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... allowed me to take up my abode with her for that time , or it may be longer , as any one would be tempted to remain in the clean pretty room she showed me . ” " It must be Mrs. Turner , Mamma ; her cot- tage is so very nice . " " If it ...
... allowed me to take up my abode with her for that time , or it may be longer , as any one would be tempted to remain in the clean pretty room she showed me . ” " It must be Mrs. Turner , Mamma ; her cot- tage is so very nice . " " If it ...
Page 14
... allowed that , although she did not feel quite at rest within herself , or satisfied at Robert Vavasour's having come to Ashleigh ; still she found herself later on in the evening laughing and chatting , in some- thing of the old spirit ...
... allowed that , although she did not feel quite at rest within herself , or satisfied at Robert Vavasour's having come to Ashleigh ; still she found herself later on in the evening laughing and chatting , in some- thing of the old spirit ...
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... would be hers if she allowed her heart to become enslaved by Mr. Vavasour , had even overtaken her at the hand of his brother . Not many days after Dr. Ashley had gone , a letter arrived from Anne Bennet . It ran thus IT MAY BE TRUE 31.
... would be hers if she allowed her heart to become enslaved by Mr. Vavasour , had even overtaken her at the hand of his brother . Not many days after Dr. Ashley had gone , a letter arrived from Anne Bennet . It ran thus IT MAY BE TRUE 31.
Page 57
... allowed her to think for weeks that you loved her , and then , for a mere trifle , left her without explanation or word of any kind . You behaved shamefully ; while she never gave you an unkind word . The severest thing she ever said of ...
... allowed her to think for weeks that you loved her , and then , for a mere trifle , left her without explanation or word of any kind . You behaved shamefully ; while she never gave you an unkind word . The severest thing she ever said of ...
Page 63
... allowed it to be drawn towards him , unsought . " You hesitate . You do not answer , Amy ? " said Mrs. Neville , sadly , " and have deceived yourself and him . " " No , Mamma , you are wrong . Although I do not love Mr. Vavasour like ...
... allowed it to be drawn towards him , unsought . " You hesitate . You do not answer , Amy ? " said Mrs. Neville , sadly , " and have deceived yourself and him . " " No , Mamma , you are wrong . Although I do not love Mr. Vavasour like ...
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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.