The Coquette; Or, The History of Eliza Wharton. A Novel: Founded on FactW. P. Fetridge, 1855 - 286 sider |
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The Coquette Or the History of Eliza Wharton A Novel Founded on Fact Hannah Webster Foster Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2004 |
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acquaintance adieu affection agreeable amiable amusements appeared attention believe Boston Boyer breast character CHARLES DEIGHTON charms conceal conduct confidence connection conversation daugh daughter dear Eliza disposition dissipate distress dreadful Elnathan endeavor enjoy enjoyment entertainment esteem expect fancy favor FETRIDGE Fidelio forgiveness friendship future gayety girl hand happy HARTFORD HAVEN heart honor hope idea Jonathan Edwards JULIA GRANBY kind lady leave LETTER libertine LORD WOODHOUSELEE lover LUCY SUMNER madam Major Sanford mamma marriage married melancholy ment mind MISS ELIZA WHARTON MISS LUCY FREEMAN Miss Wharton mother never pain parlor passion PETER SANford pleasing pleasure portunity present received render replied resolution retired Richman scenes SELBY sentiments sincere society solicit Solomon Stoddard soon soul taste tears thought tion to-morrow told took virtue walked Whitman wife wish write Yale College yesterday
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Side 243 - ... promises, kindly stepped in, and carried him away, to where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest ! It is during the time that we lived on this farm, that my little story is most eventful.
Side 121 - I hear the sound of feet! they march this way! Let us retire, and try if we can drown Each softer thought in sense of present danger. When love once pleads admission to our hearts (In spite of all the virtue we can boast) The woman that deliberates is lost.
Side 238 - Stolen waters are sweet; and bread eaten in secret, is pleasant,
Side 285 - BY HUMILITY AND BENEVOLENCE. LET CANDOR THROW A VEIL OVER HER FRAILTIES, FOR GREAT WAS HER CHARITY TO OTHERS. SHE SUSTAINED THE LAST PAINFUL SCENE FAR FROM EVERY FRIEND, AND EXHIBITED AN EXAMPLE OF CALM RESIGNATION. HER DEPARTURE WAS ON THE 25TH DAY OF JULY, AD— , IN THE 37TH YEAR OF HER AGE; AND THE TEARS OF STRANGERS WATERED HER GRAVE.
Side 231 - Happy the babe who, privileged by fate To shorter labor and a lighter weight, Received but yesterday the gift of breath, Ordered to-morrow to return to death.
Side 140 - What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, The soul's calm sunshine, and the heart-felt joy, Is virtue's prize: A better would you fix?
Side 151 - Good, when he gives — supremely good ; Nor less, when he denies ; E'en crosses, from his sovereign hand, Are blessings in disguise.
Side 191 - To you, good gods, I make my last appeal ; Or clear my virtues, or my crimes reveal. If in the maze of fate I blindly run, And backward trod those paths I sought to shun, Impute my errors to your own decree : My hands are guilty, but my heart is free.
Side 88 - An elegant sufficiency, content, Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books, Ease and alternate labour, useful life, Progressive virtue, and approving Heaven!
Side 120 - Content, or pleasure, but the good and just? Judges and senates have been bought for gold, Esteem and love were never to be sold.