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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... hope , for the honour and delicacy of our sex , the thing is not true ! Pray , nurse , can I be in love , and not know it ? " " " I don't know that , " said she . " You may be in love , and persuade yourself that you are not so ; but ...
... hope , for the honour and delicacy of our sex , the thing is not true ! Pray , nurse , can I be in love , and not know it ? " " " I don't know that , " said she . " You may be in love , and persuade yourself that you are not so ; but ...
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... . It would be much more seemly and profit- able that every ewe should have her own tupe , and every tupe his own ewe . " " I hope , mistress , ye're no gaun to brog that on me for Scripture ? It is somewhat like it , 14 THE THREE PERILS.
... . It would be much more seemly and profit- able that every ewe should have her own tupe , and every tupe his own ewe . " " I hope , mistress , ye're no gaun to brog that on me for Scripture ? It is somewhat like it , 14 THE THREE PERILS.
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... hope neither will he . I was just gaun to give ye the charge of his sister in the same way , God bless us ! But that's no the fashion now - a - days ; though I think a country girl is nae the waur of a man - friend to look after her now ...
... hope neither will he . I was just gaun to give ye the charge of his sister in the same way , God bless us ! But that's no the fashion now - a - days ; though I think a country girl is nae the waur of a man - friend to look after her now ...
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... hope I shall not see your face again for a twelvemonth . " " Say longer . It will be much longer if I divine aright , " said she . " I do not comprehend you , my dear Gatty , " said the father . " How many have parted thus , who never ...
... hope I shall not see your face again for a twelvemonth . " " Say longer . It will be much longer if I divine aright , " said she . " I do not comprehend you , my dear Gatty , " said the father . " How many have parted thus , who never ...
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... hope you would not repeat such a sentiment to any body else . If ever such a shameful thought cross your inexperi- enced mind again , for Heaven's sake suppress it , and say the very reverse of what you feel ! " " Would 1 , indeed ...
... hope you would not repeat such a sentiment to any body else . If ever such a shameful thought cross your inexperi- enced mind again , for Heaven's sake suppress it , and say the very reverse of what you feel ! " " Would 1 , indeed ...
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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.
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