The Ruins of Ruthvale Abbey: A Novel ...A. K. Newman and Company, 1827 |
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... present party . Mrs. Harrison was the widow of a re- spectable clergyman , and during the life of her husband , had been accustomed to live in a style of ease and elegance , which the living of Mr. Harrison enabled them to support . He ...
... present party . Mrs. Harrison was the widow of a re- spectable clergyman , and during the life of her husband , had been accustomed to live in a style of ease and elegance , which the living of Mr. Harrison enabled them to support . He ...
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... present depression of spirits ; and Mrs. Harrison was a woman of too strict integrity to undertake what she rightly considered such an important charge , without feeling i completely competent to the task . This idea was therefore ...
... present depression of spirits ; and Mrs. Harrison was a woman of too strict integrity to undertake what she rightly considered such an important charge , without feeling i completely competent to the task . This idea was therefore ...
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... present period they consisted of five only - three ladies and two gentlemen . Miss Monimia Beau- ville , who had dwelt for upwards of three years with Mrs. Harrison , was a young lady of respectable connexions , who hav- ing been left ...
... present period they consisted of five only - three ladies and two gentlemen . Miss Monimia Beau- ville , who had dwelt for upwards of three years with Mrs. Harrison , was a young lady of respectable connexions , who hav- ing been left ...
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... present characters in the house of Mrs. Harrison , and who lived together on the best terms possible , though each secretly laughed at and despised the favourite pro- pensities of the other .寐 While Mrs. Harrison , with unaffected good ...
... present characters in the house of Mrs. Harrison , and who lived together on the best terms possible , though each secretly laughed at and despised the favourite pro- pensities of the other .寐 While Mrs. Harrison , with unaffected good ...
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... present instance it appears so very pointed , that I cannot pass it over in silence ; it approaches to insult , and to which I never will submit →→ every sentiment of offended dignity for- bids it the blood that runs in my veins 99 ...
... present instance it appears so very pointed , that I cannot pass it over in silence ; it approaches to insult , and to which I never will submit →→ every sentiment of offended dignity for- bids it the blood that runs in my veins 99 ...
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Page 33 - Methought I heard a voice cry " Sleep no more ! Macbeth does murder sleep" — the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care, The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast, — Lady M.
Page 101 - Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learn'd to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings lean'd to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all...
Page 203 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 36 - I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul; freeze thy young blood ; Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres; Thy knotted and combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood : — List, list, O list!
Page 226 - The path of sorrow, and that path alone, Leads to the land where sorrow is unknown ; No traveller ever reach'd that blest abode, Who found not thorns and briers in his road.
Page 64 - The charm dissolves apace; And as the morning steals upon the night, Melting the darkness, so their rising senses Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle Their clearer reason.
Page 179 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit...
Page 270 - CONTRAST. A Novel. By REGINA MARIA ROCHE, author of " The Children of the Abbey,
Page 71 - An idler is a watch that wants both hands, As useless if it goes as when it stands.
Page 80 - We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers Deny us for our good ; so find we profit, By losing of our prayers.