Two Lives: Or, To Seem and to beD. Appleton, 1847 - 262 páginas |
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... believe that we shall so soon forget our earliest friend , and this dear , beautiful home ! " As Isabel spoke , she took her aunt's hand , and drawing it through her arm , held it pressed close against her heart . " No , my child ...
... believe that we shall so soon forget our earliest friend , and this dear , beautiful home ! " As Isabel spoke , she took her aunt's hand , and drawing it through her arm , held it pressed close against her heart . " No , my child ...
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... take a bed , I believe , at our house to - night . " Captain Stuart assented , and silence and darkness soon reigned throughout Mrs. Stuart's well - ordered house . CHAPTER III . " She is all simplicity , A 30 TWO LIVES : OR ,
... take a bed , I believe , at our house to - night . " Captain Stuart assented , and silence and darkness soon reigned throughout Mrs. Stuart's well - ordered house . CHAPTER III . " She is all simplicity , A 30 TWO LIVES : OR ,
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... believe I have any motive , except the present pleasure I derive from my studies . " “ And is that a sufficient motive for a rational being ? An animal seeks the gratification of its instincts for the sake of present pleasure - surely ...
... believe I have any motive , except the present pleasure I derive from my studies . " “ And is that a sufficient motive for a rational being ? An animal seeks the gratification of its instincts for the sake of present pleasure - surely ...
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... Believe me , my dear child , happiness is a wandering light , varying in form and in direction with our varying moods , and the shifting scenes of life , leading its pursuer hither and thither , till he sinks wearied and disappointed ...
... Believe me , my dear child , happiness is a wandering light , varying in form and in direction with our varying moods , and the shifting scenes of life , leading its pursuer hither and thither , till he sinks wearied and disappointed ...
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... believe that we could here bring heaven into our souls , that we could adopt its principles , live its life , and find its enjoy- ments , was to her an unintelligible mystery . For this , her earthly life , there were earthly stimulants ...
... believe that we could here bring heaven into our souls , that we could adopt its principles , live its life , and find its enjoy- ments , was to her an unintelligible mystery . For this , her earthly life , there were earthly stimulants ...
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50 cents admiration affection agitating emotion already arms asked Aunt Elliot Aunt Nancy beautiful bosom Bourdier brow Captain Stuart carriage cheek child clasped coner cousin cravat dear Grace desire door dress earthly emotion entered exclaimed expression eyes face fair brow fair lady Falconer Falconer's father feeling felt gentle give glance Grace Elliot hand happy heard heart Heaven hope hour influence Isabel and Grace kissed ladies leave letter lips looked Marion Elliot Marquis de Villeneuve Maumer Miss Douglass Miss Elliot Monsieur de Villeneuve morning mother Nanine ness never Oakdale OLIVER GOLDSMITH pale parlor passed pleasure pray present promise received replied rose scarcely seemed silence smile soon sorrow soul speak spirit stood sympathy tears tell tender thing thought thousand dollars tion tone turned uncle voice Walter Stuart week whispered word young
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Página 21 - Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys! Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies fond with gaudy shapes possess, As thick and numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, Or likest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus
Página 44 - Mortals, that would follow me, Love virtue; she alone is free. She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heaven itself would stoop to her.
Página 3 - THE LIFE OF MARTIN LUTHER, GATHERED FROM HIS OWN WRITINGS By M.
Página 241 - There is a calm for those who weep, A rest for weary pilgrims found ; And while the mouldering ashes sleep Low in the ground...
Página 209 - A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel 13 light. XV.— I WANDERED LONELY. 1804. I WANDERED lonely as a cloud...
Página 17 - Are we not thus, under the guise of orthodoxy, mocked in our belief that we have a High Priest who can be touched with a feeling of our infirmities...
Página 209 - With thee, my bark, I'll swiftly go Athwart the foaming brine ; Nor care what land thou bear'st me to, So not again to mine. Welcome, welcome, ye dark blue waves ! And when you fail my sight, Welcome, ye deserts, and ye caves ! My native land— Good Night !
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Página 86 - Yet haply there will come a weary day When, overtasked at length, Both Love and Hope beneath the load give way. Then, with a statue's smile, a statue's strength, Stands the mute sister, Patience, nothing loth, And, both supporting, does the work of both.
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