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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... tell you what I think of you . " " There then , -what do you think of me ? " " That you are an insufferable puppy with these college airs of yours ; -with your stays and your bracers ; your quips and your quibbles ; your starch and your ...
... tell you what I think of you . " " There then , -what do you think of me ? " " That you are an insufferable puppy with these college airs of yours ; -with your stays and your bracers ; your quips and your quibbles ; your starch and your ...
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... tell . Brothers often heard things among their ac- quaintances , that were kept close from the ears of parents and nurses . He seemed to hint , as she thought , that Miss Gatty had exhibited symptoms of love for some young gentleman ...
... tell . Brothers often heard things among their ac- quaintances , that were kept close from the ears of parents and nurses . He seemed to hint , as she thought , that Miss Gatty had exhibited symptoms of love for some young gentleman ...
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... tell sic a tale . " " Mr. Bell , that's astonishing ; did you actually sell a single sheep for fifty pounds ? " said the good dame . " I did that , hinney ; but then it was a toop , ye maun recollect , and nae common toop either . " 66 ...
... tell sic a tale . " " Mr. Bell , that's astonishing ; did you actually sell a single sheep for fifty pounds ? " said the good dame . " I did that , hinney ; but then it was a toop , ye maun recollect , and nae common toop either . " 66 ...
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... tell the king how to govern . " " I want only dispassionate reasoning , Mr. Bell ; and I do not find that you have advanced any reason- able objections to my theory . From your own words , as well as from the appointments of nature , I ...
... tell the king how to govern . " " I want only dispassionate reasoning , Mr. Bell ; and I do not find that you have advanced any reason- able objections to my theory . From your own words , as well as from the appointments of nature , I ...
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... tell ye that , daughter ? If ever you come near where he is , you will see him . He is as weel to be seen as other fo'k , though , perhaps , no just sae often . You can see him every day from the gal- lery of the Parliament - House ...
... tell ye that , daughter ? If ever you come near where he is , you will see him . He is as weel to be seen as other fo'k , though , perhaps , no just sae often . You can see him every day from the gal- lery of the Parliament - House ...
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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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