 ... above her usual simplicity; there was a sort of swell in her language, which sometimes a tear (for her age had not lost the privilege of tears) made still more eloquent. She kept her sorrows, like the devotions that solaced them, sacred to herself....  The British Essayists - Page 233redigeeritud poolt - 1808Full view - About this book
 | Henry Mackenzie - 1815 - 302 lehte
...the devotions that solaced them, sacred to herself. They threw nothing of gloom over her deportment ; a gentle shade only, like the fleckered clouds of...increase, not diminish, the benignity of the season. x She had few neighbours, and still fewer visitors ; but her reception of such as did visit her was... | |
 | Henry Mackenzie - 1820 - 326 lehte
...the devotions that solaced them, aacred to herself. They threw nothing of gloom over her deportment ; a gentle shade only, like the fleckered clouds of summer, that increase, not dimmish, the benignity of the season. She had few neighbours, and still fewer visitors ; but her reception... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 802 lehte
...the devotions that solaced them, sacred to herself. They threw nothing of gloom over her deportment ; a gentle shade only, like the fleckered clouds of...too much, perhaps ; but there was so much heart and goodwill in her importunity, as made her good things seem better than those of any other table. Nor... | |
 | 1823 - 354 lehte
...the devotions that solaced them, sacred to herself. They threw nothing of gloom over her deportment; a gentle shade only, like the fleckered clouds of...too much perhaps: but there was so much heart and good-will in her importunity, as made her good things seem better than those of any other table. Nor... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 410 lehte
...the devotions that solaced them, sacred to herself. They threw nothing of gloom over her deportment; a gentle shade only, like the fleckered clouds of...a little too much perhaps : but there was so much of heart and goodwill in her importunity, as made her good things seem better than those of any other... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 lehte
...the devotions that solaced them, sacred to herself. They threw nothing of gloom over her deportment ; a gentle shade only, like the fleckered clouds of...a little too much perhaps : but there was so much of heart and goodwill in her importunity, as made her good things seem better than those of any other... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 lehte
...the devotions that solaced them, sacred to herself. They threw nothing of gloom over her deportment; a gentle shade only, like the fleckered clouds of...a little too much perhaps : but there was so much of heart and goodwill in her importunity, as made her good things seem better than those of any other... | |
 | 1836 - 342 lehte
...the devotions that solaced thrui, sacred to herself. They threw nothing of gloom over her deportment; a gentle shade only, like the fleckered clouds of...benignity of the season. She had few neighbours, and still (ewer visitors; but her reception of such as did visit her was cordial in the extreme. She pressed... | |
 | Henry Mackenzie - 1847 - 534 lehte
...the devotions that solaced them, sacred to herself. They threw nothing of gloom over her deportment ; a gentle shade only, like the fleckered clouds of...diminish, the benignity of the season. She had few neighbors, and still fewer visiters ; but her reception of such asdid visit her was cordial in the... | |
 | lady Emily Charlotte M. Ponsonby - 1851 - 742 lehte
...devotions that solaced them, sacred to herself. They threw nothing of gloom over her deportment — a gentle shade only — like the fleckered clouds...increase, not diminish, the benignity of the season." A loud knock or ring is an event which even the most accustomed ears do not hear with indifference.... | |
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