The Works of Mary Russell Mitford: Prose and Verse, Viz. Our Village, Belford Regis, Country Stories, Finden's Tableaux, Foscari, Julian, Rienzi, Charles the FirstCrissy & Markley, 1846 - 672 pages |
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Page 12
... gentle , affectionate , grateful , and generous above all . The generosity of the poor is always a very real and fine thing ; they give what they want ; and Hannah was of all poor people the most generous . She loved to give ; it was ...
... gentle , affectionate , grateful , and generous above all . The generosity of the poor is always a very real and fine thing ; they give what they want ; and Hannah was of all poor people the most generous . She loved to give ; it was ...
Page 18
... gentle raillery on the subject - even I - But , traitress to my sex , how can I jest with such feelings ? Rather let me sigh over the world of woe , that in fifty years of hopeless con- stancy must have passed through that maiden heart ...
... gentle raillery on the subject - even I - But , traitress to my sex , how can I jest with such feelings ? Rather let me sigh over the world of woe , that in fifty years of hopeless con- stancy must have passed through that maiden heart ...
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... gentle as a child . Then it is that thought be- comes poetry , and feeling religion . - Then it is that we are happy and good . Oh that my whole life could pass so , floating on blissful and innocent sensation , enjoying in peace and ...
... gentle as a child . Then it is that thought be- comes poetry , and feeling religion . - Then it is that we are happy and good . Oh that my whole life could pass so , floating on blissful and innocent sensation , enjoying in peace and ...
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... gentle ; frank , innocent , and fearless , she relied with a sweet confidence on every body's kindness , was ready to be pleased , and secure of pleasing . Her artlessness and naïveté had great success in society , especially as they ...
... gentle ; frank , innocent , and fearless , she relied with a sweet confidence on every body's kindness , was ready to be pleased , and secure of pleasing . Her artlessness and naïveté had great success in society , especially as they ...
Page 45
... gentle reader , could find her . And George Simmons had was the amount of their innings ? These nearly lost his shoe , which he tossed away in challengers - the famous eleven - how many a passion , for having been caught out , owing did ...
... gentle reader , could find her . And George Simmons had was the amount of their innings ? These nearly lost his shoe , which he tossed away in challengers - the famous eleven - how many a passion , for having been caught out , owing did ...
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