Jeannette Isabelle: A Novel, Հատոր 1John Richardson, 1837 |
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... allowed him , for the momentary indulgence of a whim , to sacrifice the feelings and happiness of any who happened to be obstacles or stand in the way of his enjoyment . The present of a splendidly large Newfound- land dog , a ...
... allowed him , for the momentary indulgence of a whim , to sacrifice the feelings and happiness of any who happened to be obstacles or stand in the way of his enjoyment . The present of a splendidly large Newfound- land dog , a ...
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... allowed himself to be corrupted by the Russians , and was now supposed to be employed in some way as a spy , or reporter on the movements of the Neapolitan government . Eau - de- cologne was said not to be among the articles of his ...
... allowed himself to be corrupted by the Russians , and was now supposed to be employed in some way as a spy , or reporter on the movements of the Neapolitan government . Eau - de- cologne was said not to be among the articles of his ...
Էջ 154
... allowed himself by degrees to become the follower of a man who was on most points infi- nitely his inferior , and his superior but in very few . Instead of raising Boivin to associate with the com panions to whose intercourse he had ...
... allowed himself by degrees to become the follower of a man who was on most points infi- nitely his inferior , and his superior but in very few . Instead of raising Boivin to associate with the com panions to whose intercourse he had ...
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... allowed a degree of latitude and freedom during the lesson . Thus it cannot be the circumstance of being thrown into the temporary society of professional people which constitutes the objection ; and besides , there are gen- tlemen in ...
... allowed a degree of latitude and freedom during the lesson . Thus it cannot be the circumstance of being thrown into the temporary society of professional people which constitutes the objection ; and besides , there are gen- tlemen in ...
Էջ 162
... allowed such liberties , and how he ever came to expose him- self to them . Perhaps , if he had known his own character well enough , he might have found , that vanity was after all , in a great measure , the key to the false step he ...
... allowed such liberties , and how he ever came to expose him- self to them . Perhaps , if he had known his own character well enough , he might have found , that vanity was after all , in a great measure , the key to the false step he ...
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Էջ 156 - It may have been so, sir. But I have a bad opinion of Black. I don't think he would stick at much." "It is just this, Geoff, as I believe: that Black's case is an illustration of the old saying, ' Give a dog a bad name, and hang him.
Էջ 236 - A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y.'—In short the learned pig Toby would have passed a much more creditable examination. Mrs- Blandford, almost in despair, at last brought out with an air of exultation her eldest child of all, a pretty little girl enough, who was to be examined in nothing less than the church catechism. She answered rightly the two first questions...
Էջ 205 - TO-DAY ia the scale-beam between to-morrow and yesterday ; it inclines to joy or sorrow, as our minds are swayed by the influences of the past or the future ; and it varies, on different sides, from elevation to depression, as our hopes or fears, our painful recollections or our soft regrets predominate. WE never injure our own characters so much, as when we attack those of others.
Էջ 83 - Of course, the fair side is always presented towards them, and all the darker traits and wilder extravagancies, are sedulously concealed on the reverse. This makes it so doubly dangerous for a girl to consult only her own preferences, and her own will, in making her choice for life; and this also proves the expediency, on all occasions, of taking the advice of some experienced male counsellor.