Such things are, by the author of 'Recommended to mercy'. |
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Página 12
... faces - not in shame , as should have been - the volumes reeking with their poisonous contents were laid . Each reader's place , too , marked - all ready to be taken up again , when on some few and far between occasions the men should ...
... faces - not in shame , as should have been - the volumes reeking with their poisonous contents were laid . Each reader's place , too , marked - all ready to be taken up again , when on some few and far between occasions the men should ...
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... face - was it in Annesley's eyes she read the truth that they had better hasten from that spot , and shaking from their feet its coarse polluted dust , go to their home with thankfulness and joy ? Poor soul ! She could not reason on her ...
... face - was it in Annesley's eyes she read the truth that they had better hasten from that spot , and shaking from their feet its coarse polluted dust , go to their home with thankfulness and joy ? Poor soul ! She could not reason on her ...
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... to be carried out by any reasonable being . She had a broad , flat face , a long upper lip , and one of the shortest of noses . It was one of those faces in fact 6 that seem made to look good - humoured , and 16 Such Things are .
... to be carried out by any reasonable being . She had a broad , flat face , a long upper lip , and one of the shortest of noses . It was one of those faces in fact 6 that seem made to look good - humoured , and 16 Such Things are .
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... Sir Roderick Random had some hand in bringing the work out , ' sug- gested Aylmer , with so demure a face , that Susan could hardly keep her coun- tenance . ' c 3 Such Things are . 33 by the remarks that had been made upon ...
... Sir Roderick Random had some hand in bringing the work out , ' sug- gested Aylmer , with so demure a face , that Susan could hardly keep her coun- tenance . ' c 3 Such Things are . 33 by the remarks that had been made upon ...
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... face if I could tell her of the things that many young girls talk of now - a - days - But , as I was saying , I know exactly how the land lies , and that this little thing - this quiet country no- body's an heiress too ! Aye , you may ...
... face if I could tell her of the things that many young girls talk of now - a - days - But , as I was saying , I know exactly how the land lies , and that this little thing - this quiet country no- body's an heiress too ! Aye , you may ...
Términos y frases comunes
Adolphus alarm amongst Annesley Annesley's Ashington asked awhile began better called CHAPTER child Chrissy's Christina Colonel Aylmer comfort companion course cross-stitch dark darling dear Cousin Chrissy 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 Jephson knew laugh lips listening look Lord George lover Maggie Maggie's major-domo Margaret marriage married Mayford mind Miss Brigham Miss Chrissy Miss Christina's mortification nervous ness never night 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
Pasajes populares
Página 136 - 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 166 - 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 42 - 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 233 - 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 93 - 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 65 - 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 28 - 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 198 - Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer cloud, Without our special wonder...
Página 93 - 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 78 - 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.