Never mind; or, The lost home. Also, The good scholar, and other stories1870 |
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... morning governess . " " You , mamma ! a lady like you ! " 66 ' Lena , I was brought up a lady , but not , I thank Providence , a mere fine lady . I was in- structed to be prepared for any station - for any sphere of duty , by general ...
... morning governess . " " You , mamma ! a lady like you ! " 66 ' Lena , I was brought up a lady , but not , I thank Providence , a mere fine lady . I was in- structed to be prepared for any station - for any sphere of duty , by general ...
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... morning , and when the early bell rang for all to rise she was so tired , so languid , so drowsy , that to put her clothes on was a difficulty ; and many a sharp word had she to bear for her slow dressing . No kind voice soothed or ...
... morning , and when the early bell rang for all to rise she was so tired , so languid , so drowsy , that to put her clothes on was a difficulty ; and many a sharp word had she to bear for her slow dressing . No kind voice soothed or ...
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... mornings were regularly persecuted in this way ; not a breakfast must she eat until she had earned it twice over , nor then until her appetite was well nigh gone . The forenoon was a long succession of unrelieved tasks , in the course ...
... mornings were regularly persecuted in this way ; not a breakfast must she eat until she had earned it twice over , nor then until her appetite was well nigh gone . The forenoon was a long succession of unrelieved tasks , in the course ...
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... morning . " " It was given out in the house that Lena was in- disposed , and Mrs. Rudge had taken her into her room for the night . Past midnight , one of the servants heard a faint scream from the lumber - cellar , where the empty beer ...
... morning . " " It was given out in the house that Lena was in- disposed , and Mrs. Rudge had taken her into her room for the night . Past midnight , one of the servants heard a faint scream from the lumber - cellar , where the empty beer ...
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... morning governess . We needn't hurry . " " Elton : I earn little at best . And if you did but know how much I have had to contend with : there is Tom to be fed and clothed ; and when I think of Emily and Lena , cast among unknown trials ...
... morning governess . We needn't hurry . " " Elton : I earn little at best . And if you did but know how much I have had to contend with : there is Tom to be fed and clothed ; and when I think of Emily and Lena , cast among unknown trials ...
Términos y frases comunes
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.