The Three Perils of Woman; Or, Love, Leasing and Jealousy: A Series of Domestic Scottish Tales, Volume 1E. Duyckinck, 1823 - English fiction |
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... body is hood - winked or blind - folded , because you would have them so . Shall I tell you what I have heard , saying nothing about what i have seen ? " " " I'll hear none of your college gossiping . You sit over your dry buttermilk ...
... body is hood - winked or blind - folded , because you would have them so . Shall I tell you what I have heard , saying nothing about what i have seen ? " " " I'll hear none of your college gossiping . You sit over your dry buttermilk ...
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... body seriously than her , for I like her better than I want her to know . " When Miss Gatty and her nurse reached the little attic chamber , the former eagerly inquired what the nurse conceived to be the stripling's meaning in the ...
... body seriously than her , for I like her better than I want her to know . " When Miss Gatty and her nurse reached the little attic chamber , the former eagerly inquired what the nurse conceived to be the stripling's meaning in the ...
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... body the like o ' that ? Have ye been a farmer's wife these twa an ' twenty years , and dinna ken what a toop means ? A toop is just a male - sheep , hinney . A toop and a ewe are exactly the same in a hirsel , as a man and a woman are ...
... body the like o ' that ? Have ye been a farmer's wife these twa an ' twenty years , and dinna ken what a toop means ? A toop is just a male - sheep , hinney . A toop and a ewe are exactly the same in a hirsel , as a man and a woman are ...
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... body mad wi ' your ridiculous calculations ! It is as absurd for you presuming to gie me instructions in sheep - farming , as if I were to set up my birse , and tell the king how to govern . " " I want only dispassionate reasoning , Mr ...
... body mad wi ' your ridiculous calculations ! It is as absurd for you presuming to gie me instructions in sheep - farming , as if I were to set up my birse , and tell the king how to govern . " " I want only dispassionate reasoning , Mr ...
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... body saw and knew she was in love , and that the nurse had in the present instance accused her efit to her face ; so , without deigning any further reply , she arose and left the chamber , her lovely countenance slightly suffused over ...
... body saw and knew she was in love , and that the nurse had in the present instance accused her efit to her face ; so , without deigning any further reply , she arose and left the chamber , her lovely countenance slightly suffused over ...
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Page 92 - O all you host of heaven! O earth! What else? And shall I couple hell? O fie! Hold, hold, my heart, And you, my sinews, grow not instant old, But bear me stiffly up ! Remember thee? Ay, thou poor ghost, while memory holds a seat In this distracted globe.
Page 92 - That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand, And with his arms outstretch'd, as he would fly, Grasps in the comer : welcome ever smiles, And farewell goes out sighing. O, let not virtue seek Remuneration for the thing it was ; For beauty, wit, High birth, vigour of bone, desert in service, Love, friendship, charity, are subjects all To envious and calumniating time. One touch of nature makes the whole world kin ; That all with one consent praise new-born gawds, Though they are made and moulded...
Page 247 - O all-mighty an' just God, who can fathom the depth of thy judgment? It is higher than heaven, what can we do; it is deeper than hell, what can we understand? What shall we, or what can we, do to appease thy displeasure? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, or the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? If thou requirest it, I must; but, in the mean time, we leave with thee this night two broken an' contrite spirits, an' bow to thy decision, whatever it may be.
Page 247 - It is higher than heaven, what can we do: it is deeper than hell, what can we know: the measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea...