The history of sir Charles Grandison, Nide 2Rivington, 1820 |
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... reasons for it . Were this vile Sir Hargrave out of my head , I could satisfy myself about twenty and twenty things , that now and then I want to know . Miss Jervois behaved very discreetly . With what pleasure did she hang on every ...
... reasons for it . Were this vile Sir Hargrave out of my head , I could satisfy myself about twenty and twenty things , that now and then I want to know . Miss Jervois behaved very discreetly . With what pleasure did she hang on every ...
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... reason of Mr. Reeves's reserves ? A most alarming one . I am obliged to him , that he kept it from me , though the uncertainty did not a little affect me . Take the account of it , as it comes out . I told you in my former , that the ...
... reason of Mr. Reeves's reserves ? A most alarming one . I am obliged to him , that he kept it from me , though the uncertainty did not a little affect me . Take the account of it , as it comes out . I told you in my former , that the ...
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... reason to rely on the skill of my arm , as on the jus- tice of my cause . If foul play is hinted at , I am no more safe from an assassin in my bedchamber , than in Sir Hargrave's house . Something must be done by a man who refuses a ...
... reason to rely on the skill of my arm , as on the jus- tice of my cause . If foul play is hinted at , I am no more safe from an assassin in my bedchamber , than in Sir Hargrave's house . Something must be done by a man who refuses a ...
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... . And then , finding my hand in his , when I knew not whe- ther I had a hand or not - I am grieved , Sir , said I , to be the occasion , to be the cause- -And I sighed for one reason ( perhaps you can guess what that 32 THE HISTORY OF.
... . And then , finding my hand in his , when I knew not whe- ther I had a hand or not - I am grieved , Sir , said I , to be the occasion , to be the cause- -And I sighed for one reason ( perhaps you can guess what that 32 THE HISTORY OF.
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... reason to believe he will behave very well . I should be surprised , if he does not in the humblest manner ask your pardon ; and yours , Mr. Reeves , and your lady's . But if you have any apprehensions , madam , ( to me ) I will be ...
... reason to believe he will behave very well . I should be surprised , if he does not in the humblest manner ask your pardon ; and yours , Mr. Reeves , and your lady's . But if you have any apprehensions , madam , ( to me ) I will be ...
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Sivu 228 - I am afraid my uncle will think himself justified by them on this occasion, when he asserts, that it is one of the most difficult things in the world to put a woman right, when she sets out wrong.
Sivu 116 - Short is the lesson, tho' my lecture long, Be good — and let heaven answer for the rest. Yet, with a sigh o'er all mankind, I grant, In this our day of proof, our land of hope, The good man has his clouds that intervene ; Clouds, that obscure his sublunary day, But never conquer : ev'n the best must own, Patience, and resignation, are the pillars Of human peace on earth.
Sivu 169 - For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently f but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
Sivu 12 - Sir Charles Grandison/ Harriet Byron says, in one of her letters to Lucy Selby, " I am very much mistaken, if every woman would not find her account, if she wishes herself to be thought well of, in discouraging every reflection that may have a tendency to debase or expose the sex in general. How can a man be suffered to boast of his vileness to one woman in the presence of another, without a rebuke, that should put it to the proof whether the boaster was or was not past blushing ? " Few women, in...
Sivu 11 - ... themselves, for a good deal more. But let not those worthy young women, who may think themselves destined to a single life, repine over-much at their lot; since, possibly, if they have had no lovers, or having had one, two, or three, have not found a husband, they have had rather a miss than a loss, as men go.