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... , and I am informed that I have not many weeks to live . To any one but myself and you , it would seem strange , nay almost incredible , that in such circumstances , you are the person to whom J should CONCEALMENT . 17.
... , and I am informed that I have not many weeks to live . To any one but myself and you , it would seem strange , nay almost incredible , that in such circumstances , you are the person to whom J should CONCEALMENT . 17.
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Mary Richardson (ady.) circumstances , you are the person to whom J should instinctively turn for comfort and support ; but I do it , dear cousin , with a confidence and a repose , which assure me it does not so much arise from ...
Mary Richardson (ady.) circumstances , you are the person to whom J should instinctively turn for comfort and support ; but I do it , dear cousin , with a confidence and a repose , which assure me it does not so much arise from ...
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... Edward however had not discovered this folly to be a folly , simply because it was one of his own , and to this fortunate circumstance was it owing , that the place remained very much as it CONCEALMENT . 23 CHAPTER III. ...
... Edward however had not discovered this folly to be a folly , simply because it was one of his own , and to this fortunate circumstance was it owing , that the place remained very much as it CONCEALMENT . 23 CHAPTER III. ...
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... ready listener , an able director , and an indulgent friend , in this her second mother . She had been saved by the peculiar circumstances of her education from a regular introduction into the world of 32 32 CONCEALMENT .
... ready listener , an able director , and an indulgent friend , in this her second mother . She had been saved by the peculiar circumstances of her education from a regular introduction into the world of 32 32 CONCEALMENT .
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... circumstances , yet so simple in his habits , that the possibility of riding on horse- back , or of ascending the top of a coach , never occurred to him as a desirable means of lessen- ing the fatigues of his pilgrimage . He might have ...
... circumstances , yet so simple in his habits , that the possibility of riding on horse- back , or of ascending the top of a coach , never occurred to him as a desirable means of lessen- ing the fatigues of his pilgrimage . He might have ...
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Page 59 - 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 3 - If she come in, she'll sure speak to my wife : My wife ? my wife ? what wife ! I have no wife. O, insupportable ! O heavy hour ! Methinks it should be now a huge eclipse Of sun and moon, and that the affrighted globe Should yawn at alteration.
Page 21 - Each in his hidden sphere of joy or woe Our hermit spirits dwell, and range apart, Our eyes see all around in gloom or glow Hues of their own, fresh borrowed from the heart.
Page 181 - Within the soul a faculty abides, That with interpositions, which would hide And darken, so can deal that they become Contingencies of pomp ; and serve to exalt Her native brightness.
Page 29 - tis a thing impossible to frame Conceptions equal to the soul's desires; And the most difficult of tasks to keep Heights which the soul is competent to gain.
Page 244 - But she has treasured, and she loves them all ; When in her way she meets them, they appear Peculiar people — death has made them dear. He...
Page 167 - A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel 13 light. XV.— I WANDERED LONELY. 1804. I WANDERED lonely as a cloud...
Page 100 - And what, for this frail world, were all That mortals do or suffer, Did no responsive harp, no pen, Memorial tribute offer ? Yea, what were mighty Nature's self?
Page 166 - If Thou be one whose heart the holy forms Of young imagination have kept pure, Stranger ! henceforth be warned ; and know that pride; Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness; that he, who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used; that thought with him Is in its infancy.
Page 1 - Well, so I did ; but yet I did not think To show to all the world my pen and ink In such a mode ; I only thought to make I knew not what ; nor did I undertake Thereby to please my neighbour ; no, not I ; I did it mine own self to gratify.