The royal sisters; or, Pictures of a court, Volumen 2;Volumen 235 |
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... watching Thekla devolved upon an inferior , but far more sensible being . Miss Temple had been Thekla's English governess , from her childhood . The daughter of an English chaplain at one of the German capitals , she had been selected ...
... watching Thekla devolved upon an inferior , but far more sensible being . Miss Temple had been Thekla's English governess , from her childhood . The daughter of an English chaplain at one of the German capitals , she had been selected ...
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... repetition ; but the reflections I have described were the result of many night's long watching by the couch of my poor , bewildered son ; whose state appeared grad- ually to grow worse , rather than better , and 48 THE ROYAL SISTERS ; OR ,
... repetition ; but the reflections I have described were the result of many night's long watching by the couch of my poor , bewildered son ; whose state appeared grad- ually to grow worse , rather than better , and 48 THE ROYAL SISTERS ; OR ,
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... watched and kept a pri- soner . My mother had no feeling for me , and would have detained me even by force , but I found , at last , means of evasion . " She hid her face in her hands ; but beyond a smothered sob , made no further ...
... watched and kept a pri- soner . My mother had no feeling for me , and would have detained me even by force , but I found , at last , means of evasion . " She hid her face in her hands ; but beyond a smothered sob , made no further ...
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... watching with me by my side - till , in the dim morning light , I perceived that his apparent lethargy was in reality , a sound and healthy sleep . The visit of the physician was now momentarily expected . I prevailed on Melusina to ...
... watching with me by my side - till , in the dim morning light , I perceived that his apparent lethargy was in reality , a sound and healthy sleep . The visit of the physician was now momentarily expected . I prevailed on Melusina to ...
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... watching his calm , deep sleep , I thought of the almost miraculous restoration of my dear child to life , and to his mother's arms ; I taxed myself with ingratitude towards God , in allowing myself to be disconcerted by any mere ...
... watching his calm , deep sleep , I thought of the almost miraculous restoration of my dear child to life , and to his mother's arms ; I taxed myself with ingratitude towards God , in allowing myself to be disconcerted by any mere ...
Términos y frases comunes
acquainted admiration afterwards aid-de-camp Almanach de Gotha AMBROSE THE SCULPTOR appeared arrival attended Baron Lüders beauty character child CHRISTABELLE Conrad Cossacks Count Brunnersdorf Count Pavloff countenance court daughter dearest devoted doubt ducal Duke's duty Earl of Glamorgan Emperor equerry eyes fate father fatigue favour feelings felt gave German girl Governor Grand Duke happy heart HEINRICH HEINE honour hunting seat husband J. F. Hope journey King knew lady Lamia letter London Majesty manner Marlborough-street marriage melancholy ment mind Miss Temple mother Nerchinsk never night occasion once palace partis de chasse passed passion person Petersburg Polesworth political poor Post 8vo present Prince Peter Princess Fedora Princess Thekla prison Queen rank received replied royal Russian secret seemed Siberia sister spirit suffered things thought tion took Töplitz unhappy watching whilst wife wish words wretched young
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Página 111 - The Rainbow comes and goes, And lovely is the Rose ; The Moon doth with delight Look round her when the heavens are bare ; Waters on a starry night Are beautiful and fair ; The Sunshine is a glorious birth ; But yet I know, where'er I go, That there hath passed away a glory from the earth.
Página 130 - Count each affliction, whether light or grave, God's messenger sent down to thee ; do thou With courtesy receive him ; rise and bow ; And, ere his shadow pass thy threshold, crave Permission first his heavenly feet to lave ; Then lay before him all thou hast ; allow No cloud of passion to usurp thy brow, Or mar thy hospitality ; no wave Of mortal tumult to obliterate The soul's marmoreal calmness : Grief should be Like joy, majestic, equable, sedate ; Confirming, cleansing, raising, making free ;...
Página 239 - I call to remembrance my song : and in the night I commune with mine own heart, and search out my spirits.
Página 269 - Divine benevolence educing uliimate good out of apparent evil; making 'the wrath of man to praise him,' and overruling every event to subserve the grand designs of Providence ; if such an attempt, executed by an author possessing in combination mental powers of no common order, has long been a desideratum, we are enabled to announce the completion of a task which will continue an imperishable memorial of the talent, and genius, and perseverance of Mr. Schomberg.
Página 179 - HE calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: If ye will enquire, enquire ye: Return, come.
Página 59 - Le vent qui vient à travers la montagne Me rendra fou. «Le roi disait en la voyant si belle A son neveu : - Pour un baiser, pour un sourire d'elle, Pour un cheveu, Infant don Ruy, je donnerais l'Espagne Et le Pérou!
Página 269 - Observer, Literary Gazette, Critic, Courier, &c. London: JF Hope, 16, Great Marlborough-street. Fcap. 8vo, price 2s. 6d. On the Search for a Dinner. By WR Hare. London : JF Hope, 16, Great Marlborough-street. Price Is. 6d. Thoughts on the Revision of the PrayerBook, and of the Terms of Clerical Conformity. By the Rev. JR Pretyman, MA, late Vicar of Aylesbury, Bucks. London : JF Hope, 16, Great Marlborough-street. Price 3d. each, or 20s. per 100. (Third Edition.) An Elementary Religious Catechism...
Página 268 - DR. SHAW'S TRAVELS. In 1 vol., post 8vo, TRAVEL, AND RECOLLECTIONS OF TRAVEL ; WITH A CHAT UPON VARIOUS SUBJECTS. BY DR. JOHN SHAW. " We receive them as interesting memorials of a lifetime spent in the four quarters of the globe, most amusingly written, and not devoid of instructiveness.
Página 36 - Etreinte de deux bras par l'amour amollis ! Premier rayon du ciel vu dans des yeux de femmes, Premier foyer d'une âme où s'allument nos âmes, Premiers bruits de baisers au cœur retentissants...
Página 269 - London : JF Hope, 16, Great Marlborough-street. Post 8vo, price 3s. 6d. The Sea. Sketches of a Voyage to Hudson's Bay ; and other Poems. By