Such things are, by the author of 'Recommended to mercy'. |
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... called - we left the pair then of middle - aged pedes- trians , toiling up the steep ascent that led , not to fame , but to the marine villa apper- taining for the nonce to an extremely indi- gent , but ( by themselves ) not the less ...
... called - we left the pair then of middle - aged pedes- trians , toiling up the steep ascent that led , not to fame , but to the marine villa apper- taining for the nonce to an extremely indi- gent , but ( by themselves ) not the less ...
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... called out Annesley , with a laugh , ' I want another bet . Will you take the odds on whether Mr. Fletcher wears a wig or not ? ' ' He's capable of any act of idiotcy , ' said Colonel Aylmer ; ' even that of adopting such a fashion as ...
... called out Annesley , with a laugh , ' I want another bet . Will you take the odds on whether Mr. Fletcher wears a wig or not ? ' ' He's capable of any act of idiotcy , ' said Colonel Aylmer ; ' even that of adopting such a fashion as ...
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... called - we left the pair then of middle - aged pedes- trians , toiling up the steep ascent that led , not to fame , but to the marine villa apper- taining for the nonce to an extremely indi- gent , but ( by themselves ) not the less ...
... called - we left the pair then of middle - aged pedes- trians , toiling up the steep ascent that led , not to fame , but to the marine villa apper- taining for the nonce to an extremely indi- gent , but ( by themselves ) not the less ...
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... called out Annesley , with a laugh , ' I want another bet . Will you take the odds on whether Mr. Fletcher wears a wig or not ? ' ' He's capable of any act of idiotcy , ' said Colonel Aylmer ; ' even that of adopting such a fashion as ...
... called out Annesley , with a laugh , ' I want another bet . Will you take the odds on whether Mr. Fletcher wears a wig or not ? ' ' He's capable of any act of idiotcy , ' said Colonel Aylmer ; ' even that of adopting such a fashion as ...
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... . It would be so unpleasant to his feelings , I should think . ' And Cousin Chrissy sighed again , as the idea of such a sad termination to her career occurred to her . 11 CHAPTER II . ' And then He called out 10 Such Things are .
... . It would be so unpleasant to his feelings , I should think . ' And Cousin Chrissy sighed again , as the idea of such a sad termination to her career occurred to her . 11 CHAPTER II . ' And then He called out 10 Such Things are .
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Adolphus alarm amongst Annesley Annesley's Ashington asked awhile began better called CHAPTER CHARING CROSS child Chrissy's Colonel Aylmer comfort companion course cross-stitch dark darling dear Miss Llewellen Dolly drawing-room dread Drummond ears eyes face fancy fear feel felt Florence Harley fool gentle gentleman Gerald girl hand happy Harley's heard heart hope intuitive knowledge Jephson knew laugh lips listening look Lord George lover Maggie Maggie's major-domo Margaret marriage married Mayford mind Miss Brigham Miss Christina mortification nervous ness never night occasion old maid Olive once Orchard Street pale perhaps poor Portsmouth pre-Raphaelite quiet Raynham Fletcher remarked reply Ryde seemed short silence smile sound speak spirits STAMFORD STREET strange sure Susan tell there's thing Thomson thought tion trembling trust truth turn voice waiting walk whilst whispered wish woman women words yacht young ladies
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Página 128 - THE warm sun is failing, the bleak wind is wailing, The bare boughs are sighing, the pale flowers are dying, And the year On the earth her deathbed, in a shroud of leaves dead, Is lying. Come, months, come away, From November to May, In your saddest array; Follow the bier Of the dead cold year, And like dim shadows watch by her sepulchre. The chill rain is falling, the...
Página 158 - Of the hearts that daily break, Of the tears that hourly fall, Of the many, many troubles of life, That grieve this earthly ball...
Página 34 - Spurn'd by the young, but hugg'd by the old To the very verge of the churchyard mould ; Price of many a crime untold ; Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold...
Página 225 - tis slander ; Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters.
Página 85 - Scarce seen, but with fresh bitterness imbued ; And slight withal may be the things which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever : it may be a sound — A tone of music, — summer's eve — or spring, A flower — the wind — the Ocean — which shall wound, Striking the electric chain wherewith we are darkly bound ; XXIV.
Página 57 - Me and my friends here, this delightful night, That power itself has not one half the might Of gentleness. 'Tis want to all true wealth ; The uneasy madman's force, to the wise health ; Blind downward beating, to the eyes that see ; Noise to persuasion, doubt to certainty...
Página 20 - Nothing ! if they bite and kick? Out with it, Dunciad ! let the secret pass, That secret to each fool, that he's an ass : The truth once told (and wherefore should we lie ?) The queen of Midas slept, and so may I.
Página 190 - Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer cloud, Without our special wonder...
Página 85 - But ever and anon of griefs subdued There comes a token like a Scorpion's sting, Scarce seen, but with fresh bitterness imbued ; And slight withal may be the things which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever...
Página 70 - The clodded earth goes up in sweet-breathed flowers ; In music dies poor human speech, And into beauty blow those hearts of ours, When Love is born in each.