Husband Hunting, Or, The Mother and Daughters: A Tale of Fashionable Life, Volume 1Wells and Lilly, 1825 |
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Pagina 10
... spirit die within her , and , in the language of holy wea- riness of the world and its conflicts , wished for the " wings of a dove , that she might flee away , and be at rest . " Her son amused himself in gazing round the curiosities ...
... spirit die within her , and , in the language of holy wea- riness of the world and its conflicts , wished for the " wings of a dove , that she might flee away , and be at rest . " Her son amused himself in gazing round the curiosities ...
Pagina 14
... spirit of jeering in Oxford in my time , and I am inclined to think the spirit has not much declined . So , you must not be laughed at as altogether a rustic ; and so - 1 have it . I'll give you a line to Philip Courtney ; a fellow that ...
... spirit of jeering in Oxford in my time , and I am inclined to think the spirit has not much declined . So , you must not be laughed at as altogether a rustic ; and so - 1 have it . I'll give you a line to Philip Courtney ; a fellow that ...
Pagina 17
... spirit of politeness ; and , with her feet on the fender of her stove , suffered wis- dom , in its most delicate essence , to distil into her bosom . Mrs. Courtney had a son , of whom more is to be told in this history , and daughters ...
... spirit of politeness ; and , with her feet on the fender of her stove , suffered wis- dom , in its most delicate essence , to distil into her bosom . Mrs. Courtney had a son , of whom more is to be told in this history , and daughters ...
Pagina 31
... spirits have been injured by intense labour , " said Francis . " Forgive me , my dear cou- sin , if I cannot fancy you in the light of a grave student - a pale recluse ; -you , who seem so much better calculated to mingle in the gay ...
... spirits have been injured by intense labour , " said Francis . " Forgive me , my dear cou- sin , if I cannot fancy you in the light of a grave student - a pale recluse ; -you , who seem so much better calculated to mingle in the gay ...
Pagina 33
... " " If , my dear mother , " cried Francis impatiently , " why will you always damp my spirits with an if ? -Why must we always live in a world of 66 suspicion ? How long has this distrust been a source HUSBAND HUNTING .
... " " If , my dear mother , " cried Francis impatiently , " why will you always damp my spirits with an if ? -Why must we always live in a world of 66 suspicion ? How long has this distrust been a source HUSBAND HUNTING .
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Populaire passages
Pagina 247 - Beware Of entrance to a quarrel, but being in, Bear't that the opposed may beware of thee. Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Pagina 56 - Nothing exceeds in ridicule, no doubt, A fool in fashion, but a fool that's out, His passion for absurdity's so strong, He cannot bear a rival in the wrong ; Though wrong the mode, comply ; more sense is shown In wearing others
Pagina 63 - Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting Folly hails them from her shore...
Pagina 236 - Tis false; no law divine condemns the virtuous, For differing from the rules your schools devise. Look round, how Providence bestows alike Sunshine and rain, to bless the fruitful year, On different nations, all of different faiths : And...
Pagina 7 - Cover your heads, and mock not flesh and blood With solemn reverence : throw away respect, Tradition, form, and ceremonious duty, For you have but mistook me all this while: I live with bread like you, feel want, Taste grief, need friends: subjected thus, How can you say to me I am a king?
Pagina 226 - That it is jealousy's peculiar nature To swell small things to great ; nay, out of nought To conjure much, and then to lose its reason Amid the hideous phantoms it has form'd. Alon. Had I ten thousand lives, I'd give them all To be deceived. I fear 'tis doomsday with me.
Pagina 206 - That cures all other woe. NARCISSA lives ; PHILANDER is forgot. O the soft commerce ! 0 the tender ties, Close twisted with the fibres of the heart ! Which, broken, break them, and drain off the soul 1065 Of human joy, and make it pain to live.
Pagina 257 - ... the busy world at least in this Would take example from a wretch like me! None then would waste their hours in foreign thoughts, Forget themselves and what concerns their peace, To tread the mazes of fantastic Falsehood, To haunt her idle sounds and flying tales Through all the giddy, noisy courts of rumour; Malicious slander never would have leisure...
Pagina 257 - Oh, that the busy world at least in this Would take example from a wretch like me! None then would waste their hours in foreign thoughts, Forget themselves and what concerns their peace, To...
Pagina 196 - The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind, And make a chequered shadow on the ground...