No Fiction: A Narrative, Founded on Recent and Interesting Facts, Volume 2Francis Westley, 1820 |
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... character , has halted in the race . O Charles ! what pleasures have been ours . What sympathy of sentiment - what a mix- ture of souls ! -what serene peace what heavenly raptures ! They are gone they are gone ! They live only in res ...
... character , has halted in the race . O Charles ! what pleasures have been ours . What sympathy of sentiment - what a mix- ture of souls ! -what serene peace what heavenly raptures ! They are gone they are gone ! They live only in res ...
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... character ? You have been de- termined to make the trial for yourself , and I would seriously ask you , what is the result ? Has it improved your happiness ? or has it aggravated your misery ? Yea , I would put the question on a lower ...
... character ? You have been de- termined to make the trial for yourself , and I would seriously ask you , what is the result ? Has it improved your happiness ? or has it aggravated your misery ? Yea , I would put the question on a lower ...
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... character its excellencies and defects . In better days I have seen , with power to make a good resolution , you have wanted the patience and perseverance requisite to keep it . And what am I to think now ? Is it not a likely conclusion ...
... character its excellencies and defects . In better days I have seen , with power to make a good resolution , you have wanted the patience and perseverance requisite to keep it . And what am I to think now ? Is it not a likely conclusion ...
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... characters - there is no hope for me ! Suf- fered to wander a few more years in this miserable world , and then - but I cannot think of it ! That way , as poor Lear said , is madness ! - " You know me too well , Douglas , to think what ...
... characters - there is no hope for me ! Suf- fered to wander a few more years in this miserable world , and then - but I cannot think of it ! That way , as poor Lear said , is madness ! - " You know me too well , Douglas , to think what ...
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... character may yet be recovered . The gates of mercy are never closed against the returning penitent . You have nothing to fear , but impenitence and despair . Remember , it is only those who continue in iniquity , that shall be cut off ...
... character may yet be recovered . The gates of mercy are never closed against the returning penitent . You have nothing to fear , but impenitence and despair . Remember , it is only those who continue in iniquity , that shall be cut off ...
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