The Living Age, Volume 118E. Littell & Company, 1873 |
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Page 89
... lady - author shrank from this talk . Her private income , though_modest , " Whatever you advise on such a sub - sufficed for her wants , and she felt a sen- ject , " said Isaura , graciously , " is sure to sitive shame in the sale of ...
... lady - author shrank from this talk . Her private income , though_modest , " Whatever you advise on such a sub - sufficed for her wants , and she felt a sen- ject , " said Isaura , graciously , " is sure to sitive shame in the sale of ...
Page 117
... lady of position with a view to marriage . Ladies replying to this advertisement may depend on strict hon- our . Address with Editor . In its first beginnings , we have no doubt , indeed , that it was made the vehicle of practical jests ...
... lady of position with a view to marriage . Ladies replying to this advertisement may depend on strict hon- our . Address with Editor . In its first beginnings , we have no doubt , indeed , that it was made the vehicle of practical jests ...
Page 118
... lady of suitable age , with a view to marriage . It is probable by " suitable age " that this divine does not mean a lady of his own age ; for , as a rule , it seems youth has the preference with " the cloth , " as it has with other ...
... lady of suitable age , with a view to marriage . It is probable by " suitable age " that this divine does not mean a lady of his own age ; for , as a rule , it seems youth has the preference with " the cloth , " as it has with other ...
Page 119
... lady similarly situated as regards business or money something like equal to it . Age not so much an object if under forty . We wonder whether the " two nice boys , " and especially the one girl ( who does not appear to be so " nice ...
... lady similarly situated as regards business or money something like equal to it . Age not so much an object if under forty . We wonder whether the " two nice boys , " and especially the one girl ( who does not appear to be so " nice ...
Page 123
... lady's indisposition was re- a material sort drop in answer to his ap- vealed by a post mortem examination ? peals , and that in abundance . One lady They smiled at my heathen ignorance , a member too of another religious and pointing ...
... lady's indisposition was re- a material sort drop in answer to his ap- vealed by a post mortem examination ? peals , and that in abundance . One lady They smiled at my heathen ignorance , a member too of another religious and pointing ...
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Page 519 - Are God and Nature then at strife, That Nature lends such evil dreams? So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life...
Page 316 - My great miseries in this world have been Heathcliff's miseries, and I watched and felt each from the beginning: my great thought in living is himself. If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger: I should not seem a part of it.
Page 45 - All things are delivered unto me of my Father, and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
Page 466 - But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
Page 466 - I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on recovery of my freedom, and perhaps, the establishment of my fame.
Page 318 - Earth and moon were gone And suns and universes ceased to be And thou wert left alone Every Existence would exist in thee...
Page 96 - After these two noble fruits of friendship (peace in the affections and support of the judgment) followeth the last fruit, which is like the pomegranate, full of many kernels. I mean aid and bearing a part in all actions and occasions.
Page 316 - I've no more business to marry Edgar Linton than I have to be in heaven; and if the wicked man in there had not brought Heathcliff so low, I shouldn't have thought of it.
Page 318 - There is not room for Death, Nor atom that his might could render void: Thou — THOU art Being and Breath, And what THOU art may never be destroyed.
Page 466 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.