Retrospection: A TaleTaylor and Hessey, Fleet Street, 1821 - 230 pages |
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... kind of discipline , although , while under it , he was as unavoidably passive as the rest of the machinery of which he formed a part ; but he panted for B 5 RETROSPECTION . 9 trayed no fears on the subject; for he ...
... kind of discipline , although , while under it , he was as unavoidably passive as the rest of the machinery of which he formed a part ; but he panted for B 5 RETROSPECTION . 9 trayed no fears on the subject; for he ...
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... kind hostess by saying , " Now , I beg , Mrs. Thorough- good , that you will make no kind of difference on my account ; " her look and manner plainly indicated that this cau- tion was superfluous : for aught I could perceive , nearly ...
... kind hostess by saying , " Now , I beg , Mrs. Thorough- good , that you will make no kind of difference on my account ; " her look and manner plainly indicated that this cau- tion was superfluous : for aught I could perceive , nearly ...
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... kind hostess on subjects of all kinds , even those respect- ing which I was totally ignorant ; and I not unfrequently exposed my ignorance in a way , that , on maturer reflection , made me feel thoroughly ashamed . " You should do this ...
... kind hostess on subjects of all kinds , even those respect- ing which I was totally ignorant ; and I not unfrequently exposed my ignorance in a way , that , on maturer reflection , made me feel thoroughly ashamed . " You should do this ...
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... kind , attentive , and re- spectful carriage towards this amiable woman , plainly indicated that he knew her worth - that he knew himself also and , at the same time , gave the best pro- mise that he would acquit himself well in every ...
... kind , attentive , and re- spectful carriage towards this amiable woman , plainly indicated that he knew her worth - that he knew himself also and , at the same time , gave the best pro- mise that he would acquit himself well in every ...
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... of cheerfulness which pervaded this lowly dwelling , precluded the idea of its being the abode of preying anxiety and care . Every day I became more ambitious of the respect and good opinion of my kind hosts ; 38 RETROSPECTION .
... of cheerfulness which pervaded this lowly dwelling , precluded the idea of its being the abode of preying anxiety and care . Every day I became more ambitious of the respect and good opinion of my kind hosts ; 38 RETROSPECTION .
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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.