Clarissa, ed. by E.S. Dallas, Volume 3;Volume 266 |
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Pagina 45
... persons : and I will add ( for I cannot help it ) that , the merit and rank of the person considered , and the vile manner of his proceedings , there never was a greater villainy committed : and since she thinks her first and only fault ...
... persons : and I will add ( for I cannot help it ) that , the merit and rank of the person considered , and the vile manner of his proceedings , there never was a greater villainy committed : and since she thinks her first and only fault ...
Pagina 57
... person . My father has been so good as to take off the heavy malediction he laid me under . I must be now solicitous for a last blessing ; and that is all I shall presume to peti- tion for . My sister's letter , communicating this grace ...
... person . My father has been so good as to take off the heavy malediction he laid me under . I must be now solicitous for a last blessing ; and that is all I shall presume to peti- tion for . My sister's letter , communicating this grace ...
Pagina 58
... person's reproaches can be : and yet I am not half so culpable as I am imagined to be : as would be allowed , if all the circumstances of my unhappy story were known ; and which I shall be ready to communicate to Mrs. Norton , if she be ...
... person's reproaches can be : and yet I am not half so culpable as I am imagined to be : as would be allowed , if all the circumstances of my unhappy story were known ; and which I shall be ready to communicate to Mrs. Norton , if she be ...
Pagina 64
... person shall give her to me . Or , if it will be still more agreeable to her , I will under- take , that either Lady Sarah or Lady Betty , or both , shall go to town , and attend her down ; and the marriage shall be celebrated in their ...
... person shall give her to me . Or , if it will be still more agreeable to her , I will under- take , that either Lady Sarah or Lady Betty , or both , shall go to town , and attend her down ; and the marriage shall be celebrated in their ...
Pagina 67
... person of the greatest merit in the world has received from one of the most audacious men in it ; and you will infinitely oblige us all ; and particularly her , who repeatedly presumes to style herself , Your affectionate cousin , and ...
... person of the greatest merit in the world has received from one of the most audacious men in it ; and you will infinitely oblige us all ; and particularly her , who repeatedly presumes to style herself , Your affectionate cousin , and ...
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acquainted admirable answer apprehensions assured attend August 22 August 31 BELFORD TO ROBERT believe beloved Belton bequeath blessed brother Colonel Morden comfort corpse cousin Morden Covent Garden cursed dear cousin dear creature dearest death desire divine lady doubt earnest endeavour excuse executor eyes father favour forgive gave give grief hand happy HARLOWE TO MISS hear heard hearse heart Hervey Hickman honour hope hour James Harlowe JOHN BELFORD July 22 lady's leave letter look Lord LOVELACE TO JOHN Lovick madam mind MISS CLARISSA HARLOWE Miss Harlowe morning mother never Norton obliged occasion once penitence poor pray present reason received relations ROBERT LOVELACE sake Sally Martin seems September 11 servant sister Smith solemn soon soul suffer tears tell thee thought told Tourville turned uncle unhappy Uxbridge wish woman word wretch write young lady
Populaire passages
Pagina 95 - 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 211 - For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
Pagina 99 - 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 18 - For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
Pagina 99 - 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 99 - When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
Pagina 264 - 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 94 - 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 301 - 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 104 - Lovelace], and a byword in the city, and a reproach among the people, and make thee ashamed before the multitude.