The Inheritance, Volume 2W. Blackwood, 1825 |
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Page 56
... turned or chan- ged at will , but seemed actually to become a part of the head itself , which it required a sort of men- tal scalping or trepanning to remove . In vain , therefore , was Mr Lyndsay's denial — the Earl remained stedfast ...
... turned or chan- ged at will , but seemed actually to become a part of the head itself , which it required a sort of men- tal scalping or trepanning to remove . In vain , therefore , was Mr Lyndsay's denial — the Earl remained stedfast ...
Page 59
... roused from her reverie by the en- trance of Mr Lyndsay . He accosted her with an inquiry after her health , and then one of those awkward silences which everybody has felt , en- sued . At length , as she turned to quit CHAPTER V. 59.
... roused from her reverie by the en- trance of Mr Lyndsay . He accosted her with an inquiry after her health , and then one of those awkward silences which everybody has felt , en- sued . At length , as she turned to quit CHAPTER V. 59.
Page 60
Susan Ferrier, Author of Marriage. sued . At length , as she turned to quit the room , he spoke.- " Once , my dear cousin , " said he , " you con- ferred upon me the privilege of a friend - that of speaking the truth to you . " " It is ...
Susan Ferrier, Author of Marriage. sued . At length , as she turned to quit the room , he spoke.- " Once , my dear cousin , " said he , " you con- ferred upon me the privilege of a friend - that of speaking the truth to you . " " It is ...
Page 62
... turned away . " Forgive me , my dear cousin , " cried he― " I did not mean to offend you - I spoke too abruptly ; but I cannot retract what I have uttered . Did not you promise to hear , and to bear the truth from me ? " " I was ...
... turned away . " Forgive me , my dear cousin , " cried he― " I did not mean to offend you - I spoke too abruptly ; but I cannot retract what I have uttered . Did not you promise to hear , and to bear the truth from me ? " " I was ...
Page 71
... through the storm , to which her attachment to him had exposed her- and day after day - hour after hour , Gertrude waited , till waiting degenerated into watching , and watching turned into the sickness of hope deferred . CHAPTER VI . 71.
... through the storm , to which her attachment to him had exposed her- and day after day - hour after hour , Gertrude waited , till waiting degenerated into watching , and watching turned into the sickness of hope deferred . CHAPTER VI . 71.
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Page 117 - Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom He pleases.
Page 160 - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look, how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines...
Page 66 - Jésus-Christ, si on ne trouvait plus de douceur dans le mépris, dans la pauvreté, dans le dénûment et dans le rebut des hommes que dans les délices du péché. Et ainsi, comme dit Tertullien, il ne faut pas croire que la vie des chrétiens soit une vie de tristesse. On ne quitte les plaisirs que pour d'autres plus grands.
Page 149 - I will not leave you long ; For in your shades I deem some spirit dwells, Who from the chiding stream, or groaning oak, Still hears and answers to Matilda's moan.
Page 113 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair: thyself how wondrous then, Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 352 - O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day ; Which now shows all the beauty of the sun, And by and by a cloud takes all away ! Re-enter PANTHINO.
Page 285 - Discourse may want an animated — No — To brush the surface and to make it flow ; But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
Page 285 - J'entre en une humeur noire, en un chagrin profond, Quand je vois vivre entre eux les hommes comme ils font; Je ne trouve partout que lâche flatterie, Qu'injustice, intérêt, trahison, fourberie; Je n'y puis plus tenir, j'enrage ; et mon dessein Est de rompre en visière à tout le genre humain PHILINTE.
Page 14 - French horns burst upon our ears, waking the echoes all round; the delightful harmony was repeated from every recess which echo haunted on the borders of the lake. At first, indeed, the surprise was almost too much for Mrs Major, and she became a little hysterical, but she was soon recovered by the Major's tenderness and assurances of safety. Indeed he is, without exception, the most exemplary and devoted husband I ever beheld; still I confess (but that is entre...
Page 241 - Strikes thro' their wounded hearts the sudden dread; But their hearts wounded, like the wounded air, Soon close ; where past the shaft, no trace is found. As from the wing no scar the sky retains ; The parted wave no furrow from the keel; So dies in human hearts the thought of death.