The history of sir Charles Grandison, 2. köideSuttaby, Evance, & Fox & Crosby, 1812 |
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... favour , and to make their first ac- quaintance easy to each other . Emily wants no pre- possession in Miss Byron's favour . She will be very ready herself to tell her whole story to Miss Byron . Meantime , let us not say all that is ...
... favour , and to make their first ac- quaintance easy to each other . Emily wants no pre- possession in Miss Byron's favour . She will be very ready herself to tell her whole story to Miss Byron . Meantime , let us not say all that is ...
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... favour . Miss Emily Jervois is a lovely girl . She is tall , genteel , and has a fine complexion ; and , thoughi pitted with the small - pox , is pretty . The sweet- ness of her manners , as expressed in her aspect , gives her great ...
... favour . Miss Emily Jervois is a lovely girl . She is tall , genteel , and has a fine complexion ; and , thoughi pitted with the small - pox , is pretty . The sweet- ness of her manners , as expressed in her aspect , gives her great ...
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... favour of both , that they were the best of servants to the best of masters . Mr. Grandison was very gallant in his speeches to me ; but very uncivil with his eyes . Lord L. said but little ; but what he did say de- servedly gained ...
... favour of both , that they were the best of servants to the best of masters . Mr. Grandison was very gallant in his speeches to me ; but very uncivil with his eyes . Lord L. said but little ; but what he did say de- servedly gained ...
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... favour to Lord G. with regard to Miss Grandison . I doubt not , if he be , but he has good reasons for it . Were this vile Sir Hargrave out of my head , I could satisfy myself about twenty and twenty things that , now and then I want to ...
... favour to Lord G. with regard to Miss Grandison . I doubt not , if he be , but he has good reasons for it . Were this vile Sir Hargrave out of my head , I could satisfy myself about twenty and twenty things that , now and then I want to ...
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... favour by his eyes and his quivering lips ; and has , notwithstanding , a smile ready to turn into a laugh in order to lessen his own sensibility , should he be likely to suffer in the opinion of the company : but every motion shows his ...
... favour by his eyes and his quivering lips ; and has , notwithstanding , a smile ready to turn into a laugh in order to lessen his own sensibility , should he be likely to suffer in the opinion of the company : but every motion shows his ...
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Page 177 - For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
Page 59 - I shewed an over readiness, even to rashness, which she thought might lead me into errors, that would more than over-balance the good I aimed to do ; she redoubled her efforts to keep me right: and on this particular acquirement of a skill in the management of the weapons, she frequently enforced upon me an observation of Mr. Locke ; ' That young men, in their warm blood, ' are often forward to think they have in vain learned * to fence, if they never shew their skill in a duel.
Page 237 - I am afraid my uncle will think himself justified by them on this occasion, when he asserts, that it is one of the most difficult things in the world to put a woman right, when she sets out wrong.
Page 151 - I have fought a good fight ; I have finished my course ; I have kept the faith — There is laid up for me a crown of righteousness." And then her voice failing, she gave signs of satisfaction, in the hope of being entitled to that crown ; and expired in an ejaculation that her ebbing life could not support.