Beatrice, Or, The Unknown RelativesSimpkin, Marshall, 1855 - 492 pagina's |
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Pagina xix
... desire . ' This sentence of death on plain young ladies might alarm some , and should make many pause before they venture to join a sect which forbids men to marry , and at the same time sanctions any mother in wishing those daughters ...
... desire . ' This sentence of death on plain young ladies might alarm some , and should make many pause before they venture to join a sect which forbids men to marry , and at the same time sanctions any mother in wishing those daughters ...
Pagina xxvi
... desire for usefulness , which is the only hope that ever gave acti- vity to her pen , has induced the Author to attempt a representation of that pestilence walking in darkness , which seems about to overshadow the happy land of her ...
... desire for usefulness , which is the only hope that ever gave acti- vity to her pen , has induced the Author to attempt a representation of that pestilence walking in darkness , which seems about to overshadow the happy land of her ...
Pagina 38
... desire of excluding the Ambrose dynasty was frustrated by the successive deaths of several children , who inherited a delicate constitution from their accomplished mother . They were met on the threshold of life by attacks of whooping ...
... desire of excluding the Ambrose dynasty was frustrated by the successive deaths of several children , who inherited a delicate constitution from their accomplished mother . They were met on the threshold of life by attacks of whooping ...
Pagina 44
... desire to cultivate human excellence around them , as well as to give sympathy and consola- tion , through the deep sorrows of this mortal life , to the afflicted . While considerately administering to all the homely miseries of the ...
... desire to cultivate human excellence around them , as well as to give sympathy and consola- tion , through the deep sorrows of this mortal life , to the afflicted . While considerately administering to all the homely miseries of the ...
Pagina 45
... desire to do it well . Nothing excited him so plea- santly as to conquer difficulties ; and that he might obtain the best assistance in his great objects , he frankly claimed the good offices of both the Rev. Dr. Macfarlane , the ...
... desire to do it well . Nothing excited him so plea- santly as to conquer difficulties ; and that he might obtain the best assistance in his great objects , he frankly claimed the good offices of both the Rev. Dr. Macfarlane , the ...
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accents admire affection agitation Ambrose anxious asked astonishment attachment beautiful became become Bessie Bishop Cairngorum Castle chapel cheek church Clanmarina Clinton companion confessor Cornelius O'Brien countenance dear death deep delight door dress earnest earthly emotion Evan's evidently excitement exclaimed expression eyes face Father Eustace feel friends gazed girl glance grief hand happy hear heart Heatherbrae hope hour Inverness Jesuit Lady Anne Lady Eaglescairn Lady Stratharden laughing listened live look Lord Eaglescairn Lord Iona Lorraine M'Alpine M'Ronald mind Miss Farinelli Miss Turton morning mother mournful never observed once Papists perfect perfectly perplexity pleasure poor Popish pray prayers priest Protestant religion remain replied Beatrice replied Lady Edith Robert Carre Rome round scarcely seemed silent Sir Allan Sir Evan smile solemn sorrow soul speak stood strange stranger Talbot tears tell thought tion tone uncle voice whole wish young
Populaire passages
Pagina 388 - The times have been That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools.
Pagina 272 - The season smiles, resigning all its rage, And has the warmth of May. The vault is blue Without a cloud, and white without a speck The dazzling splendour of the scene below.
Pagina 414 - For neither man nor angel can discern Hypocrisy, the only evil that walks Invisible, except to God alone, By his permissive will, through heaven and earth : And oft, though Wisdom wake, Suspicion sleeps At Wisdom's gate, and to Simplicity Resigns her charge, while Goodness thinks no ill Where no ill seems...
Pagina 67 - Wolves shall succeed for teachers, grievous wolves, Who all the sacred mysteries of heaven To their own vile advantages shall turn Of lucre and ambition, and the truth With superstitions and traditions taint, Left only in those written records pure, Though not but by the Spirit understood.
Pagina 134 - Past, But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast, And the days are dark and dreary. Be still, sad heart ! and cease repining ; Behind the clouds is the sun still shining ; Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary.
Pagina 98 - Let our unceasing, earnest prayer Be, too, for light, — for strength to bear Our portion of the weight of care, That crushes into dumb despair One half the human race.
Pagina 346 - Ooze to her skin, and stagnate there to mud, Cased like the centipede in saffron mail, Or darker greenness of the scorpion's scale — ( For drawn from reptiles only may we trace Congenial colours in that soul or face) — Look on her features!
Pagina 171 - No more to sigh or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear ; While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere. Compared with this, how poor Religion's pride, In all the pomp of method, and of art, When men display to congregations wide Devotion's every grace, except the heart...
Pagina 327 - If I am right, Thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, oh, teach my heart To find that better way.
Pagina 327 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This, teach me more than hell to shun, That, more than Heaven pursue. What blessings Thy free bounty gives, Let me not cast away; For God is paid when man receives, T