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But not firmly . once , and seemed to say , ' Is this the wife who has forHis faltering
tongue resisted his control , and would saken you ! speak in its own way , for itself
and him . A shadow fell upon the mirror or the picture ; call it The Figure , in an ...
But not firmly . once , and seemed to say , ' Is this the wife who has forHis faltering
tongue resisted his control , and would saken you ! speak in its own way , for itself
and him . A shadow fell upon the mirror or the picture ; call it The Figure , in an ...
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When come from Ellen Kingsbury , worded so artfully that the a word is missed ,
the blunderer has to sit down , and be schoolmaster understood at once that it
was intended a spectator only for the rest of the evening . At certain to be a secret
...
When come from Ellen Kingsbury , worded so artfully that the a word is missed ,
the blunderer has to sit down , and be schoolmaster understood at once that it
was intended a spectator only for the rest of the evening . At certain to be a secret
...
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Once , indeed , when the pastor mentioned and its Almacks , afforded , was
borne with patience , for the circumstance of the lady ' s visit , Sir Henry for a
mothe sake of a glance at , or an adroit compliment to the ment looked confused ,
but the ...
Once , indeed , when the pastor mentioned and its Almacks , afforded , was
borne with patience , for the circumstance of the lady ' s visit , Sir Henry for a
mothe sake of a glance at , or an adroit compliment to the ment looked confused ,
but the ...
Página 382
People were astonished at once at the prudence it is termed , he found he had
hardly any estate . Even and respectability of these proceedings , but more so his
mother ' s jointure had been encroached upon to facili - at some other changes of
...
People were astonished at once at the prudence it is termed , he found he had
hardly any estate . Even and respectability of these proceedings , but more so his
mother ' s jointure had been encroached upon to facili - at some other changes of
...
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On one side , the long glen which was once his residence is most attractive . And
this region , so the royal hunting forest of Ettrickidentified with the memory of him
who found a harp ' “ Where erst the outlaw drew his arrow , " amid his own wild ...
On one side , the long glen which was once his residence is most attractive . And
this region , so the royal hunting forest of Ettrickidentified with the memory of him
who found a harp ' “ Where erst the outlaw drew his arrow , " amid his own wild ...
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Página 329 - EVEN such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days; But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust!
Página 326 - one half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Página 85 - Mysterious Night ! when our first Parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the host of heaven came ; And lo, Creation widened in man's view.
Página 40 - Thou hast made me, though very unworthy, a mean instrument to do them some good, and Thee service; and many of them have set too high a value upon me, though others wish, and would be glad of my death ; but, Lord, however Thou do dispose of me, continue and go on to do good for them.
Página 250 - There is in every true woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity; but which kindles up, and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.
Página 328 - When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.
Página 25 - ... would it be too bold to imagine, that all warmblooded animals have arisen from one living filament, which THE GREAT FIRST CAUSE endued with animality, with the power of acquiring new parts, attended with new propensities, directed by irritations, sensations, volitions, and associations; and thus possessing the faculty of continuing to improve by its own inherent activity...
Página 85 - Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on...
Página 286 - Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast...
Página 106 - OH, when I was a tiny boy, My days and nights were full of joy, My mates were blithe and kind ! — No wonder that I sometimes sigh, And dash the teardrop from my eye, To cast a look behind ! A hoop was an eternal round Of pleasure. In those days I found A top a joyous thing ; — But now those past delights I drop, My head, alas ! is all my top, And careful thoughts the string ! My marbles — once my bag was...