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... Madam , " said she , " lean on me ; I will conduct you to my mistress , who will gladly afford every assistance in her power . " With feeble step and slow , the benighted stranger 1 reached the apartment of the mistress of this humble ...
... Madam , " said she , " lean on me ; I will conduct you to my mistress , who will gladly afford every assistance in her power . " With feeble step and slow , the benighted stranger 1 reached the apartment of the mistress of this humble ...
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... Madam , " said she , " what till this moment , was unknown to myself ; think not unfavorably of me , if I appear confused ; it is not from conscious guilt , but the recollection of dangers which I have this night escaped ; this blood ...
... Madam , " said she , " what till this moment , was unknown to myself ; think not unfavorably of me , if I appear confused ; it is not from conscious guilt , but the recollection of dangers which I have this night escaped ; this blood ...
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... Madam , do you recollect any one like this young lady ? " " No , " returned Mrs. Rivers . Then , Madam , ” replied Mary , you must have forgot yourself , when about her age , for the former part of your life is renewed in her every look ...
... Madam , do you recollect any one like this young lady ? " " No , " returned Mrs. Rivers . Then , Madam , ” replied Mary , you must have forgot yourself , when about her age , for the former part of your life is renewed in her every look ...
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... Madam , ” said she ; 66 may I now intrude ? ” " I had rather , " returned Mrs. Rivers , " that a few days should calm that perturbation of spirits , which at present so visibly disturbs you ; a recital of what is so lately past , will ...
... Madam , ” said she ; 66 may I now intrude ? ” " I had rather , " returned Mrs. Rivers , " that a few days should calm that perturbation of spirits , which at present so visibly disturbs you ; a recital of what is so lately past , will ...
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... Madam , he is not dead ; his lamenting soldiers are now bearing him home . ' Scarcely had he pronounced it , ere they entered with my father in their arms , who had received a musket shot in his breast . My unhappy mother remained ...
... Madam , he is not dead ; his lamenting soldiers are now bearing him home . ' Scarcely had he pronounced it , ere they entered with my father in their arms , who had received a musket shot in his breast . My unhappy mother remained ...
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Page 1 - Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause; An awful pause! prophetic of her end.
Page 97 - What is the world to them, Its pomp, its pleasure, and its nonsense all! Who in each other clasp whatever fair High fancy forms, and lavish hearts can wish ; Something than beauty dearer, should they look Or on the mind, or mind-illumined face: Truth, goodness, honour, harmony, and love, The richest bounty of indulgent Heaven.
Page 17 - O thou best of parents! wipe thy tears; Or rather to Parental Nature pay The tears of grateful joy, who for a while Lent thee this younger self, this opening bloom Of thy enlightened mind and gentle worth.
Page 23 - Then Nature all Wears to the lover's eye a look of love ; And all the tumult of a guilty world) Tost by ungenerous passions, sinks away.
Page 86 - All nature fades extinct ; and she alone Heard, felt, and seen, possesses every thought, Fills every sense, and pants in every vein.
Page 144 - Cold, and averting from our neighbour's good; Then dark disgust and hatred, winding wiles, Coward deceit, and ruffian violence. At last, extinct each social feeling, fell And joyless inhumanity pervades And petrifies the heart.
Page 162 - And thus their moments fly. The Seasons thus, As ceaseless round a jarring world they roll, Still find them happy ; and consenting SPRING Sheds her own rosy garland on their heads : Till evening comes at last, serene and mild ; When after the long vernal day of life, Enamour'd more, as more remembrance swells With many a proof of recollected love, Together down they sink in social sleep ; Together freed, their gentle spirits fly To scenes where love and bliss immortal reign.
Page i - Ye noble few ! who here unbending stand Beneath life's pressure, yet bear up awhile, And what your bounded view, which only saw A little part, deem'd Evil, is no more ; The storms of Wintry Time will quickly pass, And one unbounded Spring encircle all.
Page 162 - These are the matchless joys of virtuous love; And thus their moments fly. The Seasons thus, As ceaseless round a jarring world they roll, Still find them happy; and consenting SPRING Sheds her own rosy garland on their heads: Till evening...
Page 153 - The shameless hand be foully crirnson'cl o'er With blood of its own lord. Dreadful attempt ! Just reeking from self-slaughter, in a rage To rush into the presence of our Judge ; As if we...