Memoirs of Mrs. Inchbald: Including Her Familiar Correspondence with the Most Distinguished Persons of Her Time. To which are Added The Massacre and A Case of Conscience ...Richard Bentley, 1833 |
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... interest that captivated the fancy . Her mind had a very early inclining to criti- cism and satire . Among her books she found the works of Dr. Young , and now began to read his Universal Passion . ' Towards evening she walked to Orange ...
... interest that captivated the fancy . Her mind had a very early inclining to criti- cism and satire . Among her books she found the works of Dr. Young , and now began to read his Universal Passion . ' Towards evening she walked to Orange ...
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... interests when the lamp of life feebly glimmers to its close . But here at all events is passion , though it is not amiable ; and she must have gained no slight con- trol over her impediment , to declaim the language vehemently . She ...
... interests when the lamp of life feebly glimmers to its close . But here at all events is passion , though it is not amiable ; and she must have gained no slight con- trol over her impediment , to declaim the language vehemently . She ...
Page 47
... ere long , making the same gentle sacrifice to their interest . But she was soon to experience more of the an- noyances of those comedians " who chance to travel , " as Hamlet says . In the evening MRS . INCHBALD . 47.
... ere long , making the same gentle sacrifice to their interest . But she was soon to experience more of the an- noyances of those comedians " who chance to travel , " as Hamlet says . In the evening MRS . INCHBALD . 47.
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... interest of the principal , and is apt to insinuate itself as a resource in case the original occupation should fail him : this slowly begets a feeling of inconveniences , ( and all pursuits have them , ) which would never have been ...
... interest of the principal , and is apt to insinuate itself as a resource in case the original occupation should fail him : this slowly begets a feeling of inconveniences , ( and all pursuits have them , ) which would never have been ...
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... On the contrary , as its representa- tive , " His heart untravell'd fondly turns to home . ” He has for the most part little facility in languages , and none of that prévenance that interests others , and MRS . INCHBALD . 63.
... On the contrary , as its representa- tive , " His heart untravell'd fondly turns to home . ” He has for the most part little facility in languages , and none of that prévenance that interests others , and MRS . INCHBALD . 63.
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Page 210 - You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age; wretched in both! If it be you that stir these daughters...
Page 33 - Faith, once or twice she heaved the name of "father" Pantingly forth, as if it pressed her heart; Cried "Sisters! sisters! Shame of ladies! sisters! Kent! father! sisters! What, i
Page 147 - We worldly men, when we see friends and kinsmen Past hope sunk in their fortunes, lend no hand To lift them up, but rather set our feet Upon their heads, to press them to the bottom.
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Page 278 - Guided by a wish, that the reflecting reader may experience the sensation, which an attention to circumstances like these, must excite ; he is desired to imagine seventeen years elapsed, since he has seen or heard of any of those persons who, in the foregoing part of this narrative have been introduced to his acquaintance ; — and then, supposing himself at the period of those seventeen years, follow the sequel of their history.
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Page 319 - ... but agrees with the verb, or is governed by the verb or the preposition, expressed or understood ; as, " Thou art wiser than I ;" that is,
Page 284 - Save me!" Her voice unmanned him. His long-restrained tears now burst forth, and, seeing her relapsing into the swoon, he cried out eagerly to recall her. Her name did not, however, come to his recollection — nor any name but this : " Miss Milner — dear Miss Milner...