Clarissa, ed. by E.S. Dallas, Volume 3;Volume 266 |
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Pagina 1
She had had a tolerable night , and was much better in spirits ; though weak in
person ; and visibly declining in looks . She had been writing , she said , a letter
to her sister : but had not pleased herself in it ; though she had made two or three
...
She had had a tolerable night , and was much better in spirits ; though weak in
person ; and visibly declining in looks . She had been writing , she said , a letter
to her sister : but had not pleased herself in it ; though she had made two or three
...
Pagina 12
family ' s distress must be , that , as I told your brother , Mr . Antony Harlowe , I
had often forbid her corresponding with the poor fallen angel — for surely never
did young lady more resemble what we imagine of angels , both in person and
mind ...
family ' s distress must be , that , as I told your brother , Mr . Antony Harlowe , I
had often forbid her corresponding with the poor fallen angel — for surely never
did young lady more resemble what we imagine of angels , both in person and
mind ...
Pagina 27
Then I am the only person to whom you ' re not very good ; and so I am the less
obliged to you . He turned with an unconcerned air to Miss Playford , and made
her some genteel compliments . I believe you know her not . She visits his
cousins ...
Then I am the only person to whom you ' re not very good ; and so I am the less
obliged to you . He turned with an unconcerned air to Miss Playford , and made
her some genteel compliments . I believe you know her not . She visits his
cousins ...
Pagina 28
You will allow that a very faulty person may see his errors ; and when he does ,
and owns them , and repents , should he not be treated mercifully ? Your air , sir ,
seems not to be that of a penitent . But the place may as properly excuse this ...
You will allow that a very faulty person may see his errors ; and when he does ,
and owns them , and repents , should he not be treated mercifully ? Your air , sir ,
seems not to be that of a penitent . But the place may as properly excuse this ...
Pagina 33
So little of the fop ; yet so elegant and rich in his dress : his person so specious :
his air so intrepid : so inuch meaning and penetration in his face : so much gaiety
, yet so little of the monkey : though a travelled gentleman , yet no affectation ; no
...
So little of the fop ; yet so elegant and rich in his dress : his person so specious :
his air so intrepid : so inuch meaning and penetration in his face : so much gaiety
, yet so little of the monkey : though a travelled gentleman , yet no affectation ; no
...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 93 - When Thou with rebukes dost chasten man for sin, Thou makest his beauty to consume away, like as it were a moth fretting a garment : every man therefore is but vanity.
Pagina 209 - For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
Pagina 97 - Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high. My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
Pagina 16 - For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
Pagina 97 - I have sinned ; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? Why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, So that I am a burden to myself?
Pagina 97 - When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
Pagina 262 - One faded cheek rested upon the good woman's bosom, the kindly warmth of which had overspread it with a faint, but charming flush; the other paler and hollow as if already iced over by death. Her hands, white as the lily, with her meandering veins more transparently blue than ever I had seen even hers (veins so soon, alas!
Pagina 92 - Say not thou, It is through the Lord that I fell away: for thou oughtest not to do the things that he hateth. Say not thou, He hath caused me to err: for he hath no need of the sinful man.
Pagina 299 - Methuselah, who, as we read in the Scriptures, was the longest liver that was of a man, died at the last : for, as the Preacher saith, there is a time to be born and a time to die ; and the day of death is better than the day of our birth.
Pagina 102 - Lovelace], and a byword in the city, and a reproach among the people, and make thee ashamed before the multitude.