The mystery developedA.K. Newman and Company, 1825 - 790 pages |
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... manner in which they are executed ; and whenever they afford us lessons of practical wis- dom , he only is wise who is guided by the examples which they place before him . We need not , however , resort to romantic history , to enable ...
... manner in which they are executed ; and whenever they afford us lessons of practical wis- dom , he only is wise who is guided by the examples which they place before him . We need not , however , resort to romantic history , to enable ...
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... manner of taking leave of him , however , was kind and affectionate , which did not a little surprise not only Frederick , but sir Henry himself , for he always supposed that she really hated him ; and why she now ap- peared so ...
... manner of taking leave of him , however , was kind and affectionate , which did not a little surprise not only Frederick , but sir Henry himself , for he always supposed that she really hated him ; and why she now ap- peared so ...
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... manner with him , and he makes every person love him . He is also taken for my own son ; and I must confess , I am sometimes inclined to think so myself , though my suspi- cions are founded on very slight coinci- dences . It may be so ...
... manner with him , and he makes every person love him . He is also taken for my own son ; and I must confess , I am sometimes inclined to think so myself , though my suspi- cions are founded on very slight coinci- dences . It may be so ...
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... manners ; his conversation was open , elegant , and refined , and among the fair sex , he min- gled wit and humour with the most scru- pulous purity of sentiment ; he seemed to have treasured up in his mind all the beauties of ...
... manners ; his conversation was open , elegant , and refined , and among the fair sex , he min- gled wit and humour with the most scru- pulous purity of sentiment ; he seemed to have treasured up in his mind all the beauties of ...
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... manners ; but then he was too gay and humorous to be a minister of the Gospel , whose life and conversation should be a model of unspotted sanctity , and in whom the works of grace and spiritual mortification should predomi- nate nate ...
... manners ; but then he was too gay and humorous to be a minister of the Gospel , whose life and conversation should be a model of unspotted sanctity , and in whom the works of grace and spiritual mortification should predomi- nate nate ...
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Page 65 - Music the fiercest grief can charm, And Fate's severest rage disarm ; Music can soften pain to ease, And make despair and madness please : Our joys below it can improve, And antedate the bliss above. This the divine Cecilia found, And to her Maker's praise confined the sound. When the full organ joins the tuneful quire, Th...
Page 124 - Long-sounding aisles, and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws A death-like silence., and a dread repose: Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
Page 177 - All fame is foreign but of true desert, Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart: One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas; And more true joy Marcellus exiled feels, Than Caesar with a senate at his heels. In parts superior what advantage lies? Tell (for you can) what is it to be wise ? 'Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others...