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Pagina 17
... better employ it , than by devoting it to my maintenance in one of the large lunatic asylums in the south of England . Perhaps this was the best course ; perhaps I needed such a discipline . I only know that the next two years of my ...
... better employ it , than by devoting it to my maintenance in one of the large lunatic asylums in the south of England . Perhaps this was the best course ; perhaps I needed such a discipline . I only know that the next two years of my ...
Pagina 23
... Better wait I think , " replied the man , " he may think there's no need to send at all . " " Yes , in case the poor gentleman shouldn't live till he comes ; but then , " she added shudderingly , " who can tell them ? How shall we break ...
... Better wait I think , " replied the man , " he may think there's no need to send at all . " " Yes , in case the poor gentleman shouldn't live till he comes ; but then , " she added shudderingly , " who can tell them ? How shall we break ...
Pagina 30
... better to see him ever so wretched than to have him come in and terrify you as he does sometimes . " " We could bear it better , Mary , " resumed her mother , " I think we could bear all this better if William would make up his mind to ...
... better to see him ever so wretched than to have him come in and terrify you as he does sometimes . " " We could bear it better , Mary , " resumed her mother , " I think we could bear all this better if William would make up his mind to ...
Pagina 38
... better than the dumb grief that can find no outlet . I knew that something very terrible had happened , and was scarcely surprised when Mary , at intervals , and in faltering words , told me the events of the night . " I am so thankful ...
... better than the dumb grief that can find no outlet . I knew that something very terrible had happened , and was scarcely surprised when Mary , at intervals , and in faltering words , told me the events of the night . " I am so thankful ...
Pagina 43
Beulah Kezia Hanson. support the house you know . I think it will be better for me to seek a situation here . " That had at first been Mary's earnest wish , but on talking over the advantages connected with William's present position ...
Beulah Kezia Hanson. support the house you know . I think it will be better for me to seek a situation here . " That had at first been Mary's earnest wish , but on talking over the advantages connected with William's present position ...
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abstinence anguish asked beauty believe better boys called cause child comfort Cottage darling dear Mary dearest death delight distress dreadful drink drunkard earnest Edinburgh Ellen evil exclaimed eyes face Fairfield Fanny father fear feel felt Frank Hamer Frederick Kelly gentle GERALD MASSEY girl glass grief hand happy Harry Mills heard heart hope husband intemperance intoxicated JOHN HEYWOOD Kelly kind knew lady Laura little Allie look Maister Lister Mary Lister Mary's matter mind misery Miss Lister mother mysen Nelly never Newburn night once passed perhaps pleasant pleasure poor present promise regarded replied Robert Turner seemed shewed society soon sorrow suffer sure Susan Susy sweet teetotal teetotaller tell temperance Temperance Band tender thing thought told tone took trembling truth Walter wife William Lister wine wish words Yorkshire young youth
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Pagina 79 - O God ! that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains ; that we should, with joy, pleasance, revel, and applause, transform ourselves into beasts.
Pagina 132 - Cursed be the social wants that sin against the strength of youth! Cursed be the social lies that warp us from the living truth!
Pagina 356 - I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.
Pagina 38 - 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?
Pagina 61 - Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words — health, peace, and competence. But health consists with temperance alone : And peace, O virtue ! peace is all thy own.
Pagina 143 - O madness, to think use of strongest wines, And strongest drinks, our chief support of health, When God with these forbidden made choice to rear His mighty champion, strong above compare, Whose drink was only from the liquid brook ! Sams.
Pagina 110 - Beauty is my Love, Yet in her earnest face There's such a world of tenderness, She needs no other grace.
Pagina 132 - Men make resolves, and pass into decrees The motions of the mind! with how much ease, In such resolves, doth passion make a flaw, And bring to nothing what was raised to law! In empire young, scarce warm on Gotham's throne, The dangers and the sweets of...
Pagina 192 - Hail, social life ! into thy pleasing bounds Again I come to pay the common stock, My share of service, and, in glad return, To taste thy comforts, thy protected joys.
Pagina 324 - Good men have said That sometimes God leaves sinners to their sin,— He has left me to mine, and I am changed; My worst part is insurgent, and my will Is weak .and powerless as a trembling king When millions rise up hungry.