 Mr. enjoyed the beauty of the scene ; but to his companions it recalled the memory of a wife and parent they had lost. The old man's sorrow was silent; his daughter sobbed and wept. Her father took her hand, kissed it twice, pressed it to his bosom, threw...  The British Essayists;: Mirror - Page 222by Alexander Chalmers - 1807Full view - About this book
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 pages
...The old man's sorrow was silent • his daughter sobbed and wept. Her father took her haw', kissed it twice, pressed it to his bosom, threw up his eyes...but slightly censure the creed from which it arose. They had not been long arrived, when a number of La Roche's parishioners, who had heard of his return,... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 328 pages
...— The old man's sorrow was silent ; his daughter sobbed and wept. Her father took her hand, kissed it twice, pressed it to his bosom, threw up his eyes...some of the most striking objects which the prospect afford tid. The philosopher interpreted all this ; and he could but slightly censure the creed from... | |
 | 1822 - 326 pages
...— The old man's sorrow was silent ; his daughter sobbed and wept. Her father took her hand, kissed it twice, pressed it to his bosom, threw up his eyes...but slightly censure the creed from which it arose. They had not been long arrived, when a number of La Roche's parishioners, who had heard of his return,... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 690 pages
...lost. The old man's sorrow was silent ; his daughter sobbed and wept. Her father took her hand, kissed it twice, pressed it to his bosom, threw up his eyes to heaven ; and having wiped off a tearthat wasjust about to drop from each, began to point out to his guest some of the most striking... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 334 pages
...lost. The old man's sorrow was silent ; his daughter sobbed and wept. Her father took her hand, kissed it twice, pressed it to his bosom, threw up his eyes to heaven ; and haying wiped off a tearthat was just about to drop from each, began to point out tO'his guest some... | |
 | 1827 - 446 pages
...— The old man's sorrow was silent ; his daughter sobbed and wept. Her father took her hand, kissed it twice, pressed it to his bosom, threw up his eyes to heaven ; and having wiped off a tear that was about to drop from each, began to point out to his guest some of the most striking objects which the... | |
 | John J. Harrod - 1832 - 338 pages
...rising above a clump of beeches. 21 His daughter sobbed and wept. Her father took her hand, kissed it twice, pressed it to his bosom, threw up his eyes...but slightly censure the creed from which it arose. 6. They had not been long arrived, when a number of La Kodic'.s parishioners, who had heard of his... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1835 - 270 pages
...lost. The old man's sorrow was silent ; his daughter sobbed and wept. Her father took her hand, kissed it twice, pressed it to his bosom, threw up his eyes...but slightly censure the creed from which it arose. 25. It was not long after they arrived, when a number of La Rocht's parishioners, who had heard of... | |
 | 1836 - 342 pages
...— The old man's sorrow was silent; his daughter sobbed and wept. Her father took her hand, kissed it twice, pressed it to his bosom, threw up his eyes...interpreted all this; and he could but slightly censure the crced from which it arose. They had not bcen long arrived when a number of La Roche's parishioners,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...— his daughter sobbed and wept. Her father | took her hand, kissed it twice, pressed it to his i the mystery, In which the heavy and the weary weight...breath of this corporeal frame, And even the motion hut slightly censure the creed from which it arose. They had not been long arrived, when a number of... | |
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