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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... kind , an elegant , and agreeable acquaintance , so far from home . From the very beginning , she had shown a partiality for the youth , that scarcely became a woman of her years and discretion to manifest , a par- tiality that she ...
... kind , an elegant , and agreeable acquaintance , so far from home . From the very beginning , she had shown a partiality for the youth , that scarcely became a woman of her years and discretion to manifest , a par- tiality that she ...
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... kind attentions . But little does either he or Boroland wot what such a behaviour has cost me . It is from principle alone that I am acting ; and from that I must act , cost me what it will . O , that I could but regard him with the ...
... kind attentions . But little does either he or Boroland wot what such a behaviour has cost me . It is from principle alone that I am acting ; and from that I must act , cost me what it will . O , that I could but regard him with the ...
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... kind friend to Joe already ; and whatever kind offices or advices ye may be tow on him again , I shall never forget , and I hope neither will he . I was just gaun to give ye the charge of his sister in the same way , God bless us ! But ...
... kind friend to Joe already ; and whatever kind offices or advices ye may be tow on him again , I shall never forget , and I hope neither will he . I was just gaun to give ye the charge of his sister in the same way , God bless us ! But ...
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... kind word that he had uttered , and she could light on no docu- ment more conclusive than this . But when he went away , then she felt the loss she had sustained , and that too surely her heart was gone with him ; yet while , with all ...
... kind word that he had uttered , and she could light on no docu- ment more conclusive than this . But when he went away , then she felt the loss she had sustained , and that too surely her heart was gone with him ; yet while , with all ...
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... kind ! You have driven him from you , and he has been obliged to take up with me in all our little parties , and all our walks . O , I am grown to love him so dearly , that I feel just as I could take him all to my heart ! " " Bless me ...
... kind ! You have driven him from you , and he has been obliged to take up with me in all our little parties , and all our walks . O , I am grown to love him so dearly , that I feel just as I could take him all to my heart ! " " Bless me ...
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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...