Jane Bouverie; or, Prosperity and adversity, Volume 577 |
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... sympathy and approval of one friendly mind be an object of legitimate ambition , how deeply gratifying must it be to the Author of this narrative , that the feelings and charac - ` ters it is intended to describe , should excite so much ...
... sympathy and approval of one friendly mind be an object of legitimate ambition , how deeply gratifying must it be to the Author of this narrative , that the feelings and charac - ` ters it is intended to describe , should excite so much ...
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... sympathize with her in joy or in sorrow . Should the more serious part of these pages ren- der them unpalatable to the young and gay , might the Author be permitted to mention , that when her pen is thus resumed once again - and perhaps ...
... sympathize with her in joy or in sorrow . Should the more serious part of these pages ren- der them unpalatable to the young and gay , might the Author be permitted to mention , that when her pen is thus resumed once again - and perhaps ...
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... sympathy and companionship . To all who suffer , let me bequeath the final evidence of an aged and nearly dying Christian , who has known , with the utmost intensity of emotion , the brightest and the saddest feelings of human nature ...
... sympathy and companionship . To all who suffer , let me bequeath the final evidence of an aged and nearly dying Christian , who has known , with the utmost intensity of emotion , the brightest and the saddest feelings of human nature ...
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... sympathy as hers , the greatest of pleasures . The familiar association of birds and animals with man , and the opportunity of observing their habits , is one of the enjoyments peculiar to country life , of which none who are accustomed ...
... sympathy as hers , the greatest of pleasures . The familiar association of birds and animals with man , and the opportunity of observing their habits , is one of the enjoyments peculiar to country life , of which none who are accustomed ...
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... sympathy begin , which exists most keenly in the best natures , and never leaves the heart of man , from his earliest dawn of consciousness to the latest moment of his existence ! Even then , the eye , closing in death , gives its last ...
... sympathy begin , which exists most keenly in the best natures , and never leaves the heart of man , from his earliest dawn of consciousness to the latest moment of his existence ! Even then , the eye , closing in death , gives its last ...
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Page 145 - As a beam o'er the face of the waters may glow, While the tide runs in darkness and coldness below, So the cheek may be tinged with a warm sunny smile, Though the cold heart to ruin runs darkly the while.
Page 272 - Whom the gods love die young' was said of yore, And many deaths do they escape by this: The death of friends, and that which slays even more — The death of friendship, love, youth, all that is, Except mere breath ; and since the silent shore Awaits at last even those who longest miss The old archer's shafts, perhaps the early grave Which men weep over may be meant to save.
Page 37 - Resign the honours of their form at Winter's stormy blast, And leave the naked leafless plain a desolated waste. 8 Yet soon reviving plants and flow'rs anew shall deck the plain ; The woods shall hear the voice of Spring, and flourish green again.
Page 238 - The churchyard bears an added stone, The fireside shows a vacant chair ! Here sadness dwells and weeps alone, And death displays his banner there ; The life has gone, the breath has fled, And what has been no more shall be ; The well-known form, the welcome tread, Oh ! where are they ? and where is he ? HENRY NEELE.
Page 61 - No where by thee my steps shall be, For ever and for ever. But here will sigh thine alder tree, And here thine aspen shiver; And here by thee will hum the bee, For ever and for ever. A thousand suns will stream on thee, A thousand moons will quiver; But not by thee my steps shall be, For ever and for ever.
Page 238 - OFT o'er my brain does that strange fancy roll Which makes the present (while the flash doth last) Seem a mere semblance of some unknown past Mixed with such feelings, as perplex the soul Self-questioned in her sleep ; and some have said We lived, ere yet this robe of flesh we wore.