The Dennes of Daundelyonn, Volumen2Smith, Elder, 1859 |
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... Eric would give me countenance , and stand between the offended powers and myself . 66 Well , child , " said he , " last night's dissi- pation has left its traces upon you , I see ; but you need not look as if you had just buried your ...
... Eric would give me countenance , and stand between the offended powers and myself . 66 Well , child , " said he , " last night's dissi- pation has left its traces upon you , I see ; but you need not look as if you had just buried your ...
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... Eric : suppose they recognised us last night ! " " Well , suppose they did ; what then ? ” 66 Suppose they did , Eric ! What will Aunt Barbara say , or do ? " " Wait and let us see how the land lies ; and if the worst comes to the worst ...
... Eric : suppose they recognised us last night ! " " Well , suppose they did ; what then ? ” 66 Suppose they did , Eric ! What will Aunt Barbara say , or do ? " " Wait and let us see how the land lies ; and if the worst comes to the worst ...
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... Eric's suggestion that he might possibly tell of our adventure ( which to me at present seemed a terrible misadventure ) , was a great relief , and I almost felt that I could make a joke of it ; but gradually the old misery returned ...
... Eric's suggestion that he might possibly tell of our adventure ( which to me at present seemed a terrible misadventure ) , was a great relief , and I almost felt that I could make a joke of it ; but gradually the old misery returned ...
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... Eric for being on his feet . Thus encouraged , I sprang forward to meet them . " Well , Soph , ” shouted my uncle , " here we all are . How have you two got on without us ? " " Oh , very well , thank you , Uncle . " I had as yet only ...
... Eric for being on his feet . Thus encouraged , I sprang forward to meet them . " Well , Soph , ” shouted my uncle , " here we all are . How have you two got on without us ? " " Oh , very well , thank you , Uncle . " I had as yet only ...
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... Eric , I have wish for him two , tree times , but I know he not able to come ; ' tis grand pity he have sprained his foot . " This first ejaculatory greeting over , Eric , in his quiet self - possessed way , commenced a series of ...
... Eric , I have wish for him two , tree times , but I know he not able to come ; ' tis grand pity he have sprained his foot . " This first ejaculatory greeting over , Eric , in his quiet self - possessed way , commenced a series of ...
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Página 109 - Our life is two-fold : Sleep hath its own world, A boundary between the things misnamed Death and existence : Sleep hath its own world, And a wide realm of wild reality. And dreams in their development have breath, And tears, and tortures, and the touch of joy ; They leave a weight upon our waking thoughts, They take a weight from off our waking toils, They do divide our being...
Página 25 - Trust no future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act, — act in the living present! Heart within, and GOD o'erhead!
Página 134 - O, vERY gloomy is the House of Woe, Where tears are falling while the bell is knelling, With all the dark solemnities which show That Death is in the dwelling. O very, very dreary is the room Where Love, domestic Love, no longer nestles, But, smitten by the common stroke of doom, The Corpse lies on the trestles...
Página 16 - tis of death ! for there are laid The sacrifice of all youth's sweetest hopes. It is a dreadful thing for woman's lip To swear the heart away ; yet know that heart Annuls the vow while speaking, and shrinks back From the dark future that it dares not face. The service read above the open grave Is far less terrible than that which seals The vow that binds the victim, not the will ; For in the grave is rest.
Página 225 - And it always seemed to me as though a joyous crowd were met To see the saddest sight of all, a gay and girlish thing Lay aside her maiden gladness — for a name — and for a ring.
Página 279 - twould glue him, Like rosin on a well-cork'd bottle's snout ; Had twenty devils come with cork-screws to him, They never could have screw'd the secret out. Ibid. p. 74. Again, speaking of the repentance of Friar Roger, — His breast, soon after he was born, Grew like an hostler's lantern, at an inn ; All the circumference was dirty horn, And feebly blinked the ray of warmth within.