Woman: Or Ida of Athens, Volume 4Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - 290 pages |
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... bestow felicity , with which she was peculiarly endowed . Nor could she avoid opposing to that blessed and bless- ing thing , she might have been ; the sad and suffering creature which she then was ! -The acute miseries of her recent ...
... bestow felicity , with which she was peculiarly endowed . Nor could she avoid opposing to that blessed and bless- ing thing , she might have been ; the sad and suffering creature which she then was ! -The acute miseries of her recent ...
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... bestow felicity , with which she was peculiarly endowed . Nor could she avoid opposing to that blessed and bless- ing thing , she might have been ; the sad and suffering creature which she then was ! -The acute miseries of her recent ...
... bestow felicity , with which she was peculiarly endowed . Nor could she avoid opposing to that blessed and bless- ing thing , she might have been ; the sad and suffering creature which she then was ! -The acute miseries of her recent ...
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... bestowed upon of her other subordinate works : its continual motion , its murmur , its capability of reflection , and the vicisi- tude to which it is subject , all render it at once an object of sublimity and inte- rest ! calculated to ...
... bestowed upon of her other subordinate works : its continual motion , its murmur , its capability of reflection , and the vicisi- tude to which it is subject , all render it at once an object of sublimity and inte- rest ! calculated to ...
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... unconquerable timidity to address him ; since nothing she could say , could . do justice to her feelings , and nothing she had to bestow could be adequate to his exertions .、 She attempted twice to speak , and could not ! 30 WOMAN ; OR.
... unconquerable timidity to address him ; since nothing she could say , could . do justice to her feelings , and nothing she had to bestow could be adequate to his exertions .、 She attempted twice to speak , and could not ! 30 WOMAN ; OR.
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... ; their flocks as they scale the hills , and the strains of the lyre or the pipe , which cheer the devious steps of the Asiatic shepherd , bestow that moral and animated in- terest on the landscape IDA OF ATHENS . 47.
... ; their flocks as they scale the hills , and the strains of the lyre or the pipe , which cheer the devious steps of the Asiatic shepherd , bestow that moral and animated in- terest on the landscape IDA OF ATHENS . 47.
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admiration affections affliction amidst amulet amuse ANNA MARIA PORTER anxiety archon ardent arms athenian Athens awakened beauty beheld beloved bestow betrayed blended boards bosom breathed brothers caloyer character charm conduct confidence dervise diamond cross Edition Egaleos emotion endeavoured England esteem existence eyes faint fancy father feelings felicity felt foolscap 8vo gave gaze genius greek hand happiness hope human Hymettus Ida's imagination impa influence inspired interest Ismenus Janissary Jumeli knew Kyra letter Livadia lived Lord manner ment mind of Ida mingled misery monk nature object observed once opulence Osmyn Paramana passion Pentelicus person prejudice Price 11 pride racter repose returned ROBERT SOUTHEY rude scene sense sensibility sentiment sigh sion Smyrna society sought soul Stephaniki suffering talents taste tears tender THADDEUS of WARSAW thought timid tion trembling triumph Turkish virtue vols WALTER SCOTT wept woman wretched
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