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Pagina 5
She retired to her chamber soon after , and was forced it seems to lie down . We
all went down together ; and , for an hour and a half , dwelt upon her praises ; Mrs
. Smith and Mrs . Lovick repeatedly expressing their astonishment , that there ...
She retired to her chamber soon after , and was forced it seems to lie down . We
all went down together ; and , for an hour and a half , dwelt upon her praises ; Mrs
. Smith and Mrs . Lovick repeatedly expressing their astonishment , that there ...
Pagina 6
One consolation arises to me , from the pretty regrets which this admirable
creature seems to have in indulging reflections on the people ' s wedding - day . -
I once ! - thou makest her break off with saying . She once ! What ? - 0 Belford !
why ...
One consolation arises to me , from the pretty regrets which this admirable
creature seems to have in indulging reflections on the people ' s wedding - day . -
I once ! - thou makest her break off with saying . She once ! What ? - 0 Belford !
why ...
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 35
My mother , as well as Mr . Hickman , believes , from what passed on this
occasion , that he is touched in conscience for the wrongs he has done you : but ,
by his whole behaviour , I must own , it seems to me , that nothing can touch him
for ...
My mother , as well as Mr . Hickman , believes , from what passed on this
occasion , that he is touched in conscience for the wrongs he has done you : but ,
by his whole behaviour , I must own , it seems to me , that nothing can touch him
for ...
Pagina 40
Well , but the lady refers my destiny to the letter she has written , actually written ,
to Miss Howe ; to whom it seems she has given her reasons why she will not
have me . I long to know the contents of this letter : but am in great hopes that she
...
Well , but the lady refers my destiny to the letter she has written , actually written ,
to Miss Howe ; to whom it seems she has given her reasons why she will not
have me . I long to know the contents of this letter : but am in great hopes that she
...
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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.