Retrospection: A TaleTaylor and Hessey, Fleet Street, 1821 - 230 pages |
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... characters , aggra- vated my regret ; but I sullenly brooded over these disquietudes , instead of che- rishing that confidence and sympathy , which , but for my perverse and perverted feelings , would have proved a mutual benefit . " I ...
... characters , aggra- vated my regret ; but I sullenly brooded over these disquietudes , instead of che- rishing that confidence and sympathy , which , but for my perverse and perverted feelings , would have proved a mutual benefit . " I ...
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... character of a gentle- woman , on which I especially prided myself ; and caused me to behave with little more regard to the feelings or in- clinations of my hosts , than I should have thought due to the master and mistress of a lodging ...
... character of a gentle- woman , on which I especially prided myself ; and caused me to behave with little more regard to the feelings or in- clinations of my hosts , than I should have thought due to the master and mistress of a lodging ...
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... character ! but , while involuntarily pleased with the traits of amiableness which I daily witnessed in parents and children , I never thought of making a salutary application of the lesson they presented , and by the contrast , which ...
... character ! but , while involuntarily pleased with the traits of amiableness which I daily witnessed in parents and children , I never thought of making a salutary application of the lesson they presented , and by the contrast , which ...
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A Tale Mrs. Taylor (Ann Martin). Mrs. Thoroughgood's character shone conspicuous . Nor was the son unde- serving of the affection of which he was the object ; his kind , attentive , and re- spectful carriage towards this amiable woman ...
A Tale Mrs. Taylor (Ann Martin). Mrs. Thoroughgood's character shone conspicuous . Nor was the son unde- serving of the affection of which he was the object ; his kind , attentive , and re- spectful carriage towards this amiable woman ...
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... character enough to grapple with them . Not at all discouraged by untoward circumstances , the Thoroughgoods only redoubled their efforts ; for extraordinary efforts must be opposed to extraordinary difficulties , if ever they are to be ...
... character enough to grapple with them . Not at all discouraged by untoward circumstances , the Thoroughgoods only redoubled their efforts ; for extraordinary efforts must be opposed to extraordinary difficulties , if ever they are to be ...
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Page 136 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Page 192 - he who ruleth his spirit is greater than he who taketh a. city," the rigid discipline and government, to which Mr.