Marriage ...Little, Brown, & Company, 1893 - 324 páginas |
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... wish it had been her province to have raised plants of nobler growth in the wide field of 1 It underwent several changes before its final publication in 1818 Christian literature ; but as such has not been her MISS FERRIER'S NOVELS .
... wish it had been her province to have raised plants of nobler growth in the wide field of 1 It underwent several changes before its final publication in 1818 Christian literature ; but as such has not been her MISS FERRIER'S NOVELS .
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... wish you had seen the effect it produced . I am sure you will be the first author of the age . " In another letter she writes : - " I had an immense packet from Lady C. the other day , which I confess rather disappointed me , for I ...
... wish you had seen the effect it produced . I am sure you will be the first author of the age . " In another letter she writes : - " I had an immense packet from Lady C. the other day , which I confess rather disappointed me , for I ...
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... wish to prepare you for the shock . I can say nothing more than I have already said on the subject of silence , if not of secrecy . I never will avow myself , and nothing can hurt and offend me so much as any of my friends doing it for ...
... wish to prepare you for the shock . I can say nothing more than I have already said on the subject of silence , if not of secrecy . I never will avow myself , and nothing can hurt and offend me so much as any of my friends doing it for ...
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... wish you good - bye , and to tell you in per- son how much we were pleased with the proof you have given us that we are not unworthy of enjoying and appre- ciating your delightful works - pray accept our very best thanks , and I hope as ...
... wish you good - bye , and to tell you in per- son how much we were pleased with the proof you have given us that we are not unworthy of enjoying and appre- ciating your delightful works - pray accept our very best thanks , and I hope as ...
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... wish to know who he is . Sir W. also admires Miss Becky Duguid , and said he thought her quite a new character . I should like much to see you , and talk all over at length , but fear to invite you to my own bower for fear of suspicion ...
... wish to know who he is . Sir W. also admires Miss Becky Duguid , and said he thought her quite a new character . I should like much to see you , and talk all over at length , but fear to invite you to my own bower for fear of suspicion ...
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Abbotsford Adelaide admiration affection Alicia amusement assure Aunt Grizzy beauty Beech Park better brother Castle certainly CHAPTER character charms Colonel Lennox cousin cried daughter dear dear Mary declare delight dinner Downe Wright dress Duchess duty elegant exclaimed eyes father fear feelings felt Gawffaw girls give Glenfern Grizzy's hand happiness hear heard heart Henry Highland honour hope husband idea Lady Audley Lady Emily Lady Juliana Lady Maclaughlan Ladyship Laird length Lochmarlie look Lord Courtland Lord Lindore manner marriage married Mary Mary's mind Miss Douglas Miss Ferrier Miss Grizzy Miss Jacky Miss Nicky mother nature never niece Philistine pleasure poor Pray Redgill replied returned Rose Hall Scotland seemed sensible Shagg sigh Sir Sampson Sir Walter Scott sister smile soon soul spirit sure taste tears tell there's thing thought tion tone turned wish woman wonder young
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Página 83 - And overcome us like a summer's cloud, Without our special wonder ? You make me strange Even to the disposition that I...
Página 143 - Sweet Day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night ; For thou must die. Sweet Rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die.
Página 221 - I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
Página 51 - Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches : but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth Me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth : for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
Página 258 - And he. saw the lean dogs beneath the wall Hold o'er the dead their carnival...
Página 263 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Página 259 - In age, in infancy, from others' aid Is all our hope; to teach us to be kind: That Nature's first, last lesson to mankind. The selfish heart deserves the pain it feels : More generous sorrow, while it sinks exalts, And conscious virtue mitigates the pang.
Página 107 - For contemplation he and valour formed, For softness she and sweet attractive grace; He for God only, she for God in him.
Página 309 - My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go ! Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North, The birthplace of valour, the country of worth ; Wherever I wander, wherever I rove, The hills of the Highlands for ever I love. Farewell to the mountains high covered with snow ; Farewell to the straths and green valleys below; Farewell to the forests and wild-hanging woods ; Farewell to the torrents and loud-pouring floods.
Página 146 - ... full glory, either at the rising or setting of it, he would be so transported and amazed, and so admire the glory of it, that he would not willingly turn his eyes from that first ravishing object, to behold all the other various beauties this world could present to him.