Jane Lomax; Or, A Mother's Crime, Volume 1H. Colburn, 1838 |
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... soul than a cowering submission . By that benevolent provision of nature which generally concentrates the parental , or at least the maternal , affections upon whichever object , from its physical or mental imperfections , has the most ...
... soul than a cowering submission . By that benevolent provision of nature which generally concentrates the parental , or at least the maternal , affections upon whichever object , from its physical or mental imperfections , has the most ...
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... repulsive oc- cupants your soul recoiled from associating . You have known what it is to be an object of pity or contempt , both equally hateful , to those who were formerly your equals , or even your inferiors 50 JANE LOMAX .
... repulsive oc- cupants your soul recoiled from associating . You have known what it is to be an object of pity or contempt , both equally hateful , to those who were formerly your equals , or even your inferiors 50 JANE LOMAX .
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... soul , until your spirit is almost broken , and your head is bowed down with despondency . If these are hard to bear now , now that you can at least earn the sorry pit- tance on which we subsist , how intolerable will they become when ...
... soul , until your spirit is almost broken , and your head is bowed down with despondency . If these are hard to bear now , now that you can at least earn the sorry pit- tance on which we subsist , how intolerable will they become when ...
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... soul to be suddenly lifted up from this slough of despond , and elevated for the remainder of your days into a station of ease , comfort , independence , wealth , such as should empower you , to raise your dejected head , and repay ...
... soul to be suddenly lifted up from this slough of despond , and elevated for the remainder of your days into a station of ease , comfort , independence , wealth , such as should empower you , to raise your dejected head , and repay ...
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... was produced for signature , in a capital charge , she endeavoured to calculate the more obvious and probable contingencies , to prepare for them as far as possible , and to fortify her soul for the worst 92 JANE LOMAX .
... was produced for signature , in a capital charge , she endeavoured to calculate the more obvious and probable contingencies , to prepare for them as far as possible , and to fortify her soul for the worst 92 JANE LOMAX .
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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.