Jane Lomax; Or, A Mother's Crime, Volume 1H. Colburn, 1838 |
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Page 118
... Grimsby , a friend of her own , a minister of the Gospel , and a person not less remarkable for his strenuous eloquence , than for the soundness of his doctrine and the holiness of his life . Apt as was Mrs. Skinner to malign all those ...
... Grimsby , a friend of her own , a minister of the Gospel , and a person not less remarkable for his strenuous eloquence , than for the soundness of his doctrine and the holiness of his life . Apt as was Mrs. Skinner to malign all those ...
Page 120
... Grimsby ! " he exclaimed , knitting his brows and shaking his head , " I have heard of this man before , and have seen such injurious effects produced upon one of my patients by his furious denunciations , that I will never give the ...
... Grimsby ! " he exclaimed , knitting his brows and shaking his head , " I have heard of this man before , and have seen such injurious effects produced upon one of my patients by his furious denunciations , that I will never give the ...
Page 121
... Grimsby ) when we all know by our own daily experience that he so little requires re- ligious solace in his own person , as to be able to impart it , most sweetly and beneficially , to others . Why should we presumptuously at- tempt to ...
... Grimsby ) when we all know by our own daily experience that he so little requires re- ligious solace in his own person , as to be able to impart it , most sweetly and beneficially , to others . Why should we presumptuously at- tempt to ...
Page 123
... Grimsby was a middle - aged man of a sallow , sodden complexion , a stern , forbidding , callous aspect , “ a villanous low forehead , " and a shock of bristly black hair , thatching a large mis - shapen head . Opposite to him ...
... Grimsby was a middle - aged man of a sallow , sodden complexion , a stern , forbidding , callous aspect , “ a villanous low forehead , " and a shock of bristly black hair , thatching a large mis - shapen head . Opposite to him ...
Page 124
... Grimsby immediately began to interrogate the youth as to his having been visited by that supernatural and ecstatic assurance of divine favour and acceptance , which is technically termed an experience . Benjamin declared that he had not ...
... Grimsby immediately began to interrogate the youth as to his having been visited by that supernatural and ecstatic assurance of divine favour and acceptance , which is technically termed an experience . Benjamin declared that he had not ...
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Page 193 - But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks! It is the east, and Juliet is the sun ! — Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief, That thou her maid art far more fair than she...
Page 193 - O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art As glorious to this night, being o'er my head, As is a winged messenger of heaven Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him, When he bestrides the lazy-pacing clouds And sails upon the bosom of the air.
Page 279 - Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love: Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues; Let every eye negotiate for itself, And trust no agent; for beauty is a witch, Against whose charms faith melteth into blood.
Page 23 - How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear Charmer away!
Page 139 - Hence, thou impostor, traitor, monster, devil ! — I can no more: Thou, and my griefs, have sunk Me down so low, that I want voice to curse thee. Alex. Suppose some shipwrecked seaman near the shore, Dropping and faint with climbing up the cliff...
Page 111 - Glories Of Human greatness are but pleasing dreams And shadows soon decaying : on the stage Of my mortality my youth hath acted Some scenes of vanity, drawn out at length By varied pleasures, sweetened in the mixture, But tragical in issue : beauty, pomp, With every sensuality our giddiness Doth frame an idol, are unconstant friends, When any troubled passion makes assault On the unguarded castle of the mind.
Page 96 - This hour's the very crisis of your fate, Your good or ill, your infamy or fame, And all the colour of your life, depends On this important now.