Rosanne: Or, A Father's Labour Lost, Volume 3F. C. and J. Rivington, 1814 |
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... hear fine music or superior eloquence , I should say , the pleasure is incomplete without my father . →→ Another motive would restrain me : if I did it publicly , it would imply that you had not a taste for these excellencies ; and I ...
... hear fine music or superior eloquence , I should say , the pleasure is incomplete without my father . →→ Another motive would restrain me : if I did it publicly , it would imply that you had not a taste for these excellencies ; and I ...
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... hear her father contradict her : the arrowy shower ' of tears that almost excoriated as they fell , was necessary to restore even her power of voice , -all her confidence in Heaven was but enough to recall her senses . ' Can we do ...
... hear her father contradict her : the arrowy shower ' of tears that almost excoriated as they fell , was necessary to restore even her power of voice , -all her confidence in Heaven was but enough to recall her senses . ' Can we do ...
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... hear me , - I remember , when I was a young man , and more talked of than was good for me , I was told that old Dr. Justamond had taken my part , when he heard me spoken of , perhaps , no worse than I deserved , and said , that if ever ...
... hear me , - I remember , when I was a young man , and more talked of than was good for me , I was told that old Dr. Justamond had taken my part , when he heard me spoken of , perhaps , no worse than I deserved , and said , that if ever ...
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... hear called serious people . ' I hope we are all ' serious ' in our endeavours to obtain the favour of God ; but if their seriousness ' depends on what they inculcate , the surrendering ourselves and our hearts to our Saviour , and if ...
... hear called serious people . ' I hope we are all ' serious ' in our endeavours to obtain the favour of God ; but if their seriousness ' depends on what they inculcate , the surrendering ourselves and our hearts to our Saviour , and if ...
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... hear is seldom the true one . " All the conversation of her father and Mr. Grant tended to convince her that she might rely as much on the sincerity of the one as on the prudent zeal of the other ; and , on the Sa- turday of this week ...
... hear is seldom the true one . " All the conversation of her father and Mr. Grant tended to convince her that she might rely as much on the sincerity of the one as on the prudent zeal of the other ; and , on the Sa- turday of this week ...
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Page 35 - And, touch'd by her fair tendance, gladlier grew. Yet went she not, as not with such discourse Delighted, or not capable her ear Of what was high: such pleasure she...