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Pagina 3
... knew each other , Mary had indeed only begun to tremble under the influence of this mighty foe . I had writhed in all the agonies inflicted by its terrible power . It had not only degraded one very near and dear to me , but had at last ...
... knew each other , Mary had indeed only begun to tremble under the influence of this mighty foe . I had writhed in all the agonies inflicted by its terrible power . It had not only degraded one very near and dear to me , but had at last ...
Pagina 9
... knew by the glittering eye and rapid utterance , that he had already passed the limits of strict sobriety ; and , splendid as he looked , eloquent as he became , exquisitely as he read from our favourite books under the dangerous spell ...
... knew by the glittering eye and rapid utterance , that he had already passed the limits of strict sobriety ; and , splendid as he looked , eloquent as he became , exquisitely as he read from our favourite books under the dangerous spell ...
Pagina 18
... knew me there . I was nervous and weak , and the bracing air of the North would strengthen me . So to Yorkshire I came ; and surely it was a kind Providence that directed me to Newburn , a pleasant market town in the West Riding , and ...
... knew me there . I was nervous and weak , and the bracing air of the North would strengthen me . So to Yorkshire I came ; and surely it was a kind Providence that directed me to Newburn , a pleasant market town in the West Riding , and ...
Pagina 33
... knew them ; -what can you know of the agony of those bleeding hearts ; the shame that bowed those gentle heads ? Deep as your sorrow might be , it partook not of the bitterness mingled with theirs ! Mary knelt by her mother's side at ...
... knew them ; -what can you know of the agony of those bleeding hearts ; the shame that bowed those gentle heads ? Deep as your sorrow might be , it partook not of the bitterness mingled with theirs ! Mary knelt by her mother's side at ...
Pagina 36
... . Dent from the open door , and to find , look- ing after them with a bewildered air , the maid - servant Nelly , who had been called up to await their return . She only knew that " Master was lying ill at 36 FANNY LEE'S TESTIMONY :
... . Dent from the open door , and to find , look- ing after them with a bewildered air , the maid - servant Nelly , who had been called up to await their return . She only knew that " Master was lying ill at 36 FANNY LEE'S TESTIMONY :
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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.