The History of Sir George Ellison, Volume 1University Press of Kentucky, 1766 - Fiction |
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... entirely to Mount Morris . Eliza- beth and Sarah , the only two girls , were each other's intimate companions . " Remember the days , " Elizabeth wrote in 1749 , when the sisters were no longer of one mind , " when as Hermia says , we ...
... entirely to Mount Morris . Eliza- beth and Sarah , the only two girls , were each other's intimate companions . " Remember the days , " Elizabeth wrote in 1749 , when the sisters were no longer of one mind , " when as Hermia says , we ...
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... entirely forgive . By this time Sarah could no longer have hoped to follow her brilliant sister into society . The distancing of the triumphantly successful Elizabeth , celebrated in court circles for her liveliness and her wit , had ...
... entirely forgive . By this time Sarah could no longer have hoped to follow her brilliant sister into society . The distancing of the triumphantly successful Elizabeth , celebrated in court circles for her liveliness and her wit , had ...
Page xiv
... entirely captivated his affections , and given him such a prejudice in favour of her person , that although he perceived she had no beauty to boast , yet he thought it perfectly agreeable " ( GE , 220 ) . The couple awaited only a ...
... entirely captivated his affections , and given him such a prejudice in favour of her person , that although he perceived she had no beauty to boast , yet he thought it perfectly agreeable " ( GE , 220 ) . The couple awaited only a ...
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... entirely happy . Batheaston was a delightful spot , and Lady Barbara , who had secured the lease , erected a tent at the bottom of the garden overlooking the Avon ; Bath was a two - mile walk along the river . Scott was always in best ...
... entirely happy . Batheaston was a delightful spot , and Lady Barbara , who had secured the lease , erected a tent at the bottom of the garden overlooking the Avon ; Bath was a two - mile walk along the river . Scott was always in best ...
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... entirely relish rising step by step ; all travel- ling is expensive , & I believe none more than the passing thro ' the various stages of Bishopricks ; but I think he may be contented to rise a petit pas ; nature went but a slow pace ...
... entirely relish rising step by step ; all travel- ling is expensive , & I believe none more than the passing thro ' the various stages of Bishopricks ; but I think he may be contented to rise a petit pas ; nature went but a slow pace ...
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Page xxxviii - All school-days' friendship, childhood innocence? We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key; As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds, Had been incorporate. So we grew together, Like to a double cherry, seeming parted ; But yet...
Page xx - In narratives where historical veracity has no place, I cannot discover why there should not be exhibited the most perfect idea of virtue ; of virtue not angelical nor above probability, for what we cannot credit we shall never imitate, but the highest and purest that humanity can reach...
Page xix - It is therefore not a sufficient vindication of a character, that it is drawn as it appears, for many characters ought never to be drawn ; nor of a narrative, that the train of events is agreeable to observation and experience, for that observation which is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good.