Retrospection: A TaleTaylor and Hessey, Fleet Street, 1821 - 230 pages |
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... expressions of grati- tude and amazement , I was surprised at perceiving an effort in Mrs. Thorough- good to appear pleased . And why ? They certainly were far more showy than her own , more showy than I should have chosen for myself ...
... expressions of grati- tude and amazement , I was surprised at perceiving an effort in Mrs. Thorough- good to appear pleased . And why ? They certainly were far more showy than her own , more showy than I should have chosen for myself ...
Page 67
... expression clouded their brow , it was that of sympathy and tender compassion for their unhappy guest . The next morning , when I saw Mr. Thoroughgood set out for my father's , my heart misgave me ; for as I had never yet had an open ...
... expression clouded their brow , it was that of sympathy and tender compassion for their unhappy guest . The next morning , when I saw Mr. Thoroughgood set out for my father's , my heart misgave me ; for as I had never yet had an open ...
Page 91
... expressing the least contrition for the fatal error into which she had led me , that I was credibly informed , she ex- pressed herself with the utmost indiffer- ence on the subject ; at the same time evincing her selfishness , by ...
... expressing the least contrition for the fatal error into which she had led me , that I was credibly informed , she ex- pressed herself with the utmost indiffer- ence on the subject ; at the same time evincing her selfishness , by ...
Page 92
... expression - no reserve was visible , and I almost persuaded my- self , that she was aiming at a reconcilia- tion between me and her son ; but this was a short - lived delusion ; the very next day , I heard , that he was addressing an ...
... expression - no reserve was visible , and I almost persuaded my- self , that she was aiming at a reconcilia- tion between me and her son ; but this was a short - lived delusion ; the very next day , I heard , that he was addressing an ...
Page 105
... expression disarmed me ; and abated the paroxysm of rage into which I was rising - I beheld a fellow mortal on the borders of eternity , stung with re- F 5 morse , and , in her sufferings , I forgot RETROSPECTION . 105.
... expression disarmed me ; and abated the paroxysm of rage into which I was rising - I beheld a fellow mortal on the borders of eternity , stung with re- F 5 morse , and , in her sufferings , I forgot RETROSPECTION . 105.
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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.