Daniel set busily about procuring the best masters for his daughter . In these excursions , the most curious scenes imaginable occurred ; for he would not engage a singing - master till he ...
... fear of the expenses of the hotel ; and then Daniel set busily about procuring the best masters for his daughter . In these excursions , the most curious scenes imaginable occurred ; for he would not engage a singing - master till he ...
Էջ 37
... fear I am in love still , " said Gatty ; " and what a busi- ness I am like to have of it ! " And thus , by a retro- grade motion round a small but complete circle , am I come again to the very beginning of my story . I like that way of ...
... fear I am in love still , " said Gatty ; " and what a busi- ness I am like to have of it ! " And thus , by a retro- grade motion round a small but complete circle , am I come again to the very beginning of my story . I like that way of ...
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Էջ 92 - O all you host of heaven! O earth! What else? And shall I couple hell? O fie! Hold, hold, my heart, And you, my sinews, grow not instant old, But bear me stiffly up ! Remember thee? Ay, thou poor ghost, while memory holds a seat In this distracted globe.
Էջ 92 - That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand, And with his arms outstretch'd, as he would fly, Grasps in the comer : welcome ever smiles, And farewell goes out sighing. O, let not virtue seek Remuneration for the thing it was ; For beauty, wit, High birth, vigour of bone, desert in service, Love, friendship, charity, are subjects all To envious and calumniating time. One touch of nature makes the whole world kin ; That all with one consent praise new-born gawds, Though they are made and moulded...
Էջ 247 - O all-mighty an' just God, who can fathom the depth of thy judgment? It is higher than heaven, what can we do; it is deeper than hell, what can we understand? What shall we, or what can we, do to appease thy displeasure? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, or the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? If thou requirest it, I must; but, in the mean time, we leave with thee this night two broken an' contrite spirits, an' bow to thy decision, whatever it may be.
Էջ 247 - It is higher than heaven, what can we do: it is deeper than hell, what can we know: the measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea...