The Heiress: A Novel ...Harper & Brothers, 1834 |
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... hearts and aching heads , veiled by wreathed smiles and gay tones . Happy for us , in some senses , that the fabled ring , whose touch revealed the inmost thoughts , is only to be found in Eastern sto- ry ; that human beings have no ...
... hearts and aching heads , veiled by wreathed smiles and gay tones . Happy for us , in some senses , that the fabled ring , whose touch revealed the inmost thoughts , is only to be found in Eastern sto- ry ; that human beings have no ...
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... heart , and they may rule in the open air , or in the quiet parlour , as well as in the splendid saloon . There may be a spirit of pride and display in a hovel ; humility in a palace ; content in a peasant's hut ; envy in a court ; vani ...
... heart , and they may rule in the open air , or in the quiet parlour , as well as in the splendid saloon . There may be a spirit of pride and display in a hovel ; humility in a palace ; content in a peasant's hut ; envy in a court ; vani ...
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... heart ? " " I have no doubt Mr. De Roos will when he hears that Miss St. Maur sat by her some time . " " I dare say Mr. De Roos will not think it necessary to pa- tronise all Miss St. Maur's protégées , " retorted Miss . Carleton , with ...
... heart ? " " I have no doubt Mr. De Roos will when he hears that Miss St. Maur sat by her some time . " " I dare say Mr. De Roos will not think it necessary to pa- tronise all Miss St. Maur's protégées , " retorted Miss . Carleton , with ...
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... heart whose early flowers have died , And with a fresher growth replenishing the void . Yet there are things whose strong reality :: Outshines our fairy land in shape and hues More beautiful than our fantastic sky . " BYRON . As the ...
... heart whose early flowers have died , And with a fresher growth replenishing the void . Yet there are things whose strong reality :: Outshines our fairy land in shape and hues More beautiful than our fantastic sky . " BYRON . As the ...
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... heart , to one of kindred mould . " I was half sitting , half reclining in a lady's lap , twining my fingers in her rich bright curls , that rested on my cheek as she bent over me . She looked down upon my laughing face , and , child as ...
... heart , to one of kindred mould . " I was half sitting , half reclining in a lady's lap , twining my fingers in her rich bright curls , that rested on my cheek as she bent over me . She looked down upon my laughing face , and , child as ...
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admiration agony Alford Annie Annie Grey answer asked beauty believe better blush boat bright calm Caroline carriage cheek child cold colour cousin Dalton dance dare daugh dear Helen deceiver delight Dormer doubt eau de Cologne Elliott Euston eyes fancy favour fear feel felt fête forgive former gentleman half hand happiness hear heard heart Helen St heroine honour hope horse Hurlestone indignant inquired James Watts Jones kindness knew Lady Catharine laugh light lingered lips look Lord Fitzallan Lucy Martin Mahon manner Maur mind Miss Carleton Miss Grey Miss Mahon Miss St mother never nurse Palace of Truth pale passed passion pity pleasure poor quadrille question racter remarked replied Roos seemed shame silence smile sorrow speak spirit spoke stood sure tale tell thank thing thought tion told tone triumph truth turned whilst wild wish wonder words
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Página 25 - The beings of the mind are not of clay ; Essentially immortal, they create And multiply in us a brighter ray And more beloved existence : that which Fate Prohibits to dull life, in this our state Of mortal bondage...
Página 1 - SHE walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies ; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes : Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
Página 217 - The deep, the low, the pleading tone With which I sang another's love, Interpreted my own. She listened with a flitting blush, With downcast eyes and modest grace ; And she forgave me that I gazed Too fondly on her face...
Página 105 - True love's the gift which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven : It is not fantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes, soon as granted, fly ; It liveth not in fierce desire, With dead desire it doth not die ; It is the secret sympathy, The silver link, the silken tie, Which heart to heart, and mind to mind, In body and in soul can bind.
Página 129 - Ding, Dong, bell Pussy's in the well, Who put her in? Little Johnny Green. Who pulled her out? Little Johnny Stout.
Página 141 - This* would I wear as my inheritance,— And what hope can arise to me from it, When I and it are here both prisoners ? Only may this, if ever we be free, Keep or redeem me from all infamy.
Página 81 - O! many a shaft at random sent Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word at random spoken May soothe or wound a heart that's broken!
Página 64 - The limits of the sphere of dream, The bounds of true and false, are past. Lead us on, thou wandering gleam, Lead us onward, far and fast, To the wide, the desert waste. But see, how swift advance and shift, Trees behind trees, row by row, — How, clift by clift, rocks bend and lift Their frowning foreheads as we go. The giant-snouted crags, ho ! ho ! How...
Página 105 - O'Rourke ! noble feast, it will ne'er be forgot By those who were there, and by those who were not.
Página 78 - of what should have been done, and what should not have been done, but little of what is done.