The mystery developedA.K. Newman and Company, 1825 - 790 pages |
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... mind , capable of being rendered subservient to all the purposes of vice and virtue . Abstract excellence can have no existence , and can only revel in the speculations of metaphysical theo- ries . Every thing is excellent only as it is ...
... mind , capable of being rendered subservient to all the purposes of vice and virtue . Abstract excellence can have no existence , and can only revel in the speculations of metaphysical theo- ries . Every thing is excellent only as it is ...
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... mind with those original attributes of virtue and of intellect which no educa- tion can impart , let them not remain dormant for want of improvement . Un- aided nature is always slow in her march to perfection aided MYSTERY DEVELOPED ...
... mind with those original attributes of virtue and of intellect which no educa- tion can impart , let them not remain dormant for want of improvement . Un- aided nature is always slow in her march to perfection aided MYSTERY DEVELOPED ...
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... mind , and a sweetness of disposition , that far exceed all personal charms . Her nose , which was long , sharp , and pointing upwards , seemed to be an index to her vanity , her pride , and affectation : her eyes were small , pier ...
... mind , and a sweetness of disposition , that far exceed all personal charms . Her nose , which was long , sharp , and pointing upwards , seemed to be an index to her vanity , her pride , and affectation : her eyes were small , pier ...
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... mind . Mr. Stanhope however was , of all others , the most obnoxious to Mrs. Eli- zabeth , because he did not appear to her sufficiently sanctified , nor sufficiently zealous and enthusiastic in the discharge of his ministry . He was a ...
... mind . Mr. Stanhope however was , of all others , the most obnoxious to Mrs. Eli- zabeth , because he did not appear to her sufficiently sanctified , nor sufficiently zealous and enthusiastic in the discharge of his ministry . He was a ...
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... mind should be de- based by vulgar sentiments , or plebeian manners . Mr. Grame , finding himself so success- ful in suiting himself to the pride and ignorance of Mrs. Elizabeth , ventured one day to assert , after an eloquent eulo ...
... mind should be de- based by vulgar sentiments , or plebeian manners . Mr. Grame , finding himself so success- ful in suiting himself to the pride and ignorance of Mrs. Elizabeth , ventured one day to assert , after an eloquent eulo ...
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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...