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... mind is busy in endeavouring to re- call the past - ' after ' We were , ' I know , I know : go on . Our uncle was cold and harsh . We were treated more like slaves than assistants in his business and portions of his blood . besides ...
... mind is busy in endeavouring to re- call the past - ' after ' We were , ' I know , I know : go on . Our uncle was cold and harsh . We were treated more like slaves than assistants in his business and portions of his blood . besides ...
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... mind which is of too confined a calibre to admit history . As we ascend higher , we find the same instinct as- suming a more and more important character . No longer confined to the investigation of a neighbour's domestic affairs , or ...
... mind which is of too confined a calibre to admit history . As we ascend higher , we find the same instinct as- suming a more and more important character . No longer confined to the investigation of a neighbour's domestic affairs , or ...
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... mind of Europe awoke slowly from its slumber , and only can be nurtured into perfection by gentle treat- the movement became quicker and quicker every year , ment , and we never yet knew a female heart to possess till we are now ...
... mind of Europe awoke slowly from its slumber , and only can be nurtured into perfection by gentle treat- the movement became quicker and quicker every year , ment , and we never yet knew a female heart to possess till we are now ...
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... mind than the most cloying sweetmeats would have been to her body . Some months had passed away , and Nance had re- moved to a small farm taken by her late husband at a little distance from the village , so that the intercourse between ...
... mind than the most cloying sweetmeats would have been to her body . Some months had passed away , and Nance had re- moved to a small farm taken by her late husband at a little distance from the village , so that the intercourse between ...
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... mind deserted her , and hopelessly wringing her hands , she burst into tears , overcome by the sudden overthrow of all her joyful anticipations . Jane tried to comfort her sister , while Margaret , al - ning to enjoy themselves , when a ...
... mind deserted her , and hopelessly wringing her hands , she burst into tears , overcome by the sudden overthrow of all her joyful anticipations . Jane tried to comfort her sister , while Margaret , al - ning to enjoy themselves , when a ...
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Página 123 - And Desolation saddens all thy green : One only master grasps the whole domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain. No more thy glassy brook reflects the day, But, choked with sedges, works its weedy way; Along thy glades, a solitary guest, The hollow-sounding bittern guards its nest; Amidst thy desert walks the lapwing flies, And tires their echoes with unvaried cries.
Página 148 - Leave to the nightingale her shady wood ; A privacy of glorious light is thine; Whence thou dost pour upon the world a flood Of harmony, with instinct more divine; Type of the wise who soar, but never roam; True to the kindred points of Heaven and Home...
Página 81 - Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which Is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
Página 49 - RICH and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold ring on her wand she bore; But oh ! her beauty was far beyond Her sparkling gems, or snow-white wand. ' ' Lady ! dost thou not fear to stray, " So lone and lovely through this bleak way? " Are Erin's sons so good or so cold, ' ' As not to be tempted by woman or gold?
Página 148 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to come in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow, Through the sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine...
Página 209 - Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you ; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land : and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over...
Página 124 - Is lightened ; that serene and blessed mood In which the affections gently lead us on, Until the breath of this corporeal frame, And even the motion of our human blood Almost suspended, we are laid asleep In body, and become a living soul; While with an eye made quiet by the power Of harmony and the deep power of joy, We see into the life of things.
Página 240 - The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Página 123 - Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place: The white-washed wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked behind the door: The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day; The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules...
Página 124 - Of aspect more sublime: that blessed mood In which the burthen of the mystery, In which the heavy and the weary weight Of all this unintelligible world, Is lightened; that serene and blessed mood, In which the affections gently lead us on, Until, the breath of this corporeal frame And even the motion of our human blood Almost suspended, we are laid asleep In body, and become a living soul...