The Novels of Samuel Richardson: Complete and Unabridged ...

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W. Heinemann, 1902
 

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Pagina 317 - On th' other side up rose Belial, in act more graceful and humane ; A fairer person lost not Heaven ; he seemed no For dignity composed and high exploit: But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels...
Pagina 84 - Satan, whom thou mayest, if thou wilt, in this case, call my instigator, put the good man of old upon the severest trials. "To his behaviour under these trials, that good man owed his honour and his future rewards.
Pagina 110 - Habitual evils change not on a sudden: But many days must pass, and many sorrows; Conscious remorse and anguish must be felt, To curb desire, to break the stubborn will, And work a second nature in the soul...
Pagina 30 - ... of her which custom permits to be visible. Thou hast heard me also describe the wavy ringlets of her shining hair, needing neither art nor powder; of itself an ornament defying all other ornaments; wantoning in and about a neck that is beautiful beyond description. Her head-dress was a Brussels lace mob, peculiarly adapted to the charming air and turn of her features. A sky-blue ribbon illustrated that.

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