Blue-stocking Hall ...J. & J. Harper, 1828 |
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acquaintance Adelaide Adieu admiration affection affectionate amusement Angrogna arrival Arthur ARTHUR HOWARD assured astonishing aunt beautiful believe beloved blessed BLUE-STOCKING Bolton brother called character Charlotte charms Clara Browne confess Crayton creature dare dear friend dearest Julia delightful Der Freischütz desire EMILY DOUGLAS eyes fancy Fanny fashion favourite feel felt Fitzallan Fitzroy Frederick FREDERICK DOUGLAS George Bentley give Glenalta Grosvenor Square ham Hall hand Hannaper happy hear heard heart hope human imagination Killarney letter live London look Lord Louisa mamma manner marriage Marsden melancholy mind Miss Douglas mother Mount Prospect nature neighbour never object Oliphant Otway party passed perhaps Piemont Pinerolo pleasure poor possess present reason received scene seems sister society sort spirit suppose sweet talk taste tell thing thought tion told truth Turin uncle uncle's utter wish word young
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Página 63 - And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
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Página 32 - ... the Mordecai travels with us. We cannot run away from ourselves. To be happy in the limited sense which Providence permits, let us make home the centre of our enjoyments. The fulfilment of those little duties which are at every moment presenting their claims, may be thought, by many, a strange receipt for contentment ; yet it is a very sure one, and if there ever was an axiom on the truth of which we may rely, it is, that
Página 57 - I shall be freed from opprobrious wrongs, That press me now, and bend my spirit downward: All Venice free, and every growing merit Succeed to its just right: fools shall be pulled From Wisdom's seat; those baleful unclean birds, Those lazy owls, who (perched near Fortune's top) Sit only watchful with their heavy wings To cuff down new-fledged virtues, that would rise To nobler heights, and make the grove harmonious.