Perhaps you are the only daughter, perhaps the only child of your mo the r, and her a widow. All her cares, all her sensations point to you. Of the tenderness of a much loved and much-lamented husband you are the sole remaining pledge. On
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“For every thing that lives is Holy.”
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
“The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.”
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
“Mary wished to say something very sensible, but knew not how.”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
“Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.”
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
“And therefore, — since I cannot prove a lover,
To entertain these fair well-spoken days, —
I am determined to prove a villain,
And hate the idle pleasures of these days.”
― Richard III
To entertain these fair well-spoken days, —
I am determined to prove a villain,
And hate the idle pleasures of these days.”
― Richard III
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