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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... mind . You long incessantly to be near him , and to feast your eyes on his looks and his per- fections ; yet , when he approaches your person , you feel a desire to repulse him so irresistible , that it is almost ten to one you behave ...
... mind . You long incessantly to be near him , and to feast your eyes on his looks and his per- fections ; yet , when he approaches your person , you feel a desire to repulse him so irresistible , that it is almost ten to one you behave ...
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... mind . All youthful love is not only sinful , but imprudent in the highest degree ; and besides , it is like Jonah's gourd , it grows up in a night , and pe- rishes in a night , leaving the hapless being that trusted in a shelter under ...
... mind . All youthful love is not only sinful , but imprudent in the highest degree ; and besides , it is like Jonah's gourd , it grows up in a night , and pe- rishes in a night , leaving the hapless being that trusted in a shelter under ...
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... mind to oppose them . Henceforth my heart shall remain my own until I am married , and then I will love . Oh how I will love then ! What a shame for me to fall in love with a young man ! And then for my brother and all the young dandies ...
... mind to oppose them . Henceforth my heart shall remain my own until I am married , and then I will love . Oh how I will love then ! What a shame for me to fall in love with a young man ! And then for my brother and all the young dandies ...
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... mind aye this , my woman , --that good sense is weelfaurd and becoming , in what- ever dialect it be spoken ; and ane's mother - tongue suits always the lips of either a bonny lass or an auld carl the best . And mair than that , the ...
... mind aye this , my woman , --that good sense is weelfaurd and becoming , in what- ever dialect it be spoken ; and ane's mother - tongue suits always the lips of either a bonny lass or an auld carl the best . And mair than that , the ...
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... mind as the most unreasonable thing in the world ; but the God of Love mocked at her subtleties , and showed her that he was determined to carry his point , without listening either to rhyme or reason . Then would she strive for whole ...
... mind as the most unreasonable thing in the world ; but the God of Love mocked at her subtleties , and showed her that he was determined to carry his point , without listening either to rhyme or reason . Then would she strive for whole ...
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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...