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... thing of a peculiar or local cast , this should be chiefly attributed to the habits of the writer's education , and that kind of acci- dent which seems to control the efforts of those who have not been the subjects of strict ...
... thing of a peculiar or local cast , this should be chiefly attributed to the habits of the writer's education , and that kind of acci- dent which seems to control the efforts of those who have not been the subjects of strict ...
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... things by their right names " ) dishonesty . But the wonder will cease if we look around upon the circle of our acquaintance , and observe how few there are among those whom we believe to be Christians , who govern their daily conduct ...
... things by their right names " ) dishonesty . But the wonder will cease if we look around upon the circle of our acquaintance , and observe how few there are among those whom we believe to be Christians , who govern their daily conduct ...
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... thing from her father but his active mind ; from her mother she had derived a pure and gentle spi- rit , but this would have been quite insufficient to produce the result of such a character as hers , without the aid of her mother's ...
... thing from her father but his active mind ; from her mother she had derived a pure and gentle spi- rit , but this would have been quite insufficient to produce the result of such a character as hers , without the aid of her mother's ...
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... the orphan . Jane , lost in the depths of her sufferings , seem- ed insensible to all external things . Her coun- tenance was of a death - like paleness , and her 4 features immoveable ; and when , during the ser- A NEW - ENGLAND TALE . 11.
... the orphan . Jane , lost in the depths of her sufferings , seem- ed insensible to all external things . Her coun- tenance was of a death - like paleness , and her 4 features immoveable ; and when , during the ser- A NEW - ENGLAND TALE . 11.
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... thing . Not a tear escaped , nor a sigh burst from her breaking heart . The sor- row of childhood is usually noisy ; and this mute and motionless grief , in a creature so young , and one that had been so happy , touched every heart . As ...
... thing . Not a tear escaped , nor a sigh burst from her breaking heart . The sor- row of childhood is usually noisy ; and this mute and motionless grief , in a creature so young , and one that had been so happy , touched every heart . As ...
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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
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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...