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... letters which he had carved in very high places on some of Mr. Hay's forest - trees ; and , sympathetical- ly perhaps , a suitable covering over the wounds made in his heart by the scornful eyes of the un- conscious Caroline . His ...
... letters which he had carved in very high places on some of Mr. Hay's forest - trees ; and , sympathetical- ly perhaps , a suitable covering over the wounds made in his heart by the scornful eyes of the un- conscious Caroline . His ...
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... letters were full of her niece's improvement , both in point of health and of the various studies to which she had di- rected her attention . She could not say enough of her unvarying sweetness of temper , - of her docility , - of her ...
... letters were full of her niece's improvement , both in point of health and of the various studies to which she had di- rected her attention . She could not say enough of her unvarying sweetness of temper , - of her docility , - of her ...
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... letters , he received a letter in the hand - writing of his sister . It was closely written and carefully crossed , yet there stood Mr. Hay , - elbowed and shoved , - amid all the din of spelling out newspapers , higgling about postage ...
... letters , he received a letter in the hand - writing of his sister . It was closely written and carefully crossed , yet there stood Mr. Hay , - elbowed and shoved , - amid all the din of spelling out newspapers , higgling about postage ...
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... letter . She was about to return her fair charge to her father , with some fears that the invitation so kindly intended had not been productive of unmixed good . " Any news from Caroline , father ? " said several voices . " Yes , a letter ...
... letter . She was about to return her fair charge to her father , with some fears that the invitation so kindly intended had not been productive of unmixed good . " Any news from Caroline , father ? " said several voices . " Yes , a letter ...
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... letters from the hand of his young friend ; and from his lips these words were not words of course . As he read his letters , his coun- tenance exhibited surprise and emotion . When he had finished , he said to Seymour that he wished im ...
... letters from the hand of his young friend ; and from his lips these words were not words of course . As he read his letters , his coun- tenance exhibited surprise and emotion . When he had finished , he said to Seymour that he wished im ...
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Page 226 - Dreams, books, are each a world ; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good : Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow.
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Page 114 - I've all sorts o' notions — powder and shot, (but I s'pose you do all your shootin' at home), but may be your old man goes a gunnin' — I shan't offer you lucifers, for ladies with sich eyes never buys matches, — but you can't ask me for any thing I haven't got, I guess." While I was considering my wants, one of the men must try a fall with this professed wit. "Any goose-yokes, mister?" said he. "I'm afraid I've sold the last, sir; there is so many wanted in this section of the country. But...
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Page 115 - Fit you like a whistle, sir," said the pedlar, fumbling among his wares, and at length drawing forth a pair of candle moulds, much to the amusement of the bystanders. The rain which had begun to fall now cut short our conference. I bought a few trifles, and the pedlar received his pay with a bow which was almost a salaam. Mounting his blue hearse, he drove off in triumph, not minding the rain, from which he was completely sheltered by a screen of boughs fitted in the sides of his wagon, and meeting...
Page 35 - I DID but prompt the age to quit their clogs By the known rules of ancient liberty, When straight a barbarous noise environs me Of owls and cuckoos, asses, apes, and dogs...