1 I desire the company of a man who could sympathize with me, whose eyes would reply to mine.
2 He has frequently conversed with me on mine, which I have communicated to him without disguise.
3 You seek for knowledge and wisdom, as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you, as mine has been.
4 Much as they were attached to each other, they seemed to draw inexhaustible stores of affection from a very mine of love to bestow them upon me.
5 The tortures of the accused did not equal mine; she was sustained by innocence, but the fangs of remorse tore my bosom and would not forgo their hold.
6 But I was restrained, when I thought of the heroic and suffering Elizabeth, whom I tenderly loved, and whose existence was bound up in mine.
7 Like Adam, I was apparently united by no link to any other being in existence; but his state was far different from mine in every other respect.
8 They did not appear rich, but they were contented and happy; their feelings were serene and peaceful, while mine became every day more tumultuous.
9 Yet mine shall not be the submission of abject slavery.
10 Thus Elizabeth endeavoured to divert her thoughts and mine from all reflection upon melancholy subjects.
11 You may give up your purpose, but mine is assigned to me by heaven, and I dare not.
12 The task of his destruction was mine, but I have failed.
13 No guilt, no mischief, no malignity, no misery, can be found comparable to mine.
14 Myrtle pulled her chair close to mine, and suddenly her warm breath poured over me the story of her first meeting with Tom.
15 With Jordan's slender golden arm resting in mine we descended the steps and sauntered about the garden.