Geraldine; Or, Modes of Faith and Practice: A Tale, Volume 1Cadell, 1820 - 296 pages |
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... nature , if faithful , must fundamentally be similar to that which has been exhibited a thousand and a thousand times ; but may not the grouping be varied , the figures pre- sented in new attitudes , the light and shade differently ...
... nature , if faithful , must fundamentally be similar to that which has been exhibited a thousand and a thousand times ; but may not the grouping be varied , the figures pre- sented in new attitudes , the light and shade differently ...
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... nature permits us to hope , that you will not often be disgusted , and distanced , by this exuberance of perfection , " " So much the better ! " rejoined Mrs. Mowbray , laughing . " To live with those sons and daughters of wisdom , is ...
... nature permits us to hope , that you will not often be disgusted , and distanced , by this exuberance of perfection , " " So much the better ! " rejoined Mrs. Mowbray , laughing . " To live with those sons and daughters of wisdom , is ...
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... nature , already taught her to feel ; but which time , and maturity of judgment could alone teach her to estimate . Her short life had hitherto been calm , bright , and cloudless , as a radiant summer morning . The wild spirits and ...
... nature , already taught her to feel ; but which time , and maturity of judgment could alone teach her to estimate . Her short life had hitherto been calm , bright , and cloudless , as a radiant summer morning . The wild spirits and ...
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... nature was unheeded . She could only listen , in wretched perturbation , for sounds which she dreaded to hear . At length , the low murmur of distant voices arose upon her ear , and she heard the tread of many footsteps . As they ap ...
... nature was unheeded . She could only listen , in wretched perturbation , for sounds which she dreaded to hear . At length , the low murmur of distant voices arose upon her ear , and she heard the tread of many footsteps . As they ap ...
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... her mother's health was de- clining . Mrs. Campbell , gentle and uncomplain- ing as was her nature , could not entirely conceal the hectic symptoms that alarmed her daughter ; but she treated them lightly , attributed 28 GERALDINE .
... her mother's health was de- clining . Mrs. Campbell , gentle and uncomplain- ing as was her nature , could not entirely conceal the hectic symptoms that alarmed her daughter ; but she treated them lightly , attributed 28 GERALDINE .
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