Retrospection: A TaleTaylor and Hessey, Fleet Street, 1821 - 230 pages |
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... occasion to such a plain family . I had settled it in my own mind , that during my visit the whole household would be decked in their holiday clothes , that the children would occasionally be admitted into my presence , and stand in a ...
... occasion to such a plain family . I had settled it in my own mind , that during my visit the whole household would be decked in their holiday clothes , that the children would occasionally be admitted into my presence , and stand in a ...
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... occasions ; and among them , to complete the number , appeared an odd cup ! I now felt uneasy and impatient , till I had per- formed my promise ; accordingly , the next day , I went home , and without con- sulting my mother , purchased ...
... occasions ; and among them , to complete the number , appeared an odd cup ! I now felt uneasy and impatient , till I had per- formed my promise ; accordingly , the next day , I went home , and without con- sulting my mother , purchased ...
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... occasions I redoubled my attentions ; often , indeed , with more immediate regard to my own feelings than to her comfort ; and I fear that I might sometimes oppress her with officiousness , when I was labouring to atone for some ...
... occasions I redoubled my attentions ; often , indeed , with more immediate regard to my own feelings than to her comfort ; and I fear that I might sometimes oppress her with officiousness , when I was labouring to atone for some ...
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... occasion ( another opportunity put into my hands ) not proved like the early cloud , or morning dew , which soon va- nishes away . ' But no more distracting or dissipating scenes were to annoy my mo- ther : -May I indulge the hope ...
... occasion ( another opportunity put into my hands ) not proved like the early cloud , or morning dew , which soon va- nishes away . ' But no more distracting or dissipating scenes were to annoy my mo- ther : -May I indulge the hope ...
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... occasion he said , shaking his head , and looking very solemn , " O Lucy , Lucy , this will never do ! " Alas ! I little suspected the por- tentous meaning of that short sentence . In the mean time , Peter Patterson began gradually to ...
... occasion he said , shaking his head , and looking very solemn , " O Lucy , Lucy , this will never do ! " Alas ! I little suspected the por- tentous meaning of that short sentence . In the mean time , Peter Patterson began gradually to ...
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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.