Geraldine; Or, Modes of Faith and Practice: A Tale, Volume 1Cadell, 1820 - 296 pages |
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Page 45
... ness cannot pierce . I did violence to my feelings ; for I knew that expressions of sympathy would tend to soften and ener- vate your mind ; and I therefore left you to combat alone , convinced that delicacy and principle would be ...
... ness cannot pierce . I did violence to my feelings ; for I knew that expressions of sympathy would tend to soften and ener- vate your mind ; and I therefore left you to combat alone , convinced that delicacy and principle would be ...
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... ness of a mother's tenderness and fears for the sole remaining darling of her affections ; when it is the will of God that the earthly tie between them shall be dissolved ! " " Oh ! say not so , my dearest mother , " said the weeping ...
... ness of a mother's tenderness and fears for the sole remaining darling of her affections ; when it is the will of God that the earthly tie between them shall be dissolved ! " " Oh ! say not so , my dearest mother , " said the weeping ...
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... ness , when only a personal sacrifice was necessary ? Speaking rapidly , and with a manner full of energy , - - " I have ceased , my dearest mother , ” said she , " to expect great happiness in this world ; but there are pleasures still ...
... ness , when only a personal sacrifice was necessary ? Speaking rapidly , and with a manner full of energy , - - " I have ceased , my dearest mother , ” said she , " to expect great happiness in this world ; but there are pleasures still ...
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... ness of others , no selfish feelings disturbed the equanimity of her mind , or checked the flow of her benevolence . Intellectual superiority was in her so beautifully relieved by unvarying sweetness of temper , that she excited very ...
... ness of others , no selfish feelings disturbed the equanimity of her mind , or checked the flow of her benevolence . Intellectual superiority was in her so beautifully relieved by unvarying sweetness of temper , that she excited very ...
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... ness of this inventive faculty we owe the science of dressing an egg six hundred . and eighty - five different ways ! Vitellius would have decreed a statue to such genius ! ” , Mr. Wentworth , an elderly gentleman , who sat near the ...
... ness of this inventive faculty we owe the science of dressing an egg six hundred . and eighty - five different ways ! Vitellius would have decreed a statue to such genius ! ” , Mr. Wentworth , an elderly gentleman , who sat near the ...
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