The Heiress: A Novel ...Harper & Brothers, 1834 |
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... replied Helen warmly , " one of the sweetest and loveliest of human beings . " " I beg pardon . A protégée of yours , I conclude . " " A friend ! " said Helen pointedly , provoked at her insolence . " Oh , Mrs. Carleton ! you know every ...
... replied Helen warmly , " one of the sweetest and loveliest of human beings . " " I beg pardon . A protégée of yours , I conclude . " " A friend ! " said Helen pointedly , provoked at her insolence . " Oh , Mrs. Carleton ! you know every ...
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... replied De Roos , carelessly ; " well enough for a country girl : but she wants style . " 66 Exactly so ! I quite agree with you , " said Mr. Johnson , who never ventured to have an opinion of his own , till it had been sanctioned by ...
... replied De Roos , carelessly ; " well enough for a country girl : but she wants style . " 66 Exactly so ! I quite agree with you , " said Mr. Johnson , who never ventured to have an opinion of his own , till it had been sanctioned by ...
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... replied our heroine . 66 Oh , no ! you are afraid ; it might make you giddy , " retort- ed the young lady , concluding with a laugh due to the imagin- ed wit of her speech . 66 ' My reasons are too old - fashioned and too common - place ...
... replied our heroine . 66 Oh , no ! you are afraid ; it might make you giddy , " retort- ed the young lady , concluding with a laugh due to the imagin- ed wit of her speech . 66 ' My reasons are too old - fashioned and too common - place ...
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... replied in a tone of disappointment ; " pardon me , if for one moment I doubted the truth of his tale . My debt of gratitude is but the greater , and the subject shall never again be even alluded to . " " No , Mr. Elliot ; having once ...
... replied in a tone of disappointment ; " pardon me , if for one moment I doubted the truth of his tale . My debt of gratitude is but the greater , and the subject shall never again be even alluded to . " " No , Mr. Elliot ; having once ...
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... replied more coldly , startled at the sudden warmth of his manner . " I simply ask a hearing of my explanation . " " But I require no explanation ; and own all the pride and folly of having dared to doubt . " " You are mistaken ! Five ...
... replied more coldly , startled at the sudden warmth of his manner . " I simply ask a hearing of my explanation . " " But I require no explanation ; and own all the pride and folly of having dared to doubt . " " You are mistaken ! Five ...
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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.