The Father and Daughter: A TaleS.G. Goodrich, 1827 - 96 pages |
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... society ! no one to love , no one to protect and cherish me ! Great God ! wilt thou not pardon me if I seek a refuge in the grave ? " Here nature suddenly and powerfully impressed on her recollection , that she was about to become a ...
... society ! no one to love , no one to protect and cherish me ! Great God ! wilt thou not pardon me if I seek a refuge in the grave ? " Here nature suddenly and powerfully impressed on her recollection , that she was about to become a ...
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... society ; then would I bid him look at this pale cheek , this emaciated form , proofs of the anguish that is under- mining my constitution ; and tell him to beware how , by forcing you to withhold from me my right , he made you guilty ...
... society ; then would I bid him look at this pale cheek , this emaciated form , proofs of the anguish that is under- mining my constitution ; and tell him to beware how , by forcing you to withhold from me my right , he made you guilty ...
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... society of all she held dear ; and , as she told every one that Agnes left her by her own choice and not at her desire , those children who had been taken away because Agnes resided with her , were not sent back to her on her removal ...
... society of all she held dear ; and , as she told every one that Agnes left her by her own choice and not at her desire , those children who had been taken away because Agnes resided with her , were not sent back to her on her removal ...
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... society for excluding from its circle , with unrelenting rigor , the woman who has once transgressed the salutary ... society which they had forfeited by one false step , while their fault has been forgotten in their exemplary conduct as ...
... society for excluding from its circle , with unrelenting rigor , the woman who has once transgressed the salutary ... society which they had forfeited by one false step , while their fault has been forgotten in their exemplary conduct as ...
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A Tale Amelia Alderson Opie. 6 for the crime you have committed against society ; and I hear her voice saying , Thy sins are forgiven thee ! ' and ill befall the hand that would uplift the sacred pall which penitence and amendment have ...
A Tale Amelia Alderson Opie. 6 for the crime you have committed against society ; and I hear her voice saying , Thy sins are forgiven thee ! ' and ill befall the hand that would uplift the sacred pall which penitence and amendment have ...
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Agnes agony Albany AMELIA OPIE Annabel Annabel's asked Baryton beauty believe benevolence better Burford called Caroline child christian Clifford coach conceal consequence Constantia cried Darcy dare daugh daughter dear death deceive declared dread dress Edgar Vernon exclaimed eyes false falsehood Fanny father fear feelings flattered girl give guilty hand hear heard heart honor hope humble innocent lies Jemima Lady Alberry Lady Delaval liar lies of convenience living Lollard look Lord Lydia lying manner Marmaduke marriage married mean mind Miss Fitzhenry moral mortification mother motives nature never observed occasions offended Overton painful penitent persons PHILIP OF MACEDON poor PORCELLIAN CLUB practical lies principle replied servant Seymour Sir Edward soon soul speak sure tears tell temptation thing Thomas Bilney thou thought tion told treache uncon utter vanity wife wiser sex wish woman wound young
Popular passages
Page 153 - Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O LORD; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Page 152 - And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny Me thrice. And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.
Page 155 - Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest : but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.
Page 151 - When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
Page 154 - Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these ? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord ; thou knowest that I love thee.
Page 137 - Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out ; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.
Page 154 - He saith unto him, Yea, Lord ; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me ? He saith unto him. Yea, Lord ; thou knowest that I love thee.
Page 96 - I know nothing that could, in this view, be said better, than " do unto others as ye would that others should do unto you...
Page 158 - But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.
Page 137 - To pass from theological and philosophical truth to the truth of civil business ; it will be acknowledged even by those that practise it not, that clear and round dealing is the honor of man's nature ; and that mixture of falsehood is like alloy in coin of gold and silver, which may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it.