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 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - American literature - 1897 - 554 pages
...and generous sensibilities. The most delicate and cherishing attentions were paid her, by families of wealth and distinction. She was led into society,...grief, and wean her from the tragical story of her love. But it was all in vain. There are some strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the soul —... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1901 - 546 pages
...delicate and cherishing attentions were paid her by families of wealth and distinction. She was led 15 into society, and they tried by all kinds of occupation...was all in vain. There are some strokes of calamity which scathe and scorch the soul — which penetrate to the vital seat of 20 happiness — and blast... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1901 - 542 pages
...delicate and cherishing attentions were paid her by families of wealth and distinction. She was led 15 into society, and they tried by all kinds of occupation...was all in vain. There are some strokes of calamity which scathe and scorch the soul — which penetrate to the vital seat of 20 happiness — and blast... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - American literature - 1903 - 600 pages
...and generous sensibilities. The most delicate and cherishing attentions were paid her, by families of wealth and distinction. She was led into society,...grief, and wean her from the tragical story of her love. But it was all in vain. There are some strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the soul —... | |
 | John J. Reynolds - Ireland - 1903 - 140 pages
...and generous sensibilities. The most delicate and cherishing attentions .were paid her by families of wealth and distinction. She was led into society,...amusement to dissipate her grief, and wean her from the tragic story of her love. But it was all in vain. There are some strokes of calamity, that scathe and... | |
 | Nimrod - 1903 - 268 pages
...mentis gratissimus error."1 But the sore was not yet laid bare. A very elegant writer has observed, "there are some strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the soul, that penetrate the vital seat of happiness — and blast it, never again to put forth bud or blossom ; " and this... | |
 | Washington Irving - American prose literature - 1906 - 472 pages
...and generous sensibilities. The most delicate and cherishing attentions were paid her by families of wealth and distinction. She was led into society,...was all in vain. There are some strokes of calamity which scathe and scorch the soul — which penetrate to the vital seat of happiness — and blast it,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1905 - 138 pages
...into or toward, and curt unctions ; the practice in England is to reret to run ; brought upon herself. She was led into society, and they tried by all kinds...grief, and wean her from the tragical story of her lover. But it was all in vain. There are some strokes of calamity which scathe ' and scorch the soul... | |
 | 1902 - 438 pages
...and generous sensibilities. The most delicate and cherishing attentions were paid her, by families of wealth and distinction. She was led into society,...some strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the soul—that penetrate to the vital seat of happiness—and blast it, never again to put forth bud or... | |
 | Delphian Society - Civilization - 1911 - 578 pages
...and generous sensibilities. The most delicate and cherishing attentions were paid her, by families of wealth and distinction. She was led into society,...grief, and wean her from the tragical story of her lover. But it was all in vain. There are some strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the soul —... | |
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