Miss Pen and her niece; or, The old maid and the young one1843 |
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... aunt , Miss Hardynge , whom she had often wished to know with that yearning feel which was so natural to a motherless , un- friended girl , who longed for somebody to cling to , somebody on whom she could have the claim of blood and kin ...
... aunt , Miss Hardynge , whom she had often wished to know with that yearning feel which was so natural to a motherless , un- friended girl , who longed for somebody to cling to , somebody on whom she could have the claim of blood and kin ...
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... aunt . All would not do , let her account for her agitation as she would , she could not conceal from herself that Granville's voice was ringing in her ears , his countenance hovering before her sight . Humiliated and totally dispirited ...
... aunt . All would not do , let her account for her agitation as she would , she could not conceal from herself that Granville's voice was ringing in her ears , his countenance hovering before her sight . Humiliated and totally dispirited ...
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... aunt's little establishment , and to which she had long been a stranger . Miss Pen too was very kind . Even Blanche's utter ignorance of those little offices and occu- pations which so often fall to the share of the mistress of a very ...
... aunt's little establishment , and to which she had long been a stranger . Miss Pen too was very kind . Even Blanche's utter ignorance of those little offices and occu- pations which so often fall to the share of the mistress of a very ...
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... Aunt's part , but rather by a misapprehension , which she feared not she should shortly do away . So all passed off well , but it was not long ere she began to feel that the most violent and outrageous bursts of her Uncle Hardynge's ...
... Aunt's part , but rather by a misapprehension , which she feared not she should shortly do away . So all passed off well , but it was not long ere she began to feel that the most violent and outrageous bursts of her Uncle Hardynge's ...
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... aunt's stock of literature , the voluminous tomes of Flavel - a copy of the Saint's Rest - bearing , however , little tokens of use , being written by one whom Miss Pen called a " treacherous watchman ; " and of whom others have said ...
... aunt's stock of literature , the voluminous tomes of Flavel - a copy of the Saint's Rest - bearing , however , little tokens of use , being written by one whom Miss Pen called a " treacherous watchman ; " and of whom others have said ...
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Miss Pen and Her Niece; Or, the Old Maid and the Young One Elizabeth Stone No preview available - 2015 |
Miss Pen and Her Niece: Or, the Old Maid and the Young One Elizabeth Stone No preview available - 2019 |
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Page 100 - And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks I should know you, and know this man; Yet I am doubtful: for I am mainly ignorant What place this is; and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me: For, as I am a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
Page 196 - Soon as she spreads her hand, the aerial guard Descend, and sit on each important card : First Ariel perched upon a Matadore, Then each, according to the rank they bore ; For sylphs, yet mindful of their ancient race, Are, as when women, wondrous fond of place.
Page 67 - I have often thought there has not been sufficient pains taken in finding out proper employments and diversions for the fair ones. Their amusements seem contrived for them, rather as they are women than as they are reasonable creatures; and are more adapted to the sex than to the species. The toilet is their great scene of business, and the right adjusting of their hair the principal employment of their lives.
Page 55 - Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last ; One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen ; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes ; At every word a reputation dies.
Page 234 - I venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
Page 192 - To chase these pagans in those holy fields Over whose acres walk'd those blessed feet Which fourteen hundred years ago were nail'd For our advantage on the bitter cross.
Page 100 - Pray, do not mock me : I am a very foolish fond old man, Fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less; And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks I should know you, and know this man; Yet I am doubtful: for I am mainly ignorant What place this is; and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night.
Page 55 - I saw her upon nearer view A Spirit, yet a Woman too ! Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance, in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A Creature not too bright and good For human nature's daily food; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Page 43 - I shall see him, but not n'ow; I shall behold him, but not nigh; There shall come a Star out of Jacob, And a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, And shall smite the corners of Moab, And destroy all the children of Sheth.
Page 95 - ... picturesque ; and, indeed, it maun be confessed it is unco bonnie to look at...