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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... leaving the hapless being that trusted in a shelter under its delicious foliage to wretchedness and despair . O dearest Gatty , as you love virtue , as you love yourself , your parents , and your God , never yield to the giddy passion ...
... leaving the hapless being that trusted in a shelter under its delicious foliage to wretchedness and despair . O dearest Gatty , as you love virtue , as you love yourself , your parents , and your God , never yield to the giddy passion ...
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... leaves o ' great braid beuks . It looks always to me as if the woman were a part of the machine that she is sitting at ; but I am determined that my bairn's music shall be all inherent , and depend on the tones of her own voice , of ...
... leaves o ' great braid beuks . It looks always to me as if the woman were a part of the machine that she is sitting at ; but I am determined that my bairn's music shall be all inherent , and depend on the tones of her own voice , of ...
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... leave the substantial mansion of Bellsburnfoot , and proceed to Edinburgh . Many a long and earnest lecture on prudence and economy was our heroine doomed to hear from her affectionate mother ; but , as old Daniel had resolved on ...
... leave the substantial mansion of Bellsburnfoot , and proceed to Edinburgh . Many a long and earnest lecture on prudence and economy was our heroine doomed to hear from her affectionate mother ; but , as old Daniel had resolved on ...
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... leave it entirely to your own discretion and good sense . " I might have mentioned the management of the tongue , as another , and a separate point of attention ; but it is a mere machine , and acts only in subordination to the head and ...
... leave it entirely to your own discretion and good sense . " I might have mentioned the management of the tongue , as another , and a separate point of attention ; but it is a mere machine , and acts only in subordination to the head and ...
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... Mrs. Johnson ? ” said she ; " I don't like it . - Bless me , what was that teazing boy saying ? " M'Ion at length took his leave , and went away , ac- companied by his young friend Joseph , who , when 22 THE THREE PERILS.
... Mrs. Johnson ? ” said she ; " I don't like it . - Bless me , what was that teazing boy saying ? " M'Ion at length took his leave , and went away , ac- companied by his young friend Joseph , who , when 22 THE THREE PERILS.
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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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