Strathbogie; or, The recluse of Glenmorris, Bände 1-3Printed at the Minerva Press for A.K. Newman and Company, 1817 - 1259 Seiten |
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... Painful experience had taught her the fallacy of sublunary things , nor was she ambitious they should know the world ; for oft she would reason on this subject , saying " Were men the happier , when , day succeeding day , they emerge ...
... Painful experience had taught her the fallacy of sublunary things , nor was she ambitious they should know the world ; for oft she would reason on this subject , saying " Were men the happier , when , day succeeding day , they emerge ...
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... painful reflection , by recalling her to her accustomed avocations . Lady Arminia , anxious to preserve the secret of Mrs. Mordant , knew no better expedient to silence her silly Peggy than to give into her fears , under a pretence of ...
... painful reflection , by recalling her to her accustomed avocations . Lady Arminia , anxious to preserve the secret of Mrs. Mordant , knew no better expedient to silence her silly Peggy than to give into her fears , under a pretence of ...
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... painful that duty might weigh on her heart . Alarmed by her country's immediate danger , she felt the warmth of a patriotic matron ; and though not a Roman , was proud in contributing towards its safety . Sorrow had not blunted the fine ...
... painful that duty might weigh on her heart . Alarmed by her country's immediate danger , she felt the warmth of a patriotic matron ; and though not a Roman , was proud in contributing towards its safety . Sorrow had not blunted the fine ...
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... painful task she had in hand , as her Horatio was about to visit the seat of war ; and when they had parted with him , they should need all her vivacity to call off their thoughts from their loved Horace's dan- ger . On reading this ...
... painful task she had in hand , as her Horatio was about to visit the seat of war ; and when they had parted with him , they should need all her vivacity to call off their thoughts from their loved Horace's dan- ger . On reading this ...
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... painful to her ; and having no funda- mental ground of disapprobation , he re- plied " You are very young , my love ; and though much pains have been taken to form your mind , and improve a natu- rally - good understanding , yet ...
... painful to her ; and having no funda- mental ground of disapprobation , he re- plied " You are very young , my love ; and though much pains have been taken to form your mind , and improve a natu- rally - good understanding , yet ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
afflicted Annabella Ardmore arms Askew bless bogie bosom bowed Brackannan breast castle cause Charles Stuart child Clementina cottage dare dear lady Donald dowager Dudley duty earl earl's fair faithful fancy father fear feel felt fond frae Furgerson gentle girl Glen grace grief hand happy heard heart Heaven honour hope Horatio house of Hanover Jennet knew lady Arminia lady Eglintoun ladyship look lord Macintosh madam marchioness marquis Maud ment mind minia Mordant mother never noble Oriana painful pardon peace Peggy pity poor prince prince regent racter replied Sandford scene sense sigh silent smile sorrow soul speak spirit spoke Strath Strathbogie strong Stuart sufferings sweet Symie tears tender thee ther things thou thought tion trembling truth twas uncon vassals virtue viscount voice vols weak wish woman wound young youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 3 - Who stalks his round, an hideous form, Howling amidst the midnight storm ; Or throws him on the ridgy steep Of some loose hanging rock to sleep : And with him thousand phantoms...
Seite 36 - What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted Thrice is he arm'd, that hath his quarrel just; And he but naked, though lock'd up in steel, Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.
Seite 66 - Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her, And imitates her actions, where she is not : It ought not to be sported with.
Seite 95 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, to add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper light To seek the beauteous eye of heav'n to garnish ; Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.
Seite 3 - Brood of fate, Who lap the blood of Sorrow, wait ; Who, Fear, this ghastly train can see, And look not madly wild, like thee?
Seite 158 - Not for the world: why, man, she is mine own; And I as rich in having such a jewel As twenty seas, if all their sand were pearl, The water nectar, and the rocks pure gold.
Seite 30 - Bless'd be the hour I left my father's house ? I might have been a shepherd all my days, And stole obscurely to a peasant's grave. Now, if I live, with mighty chiefs I stand ; 140 And, if I fall, with noble dust I lie.
Seite 67 - T)ut a necessary substitute for it in societies who have none : it is a sort of paper credit, with which men are obliged to trade, who are deficient in the sterling cash of true morality and religion.