The Only Daughter: A Domestic Story, Band 2Colburn, 1839 |
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... engagement on such premises , can involve not reason to the sovereignty of true love , but rather , in the present instance , establish its su- premacy . After all , Faulconbridge , Helen is your sister spirit . Have you forgotten how ...
... engagement on such premises , can involve not reason to the sovereignty of true love , but rather , in the present instance , establish its su- premacy . After all , Faulconbridge , Helen is your sister spirit . Have you forgotten how ...
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... - tion in a prompt and voluntary withdrawal from an engagement in itself honourable ; and she executed unshrinkingly the task of explanation by assigning as her principal motive , the hope which THE ONLY DAUGHTER . 257.
... - tion in a prompt and voluntary withdrawal from an engagement in itself honourable ; and she executed unshrinkingly the task of explanation by assigning as her principal motive , the hope which THE ONLY DAUGHTER . 257.
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... engagement ; —you do not surely degrade me by giving credit to a report so monstrous ? " The force of his words seemed to strike her , for she raised her head and leaned her arm upon her work frame , as she replied with a grave and ...
... engagement ; —you do not surely degrade me by giving credit to a report so monstrous ? " The force of his words seemed to strike her , for she raised her head and leaned her arm upon her work frame , as she replied with a grave and ...
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... engagement you would evade . If you despise me and detest the vows you uttered , tell me so , and I shall leave this house - this land , a free man and an exile ; confirm those vows , and I will devote my existence to your happiness ...
... engagement you would evade . If you despise me and detest the vows you uttered , tell me so , and I shall leave this house - this land , a free man and an exile ; confirm those vows , and I will devote my existence to your happiness ...
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... may still , however , be unacquainted with the fact , that prior to his engagement with me , his faith had been plighted to the daughter of your colleague , my guardian ; at the instigation of her 288 THE ONLY DAUGHTER .
... may still , however , be unacquainted with the fact , that prior to his engagement with me , his faith had been plighted to the daughter of your colleague , my guardian ; at the instigation of her 288 THE ONLY DAUGHTER .
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
affection agony answered Helen asked aunt Katie beauty blush breath burst Captain St Caroline Caroline Munro castle cheek cold Colonel Faulcon Colonel Faulconbridge conbridge confess cousin dance dare daugh dear Helen dear Ruth dearest dinner drawing-room Dunardoch earnest eyes face fair fancied fate feelings felt flung forehead friendship gaiety gentle glance gratitude half hand happiness Harewood House heart Hector Helen rose Hemingsley honour hope hour Kilmore Lady Munro Ladyship laughing Leger letter Lillias loch Lord Harewood Major Tracy ment METASTASIO Miss Annesley Miss Campbell Miss Munro Monzievar morning ness never night offer once pale pang party passion quadrille rendered replied Roderick Drummond rose Ruth Annesley Ruth's scarcely Scotland seated seemed shadow silence Sir Evan skaiting smile solitude sorrow spirit suffering sympathy tears tell thought tion tone turned voice vows words wounded wretchedness
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 1 - Happy the man*, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter, fire.
Seite 191 - And blushed and smiled the tale to hear, Poured from her dark-eyed cavalier ; And yet, I too must moralize, Albeit with gentler sympathies, Of all my own fond heart can tell Of love's despair, and love's farewell, — Its many miseries ; — its tears, Like lava, not like dew ; — its fears, That make hope painful ; — then its trust, So often trampled in the dust ; — Neglected, blighted, and betrayed, A sorrow and a mockery made ! Then change and adverse fortune, all That binds and keeps sweet...
Seite 245 - The Gods to their dear shelter take thee, maid, That rightly think'st and hast most rightly said.