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Pagina 6
... followed , all too quickly , by some of that busy crowd , bearing on a shutter , as if she were already dead , the senseless body of his wife . Yes ; the once intelligent and lovely Mrs. Lee was found stretched upon the pavement in a ...
... followed , all too quickly , by some of that busy crowd , bearing on a shutter , as if she were already dead , the senseless body of his wife . Yes ; the once intelligent and lovely Mrs. Lee was found stretched upon the pavement in a ...
Pagina 10
... and stood erect before him in a moment , indignation and astonishment flashing over my face . I was about to speak , what , I know not , when he arose and at- tempted to embrace me . I retreated , he followed 10 FANNY LEE'S TESTIMONY :
... and stood erect before him in a moment , indignation and astonishment flashing over my face . I was about to speak , what , I know not , when he arose and at- tempted to embrace me . I retreated , he followed 10 FANNY LEE'S TESTIMONY :
Pagina 11
Beulah Kezia Hanson. tempted to embrace me . I retreated , he followed , and then I saw from his unsteady walk , that he was indeed dreadfully intoxicated . O misery ! and had it come to this already ? In the midst of my terror , I was ...
Beulah Kezia Hanson. tempted to embrace me . I retreated , he followed , and then I saw from his unsteady walk , that he was indeed dreadfully intoxicated . O misery ! and had it come to this already ? In the midst of my terror , I was ...
Pagina 28
... followed the previous night's excesses , and had as usual , had recourse to the glass to banish his present misery and harden his heart once more . this time in vain - the wretched relief came not at his call . He could not hide from ...
... followed the previous night's excesses , and had as usual , had recourse to the glass to banish his present misery and harden his heart once more . this time in vain - the wretched relief came not at his call . He could not hide from ...
Pagina 67
... followed them to the world's end . She was one of the few from the sister Isle that give us in this country , a fair specimen of the better , and , I believe , the larger portion of the Irish poor . Bridget , or , as she was generally ...
... followed them to the world's end . She was one of the few from the sister Isle that give us in this country , a fair specimen of the better , and , I believe , the larger portion of the Irish poor . Bridget , or , as she was generally ...
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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.