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... gives a jewel , unweeting of its worth . " MASSEY . A fortnight passed away , and still Robert Vavasour lingered at Ashleigh , although he seemed no nearer winning Amy's love than when he first came ; yet he could not tear himself away ...
... gives a jewel , unweeting of its worth . " MASSEY . A fortnight passed away , and still Robert Vavasour lingered at Ashleigh , although he seemed no nearer winning Amy's love than when he first came ; yet he could not tear himself away ...
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... give way ; so she walked about even as Frances Strickland often did in her impatient moods , took up the books one by one off the table and looked at their titles - read them she could not - and then the doctor's heavy tread sounded on ...
... give way ; so she walked about even as Frances Strickland often did in her impatient moods , took up the books one by one off the table and looked at their titles - read them she could not - and then the doctor's heavy tread sounded on ...
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... give her , " " Do you think Mamma very ill ? " Amy could not bring herself to ask if he thought she would recover , although that thought had been at her heart for days , and she had driven it away and would not give it utterance ...
... give her , " " Do you think Mamma very ill ? " Amy could not bring herself to ask if he thought she would recover , although that thought had been at her heart for days , and she had driven it away and would not give it utterance ...
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... Give to thy touch a token ! If thou hast bruised a vine , The summer's breath is healing , And its clusters yet may glow Thro ' the leaves , their bloom revealing ; But if thou hast a cup o'erthrown With a bright draught filled - oh ...
... Give to thy touch a token ! If thou hast bruised a vine , The summer's breath is healing , And its clusters yet may glow Thro ' the leaves , their bloom revealing ; But if thou hast a cup o'erthrown With a bright draught filled - oh ...
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... How could you doubt Miss Neville ? How believe that she , of all women in the world , would give away her heart unsought . and without the slightest foundation , and have D 5 IT MAY BE TRUE . 57 "You are a fool to despair! I tell ...
... How could you doubt Miss Neville ? How believe that she , of all women in the world , would give away her heart unsought . and without the slightest foundation , and have D 5 IT MAY BE TRUE . 57 "You are a fool to despair! I tell ...
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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.