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... thought so , and strove more than ever to be cheerful , lest her mother , who lay so silently watching her , should guess at the secret grief in her heart which she was striving so hard , and she trusted successfully , to overcome ...
... thought so , and strove more than ever to be cheerful , lest her mother , who lay so silently watching her , should guess at the secret grief in her heart which she was striving so hard , and she trusted successfully , to overcome ...
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... thought of him , and how as she had sat at one of the cross - stations , on her road from Standale , awaiting the arrival of the train that was to take her on to Ashleigh , she had seen Charles amongst the crowd hurrying into the one ...
... thought of him , and how as she had sat at one of the cross - stations , on her road from Standale , awaiting the arrival of the train that was to take her on to Ashleigh , she had seen Charles amongst the crowd hurrying into the one ...
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... Amy ? " " All , " was the reply , and Mrs. Neville leant back again , apparently satisfied . But things could not go on thus for ever . Robert Vavasour , in his lonely home , thought more and more of Amy , and the days he IT MAY BE TRUE .
... Amy ? " " All , " was the reply , and Mrs. Neville leant back again , apparently satisfied . But things could not go on thus for ever . Robert Vavasour , in his lonely home , thought more and more of Amy , and the days he IT MAY BE TRUE .
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... thought of Robert Vavasour , but her heart fluttered strangely as it quickly passed through her mind that it might be Charles Linchmore . But alas ! she failed in recognising the description so eagerly given and descanted B 2 IT MAY BE ...
... thought of Robert Vavasour , but her heart fluttered strangely as it quickly passed through her mind that it might be Charles Linchmore . But alas ! she failed in recognising the description so eagerly given and descanted B 2 IT MAY BE ...
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... thought her mother would be glad of a little rest and quiet after her exertion , so with her sister she went with Robert Vavasour down into the village . So dreary as the lane looked now , with its tall leafless trees ! But their ...
... thought her mother would be glad of a little rest and quiet after her exertion , so with her sister she went with Robert Vavasour down into the village . So dreary as the lane looked now , with its tall leafless trees ! But their ...
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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.