Pneumanee; or, The fairy of the nineteenth century, Volume 2 |
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... opinions of others . Some young men of rank are no doubt insensible to the dignity they ought to support , and distinguish themselves by absurdities only ; but they soon find themselves despised by the meanest of the people , who often ...
... opinions of others . Some young men of rank are no doubt insensible to the dignity they ought to support , and distinguish themselves by absurdities only ; but they soon find themselves despised by the meanest of the people , who often ...
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... so much wiser and better than any body else ? " I dare say , my dear , she thinks so ; and if she does , it is very natural to try to make the world of the same opinion : c 2 but } " that but unfortunately it does not succeed ; the 27.
... so much wiser and better than any body else ? " I dare say , my dear , she thinks so ; and if she does , it is very natural to try to make the world of the same opinion : c 2 but } " that but unfortunately it does not succeed ; the 27.
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... opinion of our intellects , we are quite insensible to the misfortune . " Fanny at that moment could hardly be said to be so ; for having heard more than once that Lord R. could laugh , and was rather apt to seek amusement wherever he ...
... opinion of our intellects , we are quite insensible to the misfortune . " Fanny at that moment could hardly be said to be so ; for having heard more than once that Lord R. could laugh , and was rather apt to seek amusement wherever he ...
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... opinions of characters in con- sequence of it , that he had long prac- tised judging for himself , and never believing what he heard from such vague authority . - No doubt he was right , but did he mean to visit Lord R. Certainly not ...
... opinions of characters in con- sequence of it , that he had long prac- tised judging for himself , and never believing what he heard from such vague authority . - No doubt he was right , but did he mean to visit Lord R. Certainly not ...
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... opinions are by that means , and will value us accordingly . " Will he , indeed ? " said Lucy , " then I would not give one pin for his esteem . Fanny , who felt the severity of her sis- ter's remark , was quick to say , " We know ...
... opinions are by that means , and will value us accordingly . " Will he , indeed ? " said Lucy , " then I would not give one pin for his esteem . Fanny , who felt the severity of her sis- ter's remark , was quick to say , " We know ...
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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...