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 35–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
Էջ 7
... sure , at least I 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 ...
... sure , at least I 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 ...
Էջ 11
... Sure you are not in that state , Gatty ? What say you to it ? Answer . Guilty . Again , ' You measure all excellencies by his person and qua- lities . ' Sure it is impossible you can do that ? Answer in conscience . 66 I am afraid I ...
... Sure you are not in that state , Gatty ? What say you to it ? Answer . Guilty . Again , ' You measure all excellencies by his person and qua- lities . ' Sure it is impossible you can do that ? Answer in conscience . 66 I am afraid I ...
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... sure you will never be ashamed , either in this world , or the one that's to come . But I am growing ower serious now , and I never likit sermons muckle mysel ; therefore , in the management of your feet , I wad advise you to learn a ...
... sure you will never be ashamed , either in this world , or the one that's to come . But I am growing ower serious now , and I never likit sermons muckle mysel ; therefore , in the management of your feet , I wad advise you to learn a ...
Էջ 24
... sure she must have felt . But , like the man with the carbuncled nose , who imagined that every one whom he heard laugh was laughing at him , and kept himself in anger and misery all the days of his life by such ap- prehensions - Like ...
... sure she must have felt . But , like the man with the carbuncled nose , who imagined that every one whom he heard laugh was laughing at him , and kept himself in anger and misery all the days of his life by such ap- prehensions - Like ...
Էջ 40
... sure , at your age , you cannot so much as know what love is . " " O yes , but I do though . I am not so young , cousin , though I am little . In two years I will be as old as yourself . And do you think that I have not yet learn- ed to ...
... sure , at your age , you cannot so much as know what love is . " " O yes , but I do though . I am not so young , cousin , though I am little . In two years I will be as old as yourself . And do you think that I have not yet learn- ed to ...
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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...