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... mind would not voluntarily assign to itself ; and therefore the lovelier counterpart of man is the companion of his erect principles and cultivated understands ing . extend to their wards all the restraints decrees of fashion , and the ...
... mind would not voluntarily assign to itself ; and therefore the lovelier counterpart of man is the companion of his erect principles and cultivated understands ing . extend to their wards all the restraints decrees of fashion , and the ...
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... mind was absorbed in con- templation of the dispatches which a king's messenger had delivered to him the preceding night ; but Mrs. Halyburton's stately step soon roused his faculties , by exciting keen , though suppressed displeasure ...
... mind was absorbed in con- templation of the dispatches which a king's messenger had delivered to him the preceding night ; but Mrs. Halyburton's stately step soon roused his faculties , by exciting keen , though suppressed displeasure ...
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... mind of his royal master , against his with what open - hearted hospitality marriage with the daughter of an their father welcomed every guest ; attainted traitor . James gave his ap- but formal invitations to a feast had probation in ...
... mind of his royal master , against his with what open - hearted hospitality marriage with the daughter of an their father welcomed every guest ; attainted traitor . James gave his ap- but formal invitations to a feast had probation in ...
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... mind , when the contemplation of a robbery sunk in comparison with the wretch- edness to which I had reduced my family ? guilty life , and seriously to set about redeeming the past . Every morn- ing I eagerly perused the newspa pers ...
... mind , when the contemplation of a robbery sunk in comparison with the wretch- edness to which I had reduced my family ? guilty life , and seriously to set about redeeming the past . Every morn- ing I eagerly perused the newspa pers ...
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... mind , and acquainting myself with the name of the judge who was to preside at the assizes , I had the cou- rage to obtain an interview with him . I threw myself at his feet ; my dis- tress witnessed for my sincerity , while I implored ...
... mind , and acquainting myself with the name of the judge who was to preside at the assizes , I had the cou- rage to obtain an interview with him . I threw myself at his feet ; my dis- tress witnessed for my sincerity , while I implored ...
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Page 73 - She had no French either, not a word ; no Italian ; but then her English was racy, unhackneyed, proper to the thought to a degree that only original thinking could give. She had not much reading, except of the Bible and Shakspeare, and Richardson's novels, in which she was learned ; but then her powers of observation were sharpened and quickened, in a very unusual degree, by the leisure and opportunity afforded for their developement, at a time of life when they are most acute. She had nothing to...
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Page 74 - And which of us has not found that the strongest, the healthiest, and most flourishing acquirement has arisen from pleasure or accident, has been in a manner selfsown, like an oak of the forest ? — Oh she was a sad romp ; as skittish as a wild colt, as uncertain as a butterfly, as uncatchable as a swallow ! But her great personal beauty, the charm, grace, and lightness of her movements, and above all, her evident innocence of heart, were bribes to indulgence which no one could withstand. I never...
Page 75 - ... her smile brightening and dimpling; her figure in its simple white gown, strongly relieved by the deep blue sky, and her whole form seeming to dilate before our eyes. There she stood under the arch formed by two meeting elms, a Hebe, a Psyche, a perfect goddess of youth and joy. The Ridges are very fine things altogether, especially the part to which we were bound, a turfy breezy spot, sinking down abruptly like a rock into a wild fore-ground of heath and forest, with a magnificent command of...
Page 49 - A young lady of a good family and handsome fortune had for some time extremely loved, and was equally beloved by Mr. James Dawson, one of those unhappy gentlemen who suffered on Wednesday last, at Kennington Common, for high treason ; and had he...
Page 347 - The rencounter appeared equally xmexpected on both sides, and both parties made a dead halt — earnestly gazing on each other. The gentleman had no fire-arms, and was aware that a sword would be no effective defence in a struggle for life with such an antagonist. But...
Page 239 - ... very cross! — Well now, suppose cross! scold so soon as get awake in the morning ! scold all day ! scold until sleep ! — all one ; he must keep him / White people have law forbidding...
Page 347 - ... aside — and attempted to creep round upon him behind. The officer turned constantly upon the tiger, which still continued to shrink from his glance ; but darting into the thicket, and again issuing forth at a different quarter, it persevered for above...