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... walk in another moment . " But before Amy could have reached the window , had she been so inclined , he had opened the little gate , and was coming up the gravel walk . Sarah shrank away from the window , and clapped her hands with ...
... walk in another moment . " But before Amy could have reached the window , had she been so inclined , he had opened the little gate , and was coming up the gravel walk . Sarah shrank away from the window , and clapped her hands with ...
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... walk , as she 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 ...
... walk , as she 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 ...
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... walk , she would first ask his opinion as to the necessity of a change ; and if he thought it necessary ? Then - then . Once again Amy sighed , and said , " It is my fate ; it must be so , " and then went out into the other room , and ...
... walk , she would first ask his opinion as to the necessity of a change ; and if he thought it necessary ? Then - then . Once again Amy sighed , and said , " It is my fate ; it must be so , " and then went out into the other room , and ...
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... walk with him . No fits of dread despair assailed him now . His whole life seemed a bright sunshine ; even the dull , desolate walk up from the village was pleasant , because every step brought him nearer to the cottage . That evening ...
... walk with him . No fits of dread despair assailed him now . His whole life seemed a bright sunshine ; even the dull , desolate walk up from the village was pleasant , because every step brought him nearer to the cottage . That evening ...
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... walk was almost out of the question ; while dancing and music were things unknown - the first impracticable , the latter no one seemed to have the spirits for . Mrs. Hopkins no longer walked about the corridors in stately importance ...
... walk was almost out of the question ; while dancing and music were things unknown - the first impracticable , the latter no one seemed to have the spirits for . Mrs. Hopkins no longer walked about the corridors in stately importance ...
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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.