Pneumanee; or, The fairy of the nineteenth century, Volume 2 |
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... remarks upon the size of his study , reckoned the number of weeks till he should re- turn ; and if he was not yet reconciled to his change of scene , the fault was his own , for he met with no difficulties or hardships of any sort ...
... remarks upon the size of his study , reckoned the number of weeks till he should re- turn ; and if he was not yet reconciled to his change of scene , the fault was his own , for he met with no difficulties or hardships of any sort ...
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... incoherent detail of her husband's temper and feelings , that seemed to grow upon description , and threatened never to end . Pneumanee , impatient under such a tedious ha- rangue , The rangue , proposed a walk to a remark- able 24.
... incoherent detail of her husband's temper and feelings , that seemed to grow upon description , and threatened never to end . Pneumanee , impatient under such a tedious ha- rangue , The rangue , proposed a walk to a remark- able 24.
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... remark- able rock , about a mile distant . whole party , with the old nurse and children in the train , all set out for the spot , where a promontory , jutting out into the sea , formed a shade , where all sat upon the rocks to admire ...
... remark- able rock , about a mile distant . whole party , with the old nurse and children in the train , all set out for the spot , where a promontory , jutting out into the sea , formed a shade , where all sat upon the rocks to admire ...
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... tracted the venomous sting of slander and detraction . " The ladies perfectly agreed , and did not seem to feel the severity of the remark , the more se- vere , VOL . II . D vere , as the Rector was generally par- ticularly mild 49.
... tracted the venomous sting of slander and detraction . " The ladies perfectly agreed , and did not seem to feel the severity of the remark , the more se- vere , VOL . II . D vere , as the Rector was generally par- ticularly mild 49.
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... remark , was quick to say , " We know nothing about Lords , Lucy ; and you know some lady said , the other day , they were quite a distinct species from other men ? " - " And did you be- lieve her , my dear ? " said Pneumanée : " how ...
... remark , was quick to say , " We know nothing about Lords , Lucy ; and you know some lady said , the other day , they were quite a distinct species from other men ? " - " And did you be- lieve her , my dear ? " said Pneumanée : " how ...
Expressions et termes fréquents
admiration amusement artless asked babilities beach beauty believe blessings blushed boards body carriage Charles charming comfort dear creature dear Fanny dear girls dear Lucy dear Pneumanee dearest delightful Devil to pay dinner dread dress elegant epergne Fanny's father fear feel felt foolscap 8vo friends gaily give habits half-crown hand happy HATCHARD hear heard heart Hermit hoped impatient kind knew laugh leave letter London look Lord R.'s Lordship mamma manee married mind Miss Volatile Mitre morning necklace never old nurse opinion pain papa Parsonage party peated pelisses pleasant pleasure Pneu Pneuma poor recollection Rector Rector's wife remark replied returned Rock-house round Rupert Street scene shew smiled soon splendour sure talk taste Teignmouth tell thing thought took tranquillity village vols walk warm wife wish young ladies
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Page 181 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Page 182 - With this her solemn bird and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train: But neither breath of morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds, nor rising sun On this delightful land, nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew, nor fragrance after showers, Nor grateful evening mild, nor silent night With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering starlight without thee is sweet.
Page 182 - But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds; nor rising sun On this delightful land; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers; Nor grateful evening mild; nor silent night With this her solemn bird; nor walk by moon, Or glittering starlight, without thee is sweet.
Page 12 - His all-searching eye will assuredly never pursue us into those little corners of our lives, much less will His justice select them for punishment without the general context of our existence, by which faults may be sometimes found to have grown out of virtues and very many of our heaviest offences to have been grafted by human imperfection upon the best and kindest of our affections.
Page 11 - God have mercy upon us ! — instead of standing before him in judgment with the hopes and consolations of Christians, we must call upon the mountains to cover us ; for which of us can present, for Omniscient examination, a pure, unspotted, and faultless course ? But I humbly expect that the benevolent Author of our being will judge us as I have been pointing out for your example. Holding up the great volume of our lives in his hands, and regarding the general scope of them ; — if he discovers...
Page 4 - He was wont to say that wisdom lay in the heart, and not in the head ; and that it was not the want of knowledge, but the perverseness of the will, that filled men's actions with folly and their lives with .disorder.
Page 12 - Holding up the great volume of our lives in his hands, and regarding the general scope of them; if He discovers benevolence, charity, and good-will to man beating in the heart, where He alone can look; if He finds that our conduct, though often forced out of the path by our infirmities, has been in general well directed; his allsearching...