Pneumanee; or, The fairy of the nineteenth century, Volume 2 |
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... expect that the great Author of our being will hold up the volume of our lives , and will regard the general scope of them . * If he discovers benevolence , charity , and good - If 11 my dear Pneumanée," said Fanny, ...
... expect that the great Author of our being will hold up the volume of our lives , and will regard the general scope of them . * If he discovers benevolence , charity , and good - If 11 my dear Pneumanée," said Fanny, ...
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... live in jest . ' Miss Volatile applauded her wit ; but , my dear creature , " she added , " have you any rolls of silk or satin by you ? I want to make a new bonnet or two , to visit this said Lord . I know how tired he would be to see ...
... live in jest . ' Miss Volatile applauded her wit ; but , my dear creature , " she added , " have you any rolls of silk or satin by you ? I want to make a new bonnet or two , to visit this said Lord . I know how tired he would be to see ...
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... - failing source of comfort to herself , as well as to those with whom she might be destined to live , always to look out for the most cheerful and bright light in which to see every ob- ject ject around her . " We are all crea- tures 26.
... - failing source of comfort to herself , as well as to those with whom she might be destined to live , always to look out for the most cheerful and bright light in which to see every ob- ject ject around her . " We are all crea- tures 26.
Page 53
... live single and retired , not to let her grow so inquisitive or tiresome as those starched ladies ; and that Lucy declared she would keep open house one day in the week , though she should have nothing but words and welcome to give her ...
... live single and retired , not to let her grow so inquisitive or tiresome as those starched ladies ; and that Lucy declared she would keep open house one day in the week , though she should have nothing but words and welcome to give her ...
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... live in the country upon a few hundreds a year , and he ought to see it as it is - I sup- pose he gives as much to his steward , or perhaps to his cook - he must have a great deal more than he wants ; I wonder what these great people do ...
... live in the country upon a few hundreds a year , and he ought to see it as it is - I sup- pose he gives as much to his steward , or perhaps to his cook - he must have a great deal more than he wants ; I wonder what these great people do ...
Common terms and phrases
admiration amusement artless asked babilities beach beauty believe blessings blushed boards body carriage Charles charming comfort dear creature dear Fanny dear girls dear Lucy dear Pneumanee dearest delightful Devil to pay dinner dread dress elegant epergne Fanny's father fear feel felt foolscap 8vo friends gaily give habits half-crown hand happy HATCHARD hear heard heart Hermit hoped impatient kind knew laugh leave letter London look Lord R.'s Lordship mamma manee married mind Miss Volatile Mitre morning necklace never old nurse opinion pain papa Parsonage party peated pelisses pleasant pleasure Pneu Pneuma poor recollection Rector Rector's wife remark replied returned Rock-house round Rupert Street scene shew smiled soon splendour sure talk taste Teignmouth tell thing thought took tranquillity village vols walk warm wife wish young ladies
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Page 181 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Page 182 - With this her solemn bird and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train: But neither breath of morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds, nor rising sun On this delightful land, nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew, nor fragrance after showers, Nor grateful evening mild, nor silent night With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering starlight without thee is sweet.
Page 182 - But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds; nor rising sun On this delightful land; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers; Nor grateful evening mild; nor silent night With this her solemn bird; nor walk by moon, Or glittering starlight, without thee is sweet.
Page 12 - His all-searching eye will assuredly never pursue us into those little corners of our lives, much less will His justice select them for punishment without the general context of our existence, by which faults may be sometimes found to have grown out of virtues and very many of our heaviest offences to have been grafted by human imperfection upon the best and kindest of our affections.
Page 11 - God have mercy upon us ! — instead of standing before him in judgment with the hopes and consolations of Christians, we must call upon the mountains to cover us ; for which of us can present, for Omniscient examination, a pure, unspotted, and faultless course ? But I humbly expect that the benevolent Author of our being will judge us as I have been pointing out for your example. Holding up the great volume of our lives in his hands, and regarding the general scope of them ; — if he discovers...
Page 4 - He was wont to say that wisdom lay in the heart, and not in the head ; and that it was not the want of knowledge, but the perverseness of the will, that filled men's actions with folly and their lives with .disorder.
Page 12 - Holding up the great volume of our lives in his hands, and regarding the general scope of them; if He discovers benevolence, charity, and good-will to man beating in the heart, where He alone can look; if He finds that our conduct, though often forced out of the path by our infirmities, has been in general well directed; his allsearching...