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... the kindly feeling he had already gained in her heart , or what was worse still , be forgotten altogether . The craving wish to see her , grew stronger and stronger within him each day , until he could no 8 IT MAY BE TRUE .
... the kindly feeling he had already gained in her heart , or what was worse still , be forgotten altogether . The craving wish to see her , grew stronger and stronger within him each day , until he could no 8 IT MAY BE TRUE .
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... 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 , at seeing her mother take an ...
... 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 , at seeing her mother take an ...
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... him from her side . As it was , he knew not even of Robert Vavasour's presence at Ashleigh , as Amy , when she wrote to Julia and Anne , never mentioned it , feeling sure of a bantering letter in return ; as of IT MAY BE TRUE . 21.
... him from her side . As it was , he knew not even of Robert Vavasour's presence at Ashleigh , as Amy , when she wrote to Julia and Anne , never mentioned it , feeling sure of a bantering letter in return ; as of IT MAY BE TRUE . 21.
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... feel much pleasure in congratulating you on your engagement to Mr. Hall , and trust the day is not so far distant as you seem to imagine when you will settle down into a pattern clergyman's wife . I fear there is little chance of our ...
... feel much pleasure in congratulating you on your engagement to Mr. Hall , and trust the day is not so far distant as you seem to imagine when you will settle down into a pattern clergyman's wife . I fear there is little chance of our ...
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... feel that without him life is not worth having , the world a blank ? Is your whole heart with him when he is at your side ? Do you tremble when his hand touches yours ; and your voice grow softer as you speak to him ? Do you feel that ...
... feel that without him life is not worth having , the world a blank ? Is your whole heart with him when he is at your side ? Do you tremble when his hand touches yours ; and your voice grow softer as you speak to him ? Do you feel that ...
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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.