The Woodland Family Or The Sons of Error and Daughters of SimplicityJ.M'Gowan and Sons, 1826 |
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... heaven would spare his Emily , to remind him by their likeness , of years of former happiness . " An old female domestic , in addition to those mentioned , composed the whole of his household : they were totally unacquainted with the ...
... heaven would spare his Emily , to remind him by their likeness , of years of former happiness . " An old female domestic , in addition to those mentioned , composed the whole of his household : they were totally unacquainted with the ...
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... heaven has ordained for our enjoyment , and a becoming submission to the will of providence . Omnipotence is wise as well as just , in its dis- pensations ; and it behoves us mortals in the pursuit 10 THE WOODLAND FAMILY .
... heaven has ordained for our enjoyment , and a becoming submission to the will of providence . Omnipotence is wise as well as just , in its dis- pensations ; and it behoves us mortals in the pursuit 10 THE WOODLAND FAMILY .
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... heaven's sake let us hasten ! " said Emily , as she tripped along by the side of her parent , and remarking the heaviness of the clouds , expressed her apprehensions of a shower her father assented to the justice of her observation , by ...
... heaven's sake let us hasten ! " said Emily , as she tripped along by the side of her parent , and remarking the heaviness of the clouds , expressed her apprehensions of a shower her father assented to the justice of her observation , by ...
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... heaven would one day restore them to each other , in spite of the barriers that separated them in this fallacious expectation she had travelled , with no support but casual charity , and no com- panion but misery , round half the ...
... heaven would one day restore them to each other , in spite of the barriers that separated them in this fallacious expectation she had travelled , with no support but casual charity , and no com- panion but misery , round half the ...
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... Heaven prosper the hands that hae given me this , and the lips that spake sae bonnily ! " said the ragged outcast , turning again towards the road , and pressing the donation be- tween her hands , which were clasped , as in the attitude ...
... Heaven prosper the hands that hae given me this , and the lips that spake sae bonnily ! " said the ragged outcast , turning again towards the road , and pressing the donation be- tween her hands , which were clasped , as in the attitude ...
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Page 451 - The Boy was sprung to manhood: in the wilds Of fiery climes he made himself a home, And his soul drank their sunbeams: he was girt With strange and dusky aspects; he was not Himself like what he had been; on the sea And on the shore he was a wanderer...
Page 153 - Twas not well to spurn it so. Though the world for this commend thee — Though it smile upon the blow, Even its praises must offend thee, Founded on another's woe: Though my many faults defaced me, Could no other arm be found, Than the one which once embraced me, To inflict a cureless wound?
Page 435 - When lovely woman stoops to folly. And finds, too late, that men betray. What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away? The only art her guilt to cover. To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom, — is to die.
Page 526 - The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
Page 476 - While many of his tribe slumber'd around ; And they were canopied by the blue sky — So cloudless, clear, and purely beautiful, That God alone was to be seen in heaven.
Page 199 - And this is in the night : — Most glorious night ! Thou wert not sent for slumber ! let me be A sharer in thy fierce and far delight, — A portion of the tempest and of thee...
Page 86 - For, oh, if there be an elysium on earth, It is this, it is this...
Page 514 - Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, ' Our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain. Awake but one, and lo, what myriads rise !* Each stamps its image as the other flies.
Page 101 - I met a fool i' the forest, A motley fool ;• — a miserable world ! — As I do live by food, I met a fool ; Who laid him down and basked him in the sun, And railed on lady Fortune in good terms, In good set terms, — and yet a motley fool. Good morrow, fool, quoth I. No, sir...
Page 133 - The good are better made by ill, As odours crushed are sweeter still; And gloomy as thy past has been, Bright shall thy future be...