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 68–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... looks and his per- fections ; yet , when he approaches your person , you feel a desire to repulse him so irresistible , that it is almost ten to one you behave saucily , if not rudely to him . " " Oh , dear me , what a strange ...
... looks and his per- fections ; yet , when he approaches your person , you feel a desire to repulse him so irresistible , that it is almost ten to one you behave saucily , if not rudely to him . " " Oh , dear me , what a strange ...
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... look on him , yet shrink from his approach , and repulse him . ' “ Oh , dear me , guilty again ! Guilty , guilty ! No- thing can be more according to truth . " 66 So , here am I , only eighteen years of age past in April , and have ...
... look on him , yet shrink from his approach , and repulse him . ' “ Oh , dear me , guilty again ! Guilty , guilty ! No- thing can be more according to truth . " 66 So , here am I , only eighteen years of age past in April , and have ...
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... looks always to me as if the woman were a part of the machine that she is sitting at ; but I am determined that my bairn's music shall be all inherent , and depend on the tones of her own voice , of which all artificial tones are but ...
... looks always to me as if the woman were a part of the machine that she is sitting at ; but I am determined that my bairn's music shall be all inherent , and depend on the tones of her own voice , of which all artificial tones are but ...
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... look- ing ower my shoulder , to see what my partner was gaun to do neist . Ten shillings worth o ' dancing , when I was young , wad hae set me aboon a ' that ; and I am resolved , afore ye should ever be in sic a pre- dicament , to ware ...
... look- ing ower my shoulder , to see what my partner was gaun to do neist . Ten shillings worth o ' dancing , when I was young , wad hae set me aboon a ' that ; and I am resolved , afore ye should ever be in sic a pre- dicament , to ware ...
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... looks rather affected in a country girl to be always snapping at the English , and at the same time popping in an auld ... look into the round pew close in before the lords , and you will see three or four black- gowns sitting round a ...
... looks rather affected in a country girl to be always snapping at the English , and at the same time popping in an auld ... look into the round pew close in before the lords , and you will see three or four black- gowns sitting round a ...
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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...