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... Archer's , who was part tutor , part companion to your father's younger brother . How I hated her then - for I had dared to love him myself -- and determined on her ruin ! How I hid the secret that would have made Miss Julia so happy in ...
... Archer's , who was part tutor , part companion to your father's younger brother . How I hated her then - for I had dared to love him myself -- and determined on her ruin ! How I hid the secret that would have made Miss Julia so happy in ...
Page 237
... her and young Mr. Archer ; in vain ; they loved too well , my arts were useless , my plans and wishes power- less . " Your parents returned . A year passed away , and then you were born ; but I could see IT MAY BE TRUE . 237.
... her and young Mr. Archer ; in vain ; they loved too well , my arts were useless , my plans and wishes power- less . " Your parents returned . A year passed away , and then you were born ; but I could see IT MAY BE TRUE . 237.
Page 238
... Archer went abroad . " Six months passed , during which your mother grew more insanely jealous of Miss Mary , and more tyrannical . She bore it all uncomplainingly ; but I saw that she worried and fretted in secret , and grew thinner ...
... Archer went abroad . " Six months passed , during which your mother grew more insanely jealous of Miss Mary , and more tyrannical . She bore it all uncomplainingly ; but I saw that she worried and fretted in secret , and grew thinner ...
Page 239
... Archer's lawful wife . I believed her then . I know she told the truth now . Your " That night she fled from the Park , while your father left soon after to join his brother , declaring he would never live with his wife again until she ...
... Archer's lawful wife . I believed her then . I know she told the truth now . Your " That night she fled from the Park , while your father left soon after to join his brother , declaring he would never live with his wife again until she ...
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... Archer , had not , I believe , a farthing to give her at his death ; but what cared I for that . I took away the one tie that bound her to this earth - I took her child . " " That was not my mother's sin , " said Mr. Linchmore ...
... Archer , had not , I believe , a farthing to give her at his death ; but what cared I for that . I took away the one tie that bound her to this earth - I took her child . " " That was not my mother's sin , " said Mr. Linchmore ...
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Page 140 - 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.
Page 179 - Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.
Page 140 - 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...
Page 179 - I have done ; and howsoever My language may appear to you, it carries No other than my fair and just intent To your delights, without curb to their modest And noble freedom.