Tales of the Passions: In which is Attempted an Illustration of Their Effects on the Human Mind: Each Tale Comprised in One Volume, and Forming the Subject of a Single Passion, Volum 2G. Wilkie and J. Robinson, 1811 |
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agitation agony alarm amusement answered anxiety anxious apothecary appeared arrangements arrival in England astonished attempted attended bability became beheld bosom calculated called capable Caroline Almond character child circumstances comforts conceal conduct confess considerable considered conversation countenance daugh daughter declared degree deprived discovered distressing doctor duce Earl effects emotions enjoyment evinced excited exclaimed exertions eyes father feelings female mask formed fortune GEORGE MOORE happiness heart Herbert honour hour husband immediately inclinations increased interview Jamaica jealousy Julia lady London Lorimer manners marriage ment mind Monmouthshire morning mother neral never nexion observed occasioned Onslow opinions parent Parrot passion perceived person possessed proceeded procure produced quired racter received recollection reflections remained rendered requested residence resolved rienced seemed servant Seville sidered Sir William Sir William Herbert situation suddenly sufficient Sulfit suspicions tion treme uneasiness urged visitor ward Wellsford West Indies wife wish woman young
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Side 387 - Gainsborough hat garnished with giant poppies could console her for leaving her 'little chieftain'; but it was at all events something to send her off so comfortably provided for, and with two large boxes of good clothes. In the course of a few months I received a letter from my friend, who was then settled in her up-country home, but her story of Maria's doings seemed well-nigh incredible, though perfectly true.
Side 377 - ... and destroy his domestic peace. Convinced that her niece had no prospect of redress from her father, she proposed that she should accompany her to the West Indies ; an offer received with joy and gratitude by my sister, and gladly accepted by her parents. My father's acquiescence to this proposal...
Side 374 - ... their daughter's marriage, they became pensioners on the bounty of her husband. I am the eldest of two children which were the fruit* of this union. I had the misfortune, I might almost say, the curse, to become the professed and decided favourite of my mother. From the earliest years of my infancy...
Side 375 - The extravagance of his wife reduced his fortune, while the dissipation in which she involved him injured his health ; and, by the time his children had arrived at years of maturity, he was a poor and infirm man. My mother's pride would not allow' her to consent that I should be brought up to any profession, and she even resigned some of her own luxuries to support the expensive pleasures into which I had plunged for want of employment. My vices she termed follies, my daring impetuosity she called...
Side 375 - I feel regret, and even horror, in laying these serious accusa- . tions on her memory ; but when I reflect on the duties of a mother, on the power of her example, and the force of her precepts, I cannot but appreciate the value of her tenderness, and (from fatal experience) feel equally convinced of the cruelty of her neglect. Neither the personal attractions nor the mental accomplishments of my sister, her amiable disposition or affectionate temper, were capable of subduing her mother's unnatural...
Side 376 - ... affectionate temper, were capable of subduing her mother's unnatural antipathy, which evidently increased as her daughter's beauty and good qualities became more conspicuous, till her envy was excited by her charms, and her ill-humour increased by a consciousness of the superiority of her mind. Under these circumstances...
Side 376 - This person was a sister of my father'Sj •whose husband had lately procured a situation of some consequence in the West Indies, and who had written to his wife an earnest request that she would take the first opportunity of following him to Jamaica. She had long witnessed, with regret and indignation, the miseries of her niece's situation; she had expostulated with her brother on the injustice of his conduct, but without effect : he confessed her observations were correct, yet, to make the arrangements...