Clarissa, ed. by E.S. Dallas, Volume 3;Volume 266 |
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Pagina 6
To make such a woman as this doubly stoop _ by the acceptance , and to take it
from the ground ! — What an ungraceful benefit - conferrer art thou ! How
awkward , to take it into thy head , that the best way of making a present to a lady
, was to ...
To make such a woman as this doubly stoop _ by the acceptance , and to take it
from the ground ! — What an ungraceful benefit - conferrer art thou ! How
awkward , to take it into thy head , that the best way of making a present to a lady
, was to ...
Pagina 7
The Colonel is in hopes that Miss Arabella Harlowe will be there likewise ; for all
the men and women of fashion round him are invited . I fell in by accident with the
colonel , who , I believe , hardly thought I would accept of the invitation . But he ...
The Colonel is in hopes that Miss Arabella Harlowe will be there likewise ; for all
the men and women of fashion round him are invited . I fell in by accident with the
colonel , who , I believe , hardly thought I would accept of the invitation . But he ...
Pagina 16
... believe , I saved myself by my desperation from the most shocking personal
insults ; from a repetition , as far as I know , of his vileness ; the base women (
with so much reason dreaded by me ) present , to intimidate me , if not to assist
him !
... believe , I saved myself by my desperation from the most shocking personal
insults ; from a repetition , as far as I know , of his vileness ; the base women (
with so much reason dreaded by me ) present , to intimidate me , if not to assist
him !
Pagina 26
Many ladies and gentlemen were there whom you know , particularly Miss Kitty D
' Oily , Miss Lloyd , Miss Biddy D ' Ollyffe , Miss Biddulph , and their respective
admirers , with the colonel ' s two nieces , fine women both ; besides many whom
...
Many ladies and gentlemen were there whom you know , particularly Miss Kitty D
' Oily , Miss Lloyd , Miss Biddy D ' Ollyffe , Miss Biddulph , and their respective
admirers , with the colonel ' s two nieces , fine women both ; besides many whom
...
Pagina 32
To be sure he would behave in the same manner anywhere , or in any presence ,
even at the altar itself , if a woman were with him there . It shall ever be a rule with
me , that he who does not regard a woman with some degree of reverence ...
To be sure he would behave in the same manner anywhere , or in any presence ,
even at the altar itself , if a woman were with him there . It shall ever be a rule with
me , that he who does not regard a woman with some degree of reverence ...
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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.