Hogg's Weekly Instructor, Volumes 1-2J. Hogg, 1845 - English literature |
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... caused the poor woman's calamity . It had been bought only a day or two before at the same furrier's of whom Jessie ... cause of sorrow ; and her singular story , together with her honesty , and her remarkable dexterity with her needle ...
... caused the poor woman's calamity . It had been bought only a day or two before at the same furrier's of whom Jessie ... cause of sorrow ; and her singular story , together with her honesty , and her remarkable dexterity with her needle ...
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... cause of the peasantry . Angella , ever alive to the welfare of her daughter , made no curious in- quiries about Aubrey ; she wished to see him , but dared not invite him to visit her ; she therefore resolved to watch the effect of the ...
... cause of the peasantry . Angella , ever alive to the welfare of her daughter , made no curious in- quiries about Aubrey ; she wished to see him , but dared not invite him to visit her ; she therefore resolved to watch the effect of the ...
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... cause of disease is the rapid change from the one to the other , and more particu- larly the change of temperature . The constitution is taken by surprise . It had accommodated itself to the season , the heat on the surface or in the ...
... cause of disease is the rapid change from the one to the other , and more particu- larly the change of temperature . The constitution is taken by surprise . It had accommodated itself to the season , the heat on the surface or in the ...
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... caused the fond bosom that ventured its whole happiness in thy arms , to doubt one moment of thy kindness or thy truth ... cause unheard and unavailing . — Washington Irving . WISDOM OF FAITH . Does not every architect complain of the ...
... caused the fond bosom that ventured its whole happiness in thy arms , to doubt one moment of thy kindness or thy truth ... cause unheard and unavailing . — Washington Irving . WISDOM OF FAITH . Does not every architect complain of the ...
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... causes , then , of the preference we have noticed are to be sought in dispositions and views of interest which cling ... cause they are meant to promote . This , indeed , is not to be feared in the case of the candid and discriminating ...
... causes , then , of the preference we have noticed are to be sought in dispositions and views of interest which cling ... cause they are meant to promote . This , indeed , is not to be feared in the case of the candid and discriminating ...
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Page 47 - Let nothing be done through strife or vain-glory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Page 32 - There is a remembrance of the dead to which we turn even from the charms of the living. "Oh, the grave! the grave! It buries every error, covers every defect, extinguishes every resentment. From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections.
Page 46 - But the grave of those we loved, — what a place for meditation ! There it is that we call up in long review the whole history of virtue and gentleness, and the thousand endearments lavished upon us almost unheeded in the daily intercourse of intimacy ; there it is that we dwell upon the tenderness, the solemn, awful tenderness, of the parting scene.
Page 304 - Our toils obscure, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The Man's the gowd for a" that. What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A Man's a Man for a
Page 32 - Where is the child that would willingly forget the most tender of parents, though to remember be but to lament? Who, even in the hour of agony, would forget the friend over whom he mourns?
Page 46 - ... if thou art a lover and hast ever given one unmerited pang to that true heart which now lies cold and still beneath thy feet — then be sure that every unkind look, every ungracious word, every ungentle action, will come thronging back upon thy memory, and knocking dolefully at thy soul...
Page 62 - But, guilt has always its horrors and solicitudes; and to make it yet more shameful and detestable, it is doomed often to stand in awe of those, to whom nothing could give influence or weight, but their power of betraying.
Page 46 - Ay, go to the grave of buried love, and meditate ! There settle the account with thy conscience for every past benefit unrequited, every past endearment unregarded, of that departed being, who can never — never — never return to be soothed by thy contrition...
Page 132 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Page 83 - Annals of Great Britain, from the Accession of George III. to the Peace of Amiens...