Retrospection: A TaleTaylor and Hessey, Fleet Street, 1821 - 230 pages |
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... look , however . " And so Kate commenced her search ; but the cabinet was so intricate in its construction , that , till this moment , one drawer had remained undiscovered by its present possessors . 66 My stars ! " exclaimed she ...
... look , however . " And so Kate commenced her search ; but the cabinet was so intricate in its construction , that , till this moment , one drawer had remained undiscovered by its present possessors . 66 My stars ! " exclaimed she ...
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... my account ; " her look and manner plainly indicated that this cau- tion was superfluous : for aught I could perceive , nearly every thing went on in its usual course , exhibiting the same air of comfort 22 RETROSPECTION .
... my account ; " her look and manner plainly indicated that this cau- tion was superfluous : for aught I could perceive , nearly every thing went on in its usual course , exhibiting the same air of comfort 22 RETROSPECTION .
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... look for in the short intervals of relaxation which he allowed himself . I have reason to believe that he felt the loss of his wife in these respects in a degree which he had not anticipated ; for I must con- fess that my domestic ...
... look for in the short intervals of relaxation which he allowed himself . I have reason to believe that he felt the loss of his wife in these respects in a degree which he had not anticipated ; for I must con- fess that my domestic ...
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... but of my own feelings I had not an equal com- mand — my demeanour was sullen and re- served , neither conciliating nor preposses- sing . How unlike my mother ! -thought I ; how rosy and healthy she looks ! —as RETROSPECTION . 53.
... but of my own feelings I had not an equal com- mand — my demeanour was sullen and re- served , neither conciliating nor preposses- sing . How unlike my mother ! -thought I ; how rosy and healthy she looks ! —as RETROSPECTION . 53.
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... looks ! —as though that had been a crime . But what- ever might be her opinion of me , her behaviour continued to be unobjection- able ; so that I seemed without the least shadow of excuse for my sullenness and reserve . My father was ...
... looks ! —as though that had been a crime . But what- ever might be her opinion of me , her behaviour continued to be unobjection- able ; so that I seemed without the least shadow of excuse for my sullenness and reserve . My father was ...
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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.