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"Individuals, whose affairs have reached an utterly desperate crisis, almost invariably keep themselves alive with hopes, so much the more airily magnificent, as they have the less of solid matter within their grasp, whereof to mould any judicious and moderate expectation of good." (p. 64)
— Aug 26, 2011 10:51AM
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Claudia
is on page 158 of 368
"Is not the world sad enough, in genuine earnest, without making a pastime of mock-sorrows?" (p. 146)
— Oct 05, 2011 09:24AM
Claudia
is on page 114 of 368
"[...] when a man's spirit has been thoroughly crushed, he may be peevish at small offences, but never resentful of great ones." (p. 113)
— Sep 06, 2011 04:39AM
Claudia
is on page 55 of 368
"Doubtless, God did forgive her. But, taking the inward and outward history of the first half-day into consideration, Hepzibah began to fear that the shop would prove her ruin, in a moral and religious point of view, without contributing very essentially towards even her temporal welfare." (p. 55)
— Aug 25, 2011 02:40PM
Claudia
is on page 41 of 368
"How can we elevate our history of retribution, when, as one of our most prominent figures, we are compelled to introduce -not a young and lovely woman, nor even the stately remains of beauty, storm-shattered by affliction- but a gaunt, sallow, rusty-jointed maiden, in a long-waisted silk-gown, and with the strange horror of a turban on her head!" (p. 41)
— Aug 24, 2011 12:50PM
