The secret of the cavern, Volume 1Printed at the Minerva-Press, for Lane, Newman, and Company Leadenhall-Street, 1805 - 244 pages |
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... severe toil , and almost bending to the earth beneath the weight of years , and the force of the conflicting elements . His garments were wet through , his hat had been carried away by the wind , the rain beat upon his bald head , and ...
... severe toil , and almost bending to the earth beneath the weight of years , and the force of the conflicting elements . His garments were wet through , his hat had been carried away by the wind , the rain beat upon his bald head , and ...
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mrs. Burke. a wish that he would never venture out again in such severe weather . " Ah , bless your Honour ! ” cried Alice , dropping one of her best curtsies , as she took up her ladle to stir the broth , " poor folk , like us , mayn't ...
mrs. Burke. a wish that he would never venture out again in such severe weather . " Ah , bless your Honour ! ” cried Alice , dropping one of her best curtsies , as she took up her ladle to stir the broth , " poor folk , like us , mayn't ...
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... It is the office of most exalted humanity to relieve those who , sunk from affluence to penury , have been refined by education , and taught to cherish ideas ideas which aggravate the severity of their fate . Engrossed 24 THE SECRET OF.
... It is the office of most exalted humanity to relieve those who , sunk from affluence to penury , have been refined by education , and taught to cherish ideas ideas which aggravate the severity of their fate . Engrossed 24 THE SECRET OF.
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mrs. Burke. ideas which aggravate the severity of their fate . Engrossed by these reflections , Clarinda reached the cottage in the wood , where she believed the inhabitants pre- pared for her reception ; and gently tap- ping at the door ...
mrs. Burke. ideas which aggravate the severity of their fate . Engrossed by these reflections , Clarinda reached the cottage in the wood , where she believed the inhabitants pre- pared for her reception ; and gently tap- ping at the door ...
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... her only ambition - an object in which she was generally dis- appointed . These three sisters , for whom the ami- able parents often shed in secret the tear of of bitter mortification , and felt severely humbled , agreed THE CAVERN . 43.
... her only ambition - an object in which she was generally dis- appointed . These three sisters , for whom the ami- able parents often shed in secret the tear of of bitter mortification , and felt severely humbled , agreed THE CAVERN . 43.
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Page 48 - The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
Page 1 - Who had, no doubt, some noble creature in her Dashed all to pieces. Oh, the cry did knock Against my very heart! Poor souls, they perished. Had I been any god of power, I would Have sunk the sea within the earth or ere It should the good ship so have swallowed and The fraughting souls within her.
Page 22 - ... allowed still to amuse as a picture, but not to triumph as a beauty. ' When Adam is introduced by Milton, describing Eve in Paradise, and relating to the angel the impressions he felt upon seeing her at her first creation, he does not represent her like a Grecian Venus, by her shape or features, but by the lustre of her mind which shone in them, and gave them their power of charming : " Grace was in all her steps, heav'n in her eye, In all her gestures dignity and love...
Page 143 - On earth thou stand'st, thy thoughts ascend to heaven. Anna. Would that I were, e'en as thou say'st, a seer, To have my doubts by heavenly vision clear'd I Glen.
Page 202 - And put it to the foil: but you, O you, So perfect and so peerless, are created Of every creature's best!
Page 167 - With grief the sad mourner dies ! Earth- here incloses the loveliest pair on the hill. The grass grows between the stones of the tomb ; I often sit in the mournful shade. The wind sighs through the grass; their memory rushes on my mind. Undisturbed you now sleep together; in the tomb of the mountain you rest alone ! And soft be their rest...