But woman's is comparatively a fixed, a secluded, and a meditative life. She is more the companion of her own thoughts and feelings; and if they are turned to ministers of sorrow, where shall she look for consolation! Her lot is to be wooed and won; and... Popular Tracts - Page 3by Robert Dale Owen - 1830 - 190 pagesFull view - About this book
| Washington Irving - American essays - 1822 - 424 pages
...she look for consolation ? Her lot is to be wooed and won ; and if unhappy in her love, her heart is like some fortress that has been captured, and sacked, and abandoned and left desolate. - How many bright eyes grow dim — how many soft cheeks grow pale — how many lovely forms fade away... | |
| Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...she look for consolation ? Her lot is to be wooed and won ; and if unhappy in her love; her heart is like some fortress that has been captured, and sacked, and abandoned, and left desolate. How many bright eyes grow dim — how many soft cheeks grow pale— how many lovely ' forms fade away... | |
| William Oxberry - English literature - 1824 - 382 pages
...she look for consolation ? Her lot is to be wooed and won; and if unhappy in her love, her heart is like some fortress that has been captured, and sacked, and abandoned, and left desolate. How many bright eyes grow dim — how many soft cheeks grow pale — how many lovely forms fade away... | |
| Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1824 - 476 pages
...she look for consolation ? Her lot is to be wooed and won ; and if unhappy in her love, her heart is like some fortress that has been captured, and sacked, and abandoned, and left desolate." Book Making is so feithfully described, that one might almost suppose Mr. Irving to be already a proficient... | |
| Cabinet - Literature - 1824 - 440 pages
...she look for consolation ? Her lot is to be wooed and won ; and if unhappy in her love, her heart is like some fortress that has been captured, and sacked, and abandoned, and left desolate. How many bright eyes grow dim — how many soft cheeks grow pale — how many lovely forms fade away... | |
| Thomas O'Connor - English literature - 1824 - 180 pages
...she look for consolation ? Her lot is to be wooed and won ; and if unhappy in her love, her heart is like some fortress that has been captured, and sacked, and abandoned, and left desolate. How many bright eyes grow dim — How many soft cheeks grow pale, how many lovply forms fade away into... | |
| 1828 - 400 pages
...she look for consolation ? Ret Ic* is to be wooed and won-; and if unhappy in her love, her heart is like some fortress that has been captured-, and sacked, and abandoned, and left desolate. How many bright' eyesgrowdim — how many soft- cheetts grow pale— ho* many lovely forms' fade away... | |
| Tracts - 1830 - 206 pages
...she look for consolation ? Her lot is to be wooed and won ; and, if unhappy in her love, her heart is like some fortress that has been captured, and sacked, and abandoned, and left desolate. " How many bright eyes grow dim—how many soft cheeks grow pale—how many lovely forms fade away... | |
| Washington Irving - American essays - 1830 - 346 pages
...she look for consolation ? Her lot is to be wooed and won ; and if unhappy in her love, her heart is like some fortress that has been captured, and sacked, and abandoned and left desolate. How many bright eyes grow dim — how many soft cheeks grow pale — how many lovely forms fade away... | |
| Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1834 - 320 pages
...she look for consolation ? Her lot is to be wooed and won ; and if unhappy in her love, her heart is like some fortress that has been captured, and sacked, and abandoned and left desolate. How many bright eyes grow dim — how many soft cheeks grow pale — how many lovely forms fade away... | |
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