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... wife she would make . And lastly , that Mr. Vavasour had left the park . Anne also wrote , but only once , and her letter was short ; yet Amy read it over and over again , until she knew the last few lines by heart , 4 IT MAY BE TRUE .
... wife she would make . And lastly , that Mr. Vavasour had left the park . Anne also wrote , but only once , and her letter was short ; yet Amy read it over and over again , until she knew the last few lines by heart , 4 IT MAY BE TRUE .
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... wife ; still she would not influence Amy in any way , but leave her free to choose for 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 ...
... wife ; still she would not influence Amy in any way , but leave her free to choose for 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 ...
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... wife ? I love you more dearly than when I first asked you in the old library at Brampton . ' 99 She did not shrink from him or his encircling arm as she replied , " I think I love you now ; I am sure I like you better , and will try to ...
... wife ? I love you more dearly than when I first asked you in the old library at Brampton . ' 99 She did not shrink from him or his encircling arm as she replied , " I think I love you now ; I am sure I like you better , and will try to ...
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... wife . I fear there is little chance of our meeting again as you so kindly wish , as the very delicate state of my mother's health pre- cludes all possibility of my leaving home at present . It is therefore imperative I should resign my ...
... wife . I fear there is little chance of our meeting again as you so kindly wish , as the very delicate state of my mother's health pre- cludes all possibility of my leaving home at present . It is therefore imperative I should resign my ...
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... wife she had promised to become . " Mamma , did Mr. Vavasour ever speak to you of his love for me ? " The words were spoken firmly , though almost in a whisper . " He did , Amy ; and he also said you had re- fused his love . " " I knew ...
... wife she had promised to become . " Mamma , did Mr. Vavasour ever speak to you of his love for me ? " The words were spoken firmly , though almost in a whisper . " He did , Amy ; and he also said you had re- fused his love . " " I knew ...
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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.