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Page xviii
... poor , insipid , idiotic literature ! But where is their heart ? Let us catch a glimpse of it . How is it that those who undertake to develope it in others dispense with giving any proof of it in themselves ? But this living fountain of ...
... poor , insipid , idiotic literature ! But where is their heart ? Let us catch a glimpse of it . How is it that those who undertake to develope it in others dispense with giving any proof of it in themselves ? But this living fountain of ...
Page xxi
... poor soul , which , besides its misfortune , ( which must have been terrible , indeed , since it could not support it , ) departs all alone and accursed , to attempt that perilous flight of the other life and judgment . — Ah ! I hope ...
... poor soul , which , besides its misfortune , ( which must have been terrible , indeed , since it could not support it , ) departs all alone and accursed , to attempt that perilous flight of the other life and judgment . — Ah ! I hope ...
Page xxii
... poor woman , wholly occupied with this idea , snatched , from time to time , a little moment to put in a word ; she wanted to speak to him , and appeal to his compassion . The scene was infinitely touch- ing and natural , without any ...
... poor woman , wholly occupied with this idea , snatched , from time to time , a little moment to put in a word ; she wanted to speak to him , and appeal to his compassion . The scene was infinitely touch- ing and natural , without any ...
Page xxiii
... poor pointer , that has been wounded by a shot , writhing at his master's feet , and licking his hands , as if praying to him to help him ? The comparison will appear , perhaps , strange to those who have not seen the reality . However ...
... poor pointer , that has been wounded by a shot , writhing at his master's feet , and licking his hands , as if praying to him to help him ? The comparison will appear , perhaps , strange to those who have not seen the reality . However ...
Page xxvi
... poor women whom they treat unceremoniously , those , especially , who , being in convents , are at the mercy of the ecclesiastical su- periors , and whom they keep under lock and key , and undertake to protect alone . We are not quite ...
... poor women whom they treat unceremoniously , those , especially , who , being in convents , are at the mercy of the ecclesiastical su- periors , and whom they keep under lock and key , and undertake to protect alone . We are not quite ...
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