Tremaine ; Or, The Man of RefinementHenry Colburn, 1836 |
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... thing . How flat and unprofitable would seem this same world , which we all of us so strangely court , if man but knew his own 66 * Lutrin . 9 nature , and could live up to its dignity B 2 TREMAINE . 3 that is dull and uninteresting: or ...
... thing . How flat and unprofitable would seem this same world , which we all of us so strangely court , if man but knew his own 66 * Lutrin . 9 nature , and could live up to its dignity B 2 TREMAINE . 3 that is dull and uninteresting: or ...
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... things , and view the world at a distance ; and shall be able to do so more exactly now than when plunged in its ... thing was ill - seasoned , and either too much or too little done . In fact , notwithstanding his craving , 4 TREMAINE .
... things , and view the world at a distance ; and shall be able to do so more exactly now than when plunged in its ... thing was ill - seasoned , and either too much or too little done . In fact , notwithstanding his craving , 4 TREMAINE .
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... thing not at all surprising in France ) , he accosted them in English . " Is it possible , " said he , " that I have the pleasure of seeing two of my countrywomen , and two such country-- women , in a village in Auvergne ? " The air and ...
... thing not at all surprising in France ) , he accosted them in English . " Is it possible , " said he , " that I have the pleasure of seeing two of my countrywomen , and two such country-- women , in a village in Auvergne ? " The air and ...
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... thing certain to his consciousness being , that he had met with a person , who , to the most lovely beauty he had ever seen , appeared to join all that simplicity and truth of nature which his heart had so long and so fondly coveted ...
... thing certain to his consciousness being , that he had met with a person , who , to the most lovely beauty he had ever seen , appeared to join all that simplicity and truth of nature which his heart had so long and so fondly coveted ...
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... thing , or very little with him . He had all his life long sought for a virgin heart , and an unsophisticated mind , which he might be able to attach to his own , for his own sake , without any view to his rank and situation TREMAINE . 21.
... thing , or very little with him . He had all his life long sought for a virgin heart , and an unsophisticated mind , which he might be able to attach to his own , for his own sake , without any view to his rank and situation TREMAINE . 21.
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Page 314 - These things hast thou done, and I kept silence ; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself : But I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
Page 313 - Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Page 140 - And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse, contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i...
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Page 84 - And let my liver rather heat with wine Than my heart cool with mortifying groans. Why should a man, whose blood is warm within, Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster?
Page 301 - Which the five watchful Senses represent, She forms Imaginations, Aery shapes, Which Reason joining or disjoining, frames All what we affirm or what deny, and call Our knowledge or opinion; then retires Into her private Cell when Nature rests.
Page 256 - It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
Page 344 - tis too horrible ! The weariest and most loathed worldly life, That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death.