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" I am not prone to weeping, as our sex Commonly are ; the want of which vain dew Perchance shall dry your pities : but I have That honourable grief lodged here which burns Worse than tears drown... "
The Prairie: A Tale - Page 385
by James Fenimore Cooper - 1871 - 526 pages
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The Borderers: A Tale, Volume 2

James Fenimore Cooper - 1829 - 326 pages
...and at others, to possess the mental helplessness of appearing the most abject fatuity. CHAPTER IX. " I am not prone to weeping, as our sex Commonly are...lodged here, which burns Worse than tears drown." Winter's Tale. IF the pen of a compiler, like that we wield, possessed the mechanical power of the...
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The Edinburgh Literary Journal: Or, Weekly Register of Criticism ..., Volume 3

1830 - 462 pages
...thinking how appropriately the language of Hermione would have sounded from her lips: " I am not prong to weeping, as our sex Commonly are ; ^— but I have...lodged here, which burns Worse than tears drown." That these exhibitions of genuine sorrow are not numerous, I am willing to admit ; but the occurrence...
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Calcutta Magazine and Monthly Register, Volumes 10-12

1830 - 430 pages
...spot, without thinking how appropriatety the language of Hermione would have sounded from her lips : " I am not prone to weeping, as our sex Commonly are ; but I have That honourable grief lodged her*, which burns Worse than tears drown." That these exhibitions of genuine sorrow are not numerous,...
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The Edinburgh Literary Journal: Or, Weekly Register of Criticism ..., Volume 3

1830 - 456 pages
...the language of Hermione would bare sounded from her lijw : " I am not prone to weeping, as our »ex Commonly are ; . but I have That honourable grief lodged here, which burns Worse than tear» drown." That tin"«! exhibitions of genuine sorrow are not num-roiis, I am willing to admit;...
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The Borderers: Or, The Wept of Wish-ton-wish

James Fenimore Cooper - 1833 - 448 pages
...and at others appearing to possess the mental helplessness of the most abject fatuity. CHAPTER IX. " I am not prone to weeping, as our sex Commonly are:—...lodged here, which burns Worse than tears drown." W Winter's Tale. IP the pen of a compiler, like that we wield, possessed the mechanical power of the...
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Characteristics of Women, Moral, Poetical, and Historical: With ..., Volume 2

Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1833 - 362 pages
...prone to weeping as our sex Commonly are, the want of which vain dew Perchance shall dry your pities ; but I have That honourable grief lodged here, which burns Worse than tears drown. But these verbal gentlemen do not seem to have felt that the resemblance is merely on the surface,...
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The Buccaneer: A Tale, Volume 1

Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1833 - 246 pages
...prone to weeping as our sex Commonly arc ; the want of which vain dew Perchance shall dryiyour pities; but I have That honourable grief lodged here, which burns Worse than tears drown. deemed the master-stroke of his genius; — and Constance Cecil, the fountain of whose tears was. dried...
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The borderers; or The wept of Wish-ton-Wish

James Fenimore Cooper - 1835 - 390 pages
...mental helplessness of the most abject fatuity. CHAPTER XIX. " I am not prone to weeping, as our sex i Commonly are : — But I have That honourable grief...lodged here, which burns Worse than tears drown." • Winter's Tale. scenes of this legend, as rapidly and effectively as is required for its right understanding,...
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The Principles of Phrenology

Sid Smith - 1838 - 246 pages
...prone to weeping, as our sex Commonly are; the want of which vain dew Perchance shall dry your pities; but I have That honourable grief lodged here, which burns Worse than tears drown." Dr. Burrows observes, " Joy, however, is more likely to occasion sudden insanity, than grief; because...
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The wisdom and genius of Shakspeare: comprising moral philosophy ...

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...to weeping, as our sex Commonly are ; the want of which vain dew, Perchance, shall dry your pities; but I have That honourable grief lodged here, which burns Worse than tears drown. 13 — ii. 1. 214 O how her eyes and tears did lend and borrow ! Her eyes seen in the tears, tears...
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