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... sister ; -Bridget ! my respected friend , Doctor Mac Alpin . " Mrs. Standard , twenty - three years ago , was a pretty little woman , with fair auburn tresses , and regular but expressive features , of a lively disposition , witty , and ...
... sister ; -Bridget ! my respected friend , Doctor Mac Alpin . " Mrs. Standard , twenty - three years ago , was a pretty little woman , with fair auburn tresses , and regular but expressive features , of a lively disposition , witty , and ...
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... sister- in - law . Miss Bridget received my bow of salutation with a very formal courtesy ; an ob- lique throwing back of the head , with a slight closing of the left eye and a compressed pursing of the lips , which swelled the wasted ...
... sister- in - law . Miss Bridget received my bow of salutation with a very formal courtesy ; an ob- lique throwing back of the head , with a slight closing of the left eye and a compressed pursing of the lips , which swelled the wasted ...
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... sister of the Earl , who , although ill qualified for the task , yet had superintended his domestic affairs since the death of the Countess . She was one of those beings whose mind , like a maggot in a nut , is solely employed in ...
... sister of the Earl , who , although ill qualified for the task , yet had superintended his domestic affairs since the death of the Countess . She was one of those beings whose mind , like a maggot in a nut , is solely employed in ...
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... sister , although she has no other claim upon him than that which his humanity had raised , in beholding her nearly as helpless , from men- tal imbecility , as her idiotic brother . " Mrs. Campbell , who had recovered her com- posure ...
... sister , although she has no other claim upon him than that which his humanity had raised , in beholding her nearly as helpless , from men- tal imbecility , as her idiotic brother . " Mrs. Campbell , who had recovered her com- posure ...
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... sister of the worthy minister , was for a time the loveliest inmate that the parsonage of Langholm had ever sheltered . I have heard that Miss Peggy gave Miss Ashton much ex- cellent advice ; but , by Gad ! Doctor , it was thrown away ...
... sister of the worthy minister , was for a time the loveliest inmate that the parsonage of Langholm had ever sheltered . I have heard that Miss Peggy gave Miss Ashton much ex- cellent advice ; but , by Gad ! Doctor , it was thrown away ...
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Page 256 - And whether we shall meet again, I know not. Therefore our everlasting farewell take : For ever, and for ever, farewell, Cassius ! If we do meet again, why we shall smile ; If not, why then this parting was well made.
Page 19 - O good old man ; how well in thee appears The constant service of the antique world, When service sweat for duty, not for meed...
Page 291 - tis budding new, And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears ; The rose is sweetest washed with morning dew, And love is loveliest when embalmed in tears.
Page 134 - FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust ; in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ...
Page 67 - 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...
Page 171 - Go fetch to me a pint o' wine, An' fill it in a silver tassie ; That I may drink before I go A service to my bonnie lassie : The boat rocks at the pier o' Leith, Fu' loud the wind blaws frae the Ferry, The ship rides by the Berwick-law, And I maun leave my bonnie Mary. The trumpets sound, the banners fly, The glittering spears are ranked ready ; The shouts o...
Page 266 - What if some little pain the passage have, That makes frail flesh to fear the bitter wave? Is not short pain well borne, that brings long ease, And lays the soul to sleep in quiet grave? Sleep after toil, port after stormy seas, Ease after war, death after life does greatly please.
Page 96 - Emongst th' eternali spheres and lamping sky, And thence pourd into men, which men call Love ; Not that same, which doth base affections move In brutish mindes, and filthy lust inflame ; But that...
Page 293 - Christo et ecdesia: — that begins all, and there is great need it should be so ; for they that enter into the state of marriage, cast a die of the greatest contingency, and yet of the greatest interest in the world, next to the last throw for eternity, Life or death, felicity or a lasting sorrow, are in the power of marriage.
Page 270 - gainst time and age hath ever spurn'd, But spurn'd in vain; youth waneth by increasing: Beauty, strength, youth, are flowers but fading seen; Duty, faith, love, are roots, and ever green. His helmet now shall make a hive for bees; And, lovers...