Such things are, by the author of 'Recommended to mercy'. |
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Página 17
... , for she was clever and well read , and possibly had her education been less exclusively worldly , the heart - which it is to be sup- posed we all in some infinitesimal degree possess might have Such Things are . 17.
... , for she was clever and well read , and possibly had her education been less exclusively worldly , the heart - which it is to be sup- posed we all in some infinitesimal degree possess might have Such Things are . 17.
Página 18
... heart , and shrank from public notice . Aylmer was by her side , and strove , in his calm , gentlemanly way , to hide from her their cold , unwomanly scrutiny , and save her from the mortification of being made to feel that she was 18 ...
... heart , and shrank from public notice . Aylmer was by her side , and strove , in his calm , gentlemanly way , to hide from her their cold , unwomanly scrutiny , and save her from the mortification of being made to feel that she was 18 ...
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... Heart and soul were his to work upon - his , then and for ever ! And this he knew full well , as , seemingly regard- less of the heartless set around him , he drew sweet music from the touching instrument that with his bold , careless ...
... Heart and soul were his to work upon - his , then and for ever ! And this he knew full well , as , seemingly regard- less of the heartless set around him , he drew sweet music from the touching instrument that with his bold , careless ...
Página 53
... heart , and the holding out of the weak place is not only a mere question of time , but also , I fear , of opportunity , for the treacherous foe within to do its work ! She is so happy now - so very happy that she's smiling in her sleep ...
... heart , and the holding out of the weak place is not only a mere question of time , but also , I fear , of opportunity , for the treacherous foe within to do its work ! She is so happy now - so very happy that she's smiling in her sleep ...
Página 54
... hearts , and she will answer that the blame was theirs , not his , and she'll maintain through every accusation you may bring that he alone is true though every other man may be a liar ! ' As both Susan and Margaret had antici- pated ...
... hearts , and she will answer that the blame was theirs , not his , and she'll maintain through every accusation you may bring that he alone is true though every other man may be a liar ! ' As both Susan and Margaret had antici- pated ...
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
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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.