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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... never looking into this glass on a morn- ing till once she had said a short prayer , washed her hands and face , and put on her clothes ; then she turned to her mirror to put her exuberant locks under some restraint for the day . But ...
... never looking into this glass on a morn- ing till once she had said a short prayer , washed her hands and face , and put on her clothes ; then she turned to her mirror to put her exuberant locks under some restraint for the day . But ...
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... never left to follow the dictates of her own corrupt heart . After that she arose , strengthened and com- forted , and firmly resolved never to subject her heart to the shackles of love , till she should arrive at the years of ...
... never left to follow the dictates of her own corrupt heart . After that she arose , strengthened and com- forted , and firmly resolved never to subject her heart to the shackles of love , till she should arrive at the years of ...
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... never in all my life thought of it before ; but I cannot promise never to think of it again . " " Mine was a hard and a cruel fate . Let no maid after me , without long and thorough acquaintance , trust the protestations of a lover ...
... never in all my life thought of it before ; but I cannot promise never to think of it again . " " Mine was a hard and a cruel fate . Let no maid after me , without long and thorough acquaintance , trust the protestations of a lover ...
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... never yield to the giddy passion of youthful love ! -But your mother calls for me through the whole house , I must begone . " When Gatty was left alone , she hung down her head , and sat for a space the very portrait of contem- plation ...
... never yield to the giddy passion of youthful love ! -But your mother calls for me through the whole house , I must begone . " When Gatty was left alone , she hung down her head , and sat for a space the very portrait of contem- plation ...
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... never ca'd it sic a name in my life . " " To the value , I say , of fifty pounds , why not keep all your sheep tupes ? " " Ay , it's very like a woman's question . What the deevil wad I do wi ' them , think ye ? " VOL . I. 2 " Why ...
... never ca'd it sic a name in my life . " " To the value , I say , of fifty pounds , why not keep all your sheep tupes ? " " Ay , it's very like a woman's question . What the deevil wad I do wi ' them , think ye ? " VOL . I. 2 " Why ...
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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...