 Indeed, my seclusion now became more complete than ever, for Miss Mortimer's malady, the increase of which she had hitherto endeavoured to conceal from me, suddenly became so severe as to baffle all disguise. Yet it was no expression of impatience which...  Discipline, by the author of 'Self-control'. - Seite 193von Mary Brunton - 1814Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 Seiten
...so severe as to baffle all disguise. Yet it was no expression of impaTRAGIC AND PATHETIC. 309 tience which betrayed her. For four months I scarcely quitted...thankfulness. The decay of its prisonhouse seemed only to giveithe spirit a foretaste of freedom. Timid by nature, beyond the usual fearfulness of her sex, she... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 408 Seiten
...me, suddenly became so severe as to baffle all disguise. Yet it was no expression of impaBj,i tience which betrayed her. For four months . .; I scarcely...•„.; night. During this long protracted season of *i suffering, neither cry nor groan escaped her. f-, Often have 1 wiped the big drops of agony from... | |
 | Mary Brunton - 1832 - 492 Seiten
...the unalienable right of all human kind. The strength of this resolution was not immediately tried. All my resentments had time to subside before I again...prisonhouse seemed only to give the spirit a foretaste for freedom. Timid by nature, beyond the usual fearfulness of her sex, she yet endured pain, not with... | |
 | 1844 - 668 Seiten
...her. For four months I scarcely quitted her bedside, by day or by night. During this long.protracted season of suffering, neither cry nor groan escaped...but she never complained. She was more than patient j the settled temper of her mind was thankfulness. The decay of its prison-house seemed only to give... | |
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