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... gone before Amy could reply ; but as she turned to re - enter the sitting - room , she sighed and murmured , " There is a fate in some things . Is there in my life ? " CHAPTER II . FOR BETTER , FOR WORSE . " IT MAY BE TRUE . 17.
... gone before Amy could reply ; but as she turned to re - enter the sitting - room , she sighed and murmured , " There is a fate in some things . Is there in my life ? " CHAPTER II . FOR BETTER , FOR WORSE . " IT MAY BE TRUE . 17.
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... herself ; but since she loved no other , -and Mrs. Neville half sighed as if she almost doubted it , -she thought in time the young girl's heart might be won . And with this Robert Vavasour was obliged to be content IT MAY BE TRUE . 19.
... herself ; but since she loved no other , -and Mrs. Neville half sighed as if she almost doubted it , -she thought in time the young girl's heart might be won . And with this Robert Vavasour was obliged to be content IT MAY BE TRUE . 19.
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... sighed . " I sometimes fancy , " she said , " that Ashleigh , lovely as it is , does not suit Mamma ; you know her quiet life here is so very different from what she has been accustomed to ; but I do not see how a change is to be ...
... sighed . " I sometimes fancy , " she said , " that Ashleigh , lovely as it is , does not suit Mamma ; you know her quiet life here is so very different from what she has been accustomed to ; but I do not see how a change is to be ...
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... name ? " persisted her sister . " No. But I think somewhere abroad ; a long way off . And that would cost money . Yes , more money than we have , a great deal , ” sighed Amy . " Ah ! " said the child , " when 26 IT MAY BE TRUE .
... name ? " persisted her sister . " No. But I think somewhere abroad ; a long way off . And that would cost money . Yes , more money than we have , a great deal , ” sighed Amy . " Ah ! " said the child , " when 26 IT MAY BE TRUE .
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... sighed , and said , " It is my fate ; it must be so , " and then went out into the other room , and quietly awaited the doctor's coming . Some ten minutes elapsed , during which Amy was restless and anxious ; still she would not pause c ...
... sighed , and said , " It is my fate ; it must be so , " and then went out into the other room , and quietly awaited the doctor's coming . Some ten minutes elapsed , during which Amy was restless and anxious ; still she would not pause c ...
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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.