 You do not maintain it in the least, either because you believe it to be wrong or right, but merely because it is yours. Exposed as you might have been to the perpetual humiliation of being convinced, nature seems kindly to have denied you all perception...  Tales and miscellaneous piecces - Page 356by Maria [collections] Edgeworth - 1825Full view - About this book
 | Maria Edgeworth - Women and literature - 1795 - 216 pages
...nature feems kindly to have denied you all perception of truth, or at leaft all fentiment of pleafure from the perception. With an admirable humility, you...contented to be in the wrong as in the right ; you anfwer all that can be faid to you, with a provoking humility of afpecl;. " Yes, I don't doubt but... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - Feminism and literature - 1814 - 254 pages
...either because you believe it to be wrong or right, but mereiy because it is yours. Exposed as you might have been to the perpetual humiliation of being...in the right ; you answer all that can be said to yqu, with a provoking humility of aspect. " Yes, I do not doubt but what you " say may be very true,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1834 - 464 pages
...either because you believe it to be wrong or right, but merely because it is yours. Exposed as you might have been to the perpetual humiliation of being...least all sentiment of pleasure from the perception. " Yes, I do not doubt but what you say may be very tame, but I cannot tell; I do not think myself capable... | |
 | Jane Collier - Fiction - 2003 - 226 pages
...either because you believe it to be wrong or right, but merely because it is yours. Exposed as you might have been to the perpetual humiliation of being...you, with a provoking humility of aspect. "Yes, I don't doubt but what you say may be very true, but I can't tell; I don't think myself capable of judging... | |
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