Retrospection: A TaleTaylor and Hessey, Fleet Street, 1821 - 230 pages |
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... life , my recollections are of a more endearing description . Her na- tural temper , frank , ardent , and affec- tionate , had been chastened by protracted : bodily afflictions . I had heard it dis- tantly 6 RETROSPECTION .
... life , my recollections are of a more endearing description . Her na- tural temper , frank , ardent , and affec- tionate , had been chastened by protracted : bodily afflictions . I had heard it dis- tantly 6 RETROSPECTION .
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... temper , or habit , perfectly conformable to the routine of business . It was a minor consideration to him , what they were out of the office ; in it , they were so many implements of his trade , which he adapted to their various uses ...
... temper , or habit , perfectly conformable to the routine of business . It was a minor consideration to him , what they were out of the office ; in it , they were so many implements of his trade , which he adapted to their various uses ...
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... temper was most sweet , and soft , and engaging , and humble , and teach- able , when my will was not opposed , my ... tempered girl . I was a wit , too ; for I could write poetry , and burlesque my friends , to the great amusement of ...
... temper was most sweet , and soft , and engaging , and humble , and teach- able , when my will was not opposed , my ... tempered girl . I was a wit , too ; for I could write poetry , and burlesque my friends , to the great amusement of ...
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... temper , as well as to form some un- amiable habits , which , for a long time , seemed too inveterate to yield to the chastisements with which I was exer- cised . My dislike gradually degenerated into the most confirmed malice , ( my ...
... temper , as well as to form some un- amiable habits , which , for a long time , seemed too inveterate to yield to the chastisements with which I was exer- cised . My dislike gradually degenerated into the most confirmed malice , ( my ...
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... temper . My poor mother frequently had her full share of my ill - humour , though it was especially at this period that she needed a friend and a comforter . I am now convinced , that she longed to find that friend in me : it would have ...
... temper . My poor mother frequently had her full share of my ill - humour , though it was especially at this period that she needed a friend and a comforter . I am now convinced , that she longed to find that friend in me : it would have ...
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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.
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