Never mind; or, The lost home. Also, The good scholar, and other stories1870 |
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... Mrs. Elton , and tendered readily . They were to persons , Miss Surrey said , of high respectability , but living far off . Mrs. Elton could only communicate with them by letter . Miss Surrey was a noble - looking woman in black , but ...
... Mrs. Elton , and tendered readily . They were to persons , Miss Surrey said , of high respectability , but living far off . Mrs. Elton could only communicate with them by letter . Miss Surrey was a noble - looking woman in black , but ...
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... Miss Surrey was a very clever and remarkably energetic woman . The daughter of a soldier on foreign service , she came to England at twelve years old , with the widow of a clerk in the East Indian Service . Miss Surrey had lived with ...
... Miss Surrey was a very clever and remarkably energetic woman . The daughter of a soldier on foreign service , she came to England at twelve years old , with the widow of a clerk in the East Indian Service . Miss Surrey had lived with ...
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Mary Bennett. good opportunity for Lena ; and Miss Surrey re- turned to Elm Wood Mount , expecting her new pupil - teacher in a week . Miss Surrey had , indeed , grown " stricter " as she advanced in years ; and she was quite uncon ...
Mary Bennett. good opportunity for Lena ; and Miss Surrey re- turned to Elm Wood Mount , expecting her new pupil - teacher in a week . Miss Surrey had , indeed , grown " stricter " as she advanced in years ; and she was quite uncon ...
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... Miss Surrey , and was to endure firmly every difficulty . Well ; Lena felt painfully conscious that she had not acted well since her parents ' misfortune , and she was now actuated by as firm a determination to do and to bear heroically ...
... Miss Surrey , and was to endure firmly every difficulty . Well ; Lena felt painfully conscious that she had not acted well since her parents ' misfortune , and she was now actuated by as firm a determination to do and to bear heroically ...
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... MISS SURREY received Lena on her arrival , and as she stood up grimly before the child , in the very best room , looking out on bare hills and dark water , Lena's heart gave way . Miss Surrey's swarthy complexion , her quick and ever ...
... MISS SURREY received Lena on her arrival , and as she stood up grimly before the child , in the very best room , looking out on bare hills and dark water , Lena's heart gave way . Miss Surrey's swarthy complexion , her quick and ever ...
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66 NEVER MIND asked assist Barrister-at-Law beautiful careless CHAPTER chemist child Cloth cottage cried Crown 8vo dear Dictionary door dress Edition Edwin Ellen Elm Wood Mount Emily Emily's English exclaimed eyes face father feel fire Frank Elton friends garden girl gone governess hand happy head hear heard heart hermits History of Britain honour hope Illustrated knew laugh Lena Elton Lena's listened lived LL.D LONDON looked mamma Mary Miss Surrey morning morocco mother old lady Old Sarum once papa parsi poor Price prison remember roan Rudge servant sister smile spirit squirrels suffered Surrey's talked teach tears tell thing THOMAS FULLER thought told Tom Elton Tom's tried turned uncon voice wait walked Washington Irving WILLIAM HONE WILLIAM TEGG window wish words young youth
Pasajes populares
Página 86 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. 15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Página 63 - FOR every evil under the sun, There is a remedy, or there is none. If there be one, try and find it; If there be none, never mind it.
Página 25 - Och! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling! To catch dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her; And gather gear by ev'ry wile That's justified by honour; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant; But for the glorious privilege Of being independent. The fear o...
Página 86 - For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Página 112 - Though they bloom and look gay like the rose; Yet all our fond care to preserve them is vain, Time kills them as fast as he goes. Then I'll not be proud of my youth or my beauty, Since both of them wither and fade; But gain a good name by well doing my duty, This will scent like a rose when I'm dead.
Página 153 - Howe'er it be, it seems to me 'Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.
Página 87 - But the path of the just is as the shining light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day. The way of the wicked is as darkness : They know not at what they stumble.