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... lived on , as they had lived , keeping an expensive ta- ble , and three or four servants , and dressing as usual . This conduct , in Mrs. Elton , was the result of habitual passiveness ; in Mr. Elton , it was prompt- ed by a vain hope ...
... lived on , as they had lived , keeping an expensive ta- ble , and three or four servants , and dressing as usual . This conduct , in Mrs. Elton , was the result of habitual passiveness ; in Mr. Elton , it was prompt- ed by a vain hope ...
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... the common affairs of life . We fear Mrs. El- ton was not quite guiltless of this fault . She be- lieved all the Bible teaches . She had long been a member of the church in the town where she lived A NEW ENGLAND TALE .
... the common affairs of life . We fear Mrs. El- ton was not quite guiltless of this fault . She be- lieved all the Bible teaches . She had long been a member of the church in the town where she lived A NEW ENGLAND TALE .
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member of the church in the town where she lived . She daily read the scriptures , and daily offered sincere prayers . Certainly , the waters of the fountain from whence she drank had a salutary in- fluence , though they failed to heal ...
member of the church in the town where she lived . She daily read the scriptures , and daily offered sincere prayers . Certainly , the waters of the fountain from whence she drank had a salutary in- fluence , though they failed to heal ...
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... lived with her for many years , and nursed Jane in her infancy . We know it is common to rail at our domestics . Their independence is certainly often inconven- ient to their employers ; but , as it is the result of the prosperous ...
... lived with her for many years , and nursed Jane in her infancy . We know it is common to rail at our domestics . Their independence is certainly often inconven- ient to their employers ; but , as it is the result of the prosperous ...
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... lived after the plain way of their sect ; not indulging in costly dress or furniture , but regulating all their expenses by a just and careful economy , they sel- dom were obliged to stint themselves in the indul- gence of their ...
... lived after the plain way of their sect ; not indulging in costly dress or furniture , but regulating all their expenses by a just and careful economy , they sel- dom were obliged to stint themselves in the indul- gence of their ...
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A New-England Tale, Or Sketches of New England Character and Manners ... Catharine Maria Sedgwick Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2018 |
A New-England Tale; Or, Sketches of New-England Character and Manners Catharine Maria Sedgwick Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2019 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
asked aunt aunt's beautiful believe blessed body character child court of love cousin crazy crazy Bet creature David David Wilson dear Jane door duty Edward Erskine Elvira Erskine's expect eyes face fancy father favour fear feel felt Fruits of Solitude girl hand happy head hear heard heart heaven heroine holy league hope Jane Elton Jane rose Jane's John kind knew lady Lavoisier light Lloyd look Lord ma'am marriage Mary Hull Mary's ment mind Miss Elton Miss Jane morning mother natural never NEW-ENGLAND TALE New-York passed passion pleasure poor Quaker racter Rebecca religion replied Erskine replied Jane scrofula seemed Shaysites smiling spirit suffered sure sweet tears tell thee thing thou thought tion told truth turned village virtues voice walk wife William Penn Wilson wish woman Woodhulls word young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 124 - There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats ; For I am armed so strong in honesty, That they pass by me as the idle wind Which I respect not.
Seite 19 - Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection; on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
Seite 29 - I shall not,' first the blade, then the ear, and after that the full corn in the ear.
Seite 191 - O wad some pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us ! It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion : What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, And ev'n Devotion ! ADDRESS TO EDINBURGH.
Seite 139 - To make us truly blest : If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest : Nae treasures, nor pleasures, Could make us happy lang ; The heart aye's the part aye, That makes us right or wrang.
Seite 114 - Tell them, I AM, JEHOVAH said To MOSES; while earth heard in dread, And, smitten to the heart, At once above, beneath, around, All Nature, without voice or sound, Replied, "O LORD, THOU ART.
Seite 215 - Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.
Seite 125 - When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish ; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever: but thou, Lord, art most high for evermore. For, lo, thine enemies, O Lord, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish ; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
Seite 28 - twas heaven to hear, When soft it spoke a promised pleasure near; And has its sober hand, its simple chime, Forgot to trace the...