The Works of Henry Mackenzie ...: The man of the worldJ. Clarke, 1815 |
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Strana 216 - SindalFs regard : she received Mrs. Boothby with an air, not of civility but friendship ; and the other showed a sense of the obligation conferred on her, by a look of that modest, tender sort, which equally acknowledges and solicits our kindness. With misfortune a good heart easily makes an acquaintance, Miss Sindall endeavoured by a thousand little assiduities, to show this lady the interest she took in her welfare. That reserve which the humility of affliction, not an unsocial spirit, seemed to...
Strana 27 - In the circles of the world, your notice may be frequently attracted by objects glaring, not useful ; and your attachment won to characters whose surfaces are showy, without intrinsic value. In such circumstances, be careful not always to impute knowledge to the appearance of acuteness, or give credit to opinions according to the confidence with which they are urged. In the more important articles of belief or conviction, let not the flow of ridicule be mistaken for the force of argument...
Strana 156 - Harriet had listened little to this. speech : but the swelling of her anger had subsided ; .*• she threw herself into a chair, and burst again into tears. Camplin drew nearer, and pressed her hand in his ; she drew it hastily from him : " If you have any pity," she cried, " I entreat you for Heaven's sake to leave me." He bowed respectfully and retired, desiring the landlady to attend Miss Annesly, and endeavour to afford her some assistance and consolation. She had, indeed, more occasion for her...
Strana 160 - At that moment we heard some unusual stir below stairs, and, as the floor was thin and ill laid, the word child was very distinctly audible from every tongue. Upon this she started up in her bed, and, with a look piteous and wild beyond description, exclaimed, ' Oh ! my God ! what of my child?' She had scarcely uttered the words, when the landlady entered the room, and showed sufficiently by her countenance that she had some dreadful tale to tell. By signs I begged her to be silent. 'What is become...
Strana 160 - ... about midnight she dropped asleep. I sat with her during the night, and when she waked in the morning, she gave signs of having recovered her senses, by recollecting me and calling me by my name. At first, indeed, her questions were irregular and wild ; but in a short time she grew so distinct, as to thank me for having complied with the request of her letter : " 'Tis an office of unmerited kindness, which," said she (and I could observe her let fall a tear), "will be the last your unwearied...
Strana 7 - ANNESLY was the only child of a wealthy tradesman in London, who, from the experience of that profit which his business afforded himself, was anxious it should descend to his son. Unfortunately, the young man had acquired a certain train of ideas, which were totally averse to that line of life which his father had marked out for him. There is a degree of sentiment, which, in the bosom of a man destined to the drudgery of the world, is the source of endless disgust...
Strana 28 - Would he wrest its crutch from the hand of age, and remove from the eye of affliction the only solace of its woe ? The way we tread is rugged at best ; we tread it, however, lighter by the prospect of that better country to which we trust it will lead ; tell us not that it will end in the gulf of eternal dissolution, or break off in some wild, which fancy may fill up as she pleases, but reason is unable to delineate ; quench not that beam which, amidst the night of this evil world has cheered the...
Strana 140 - ... and did not restore him his Harriet. His uneasiness had been observed by his servants, to whom he was too indulgent a master to have his interests considered by them with less warmth than their own. Abraham, therefore, who was coeval with his master, and had served him ever since he was married, had sallied forth by day-break in search of intelligence. He was met accidentally by a huntsman of Sir Thomas Sindall's, who informed him, that as he crossed the lane at the back of the village the morning...
Strana 90 - ... any sleep. But nature was at last worn out ; and the fatigue of her journey, together with the conflict of her soul in the visit she had just made, had so exhausted her, that it was towards noon next day before she awaked. After having chid herself for her neglect, she hurried away to her...
Strana 255 - When he left me, I stood for some minutes, looking back, on one hand to the wilds I had passed, and on the other to the scenes of cultivation which European industry had formed ; and it may surprise you to hear, that though there wanted not some rekindling attachment to a people amongst whom my first breath had been drawn, and my youth spent, yet my imagination drew, on this side, fraud, hypocrisy, and sordid baseness ; while on that .seemed to preside honesty, truth, and savage nobleness of soul.