Memoirs of a Femme de Chambre, Volume 2B. Tauchnitz, 1846 - 440 pages |
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... lips how that glorious hymn which he so loved to chaunt in church , and which spoke of angels and martyrs , of saints and apostles , of Heaven and earth , uniting in one concert of adoration , had been bequeathed to the holy church ...
... lips how that glorious hymn which he so loved to chaunt in church , and which spoke of angels and martyrs , of saints and apostles , of Heaven and earth , uniting in one concert of adoration , had been bequeathed to the holy church ...
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... lips had pronounced a blessing on the child , who , with her hand locked in his , and his eyes fixed on hers with the steady gaze of earnest , but , as far as this world was concerned , of hopeless affection , had given her the ...
... lips had pronounced a blessing on the child , who , with her hand locked in his , and his eyes fixed on hers with the steady gaze of earnest , but , as far as this world was concerned , of hopeless affection , had given her the ...
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... lips were as white as could be . " You are very ill , Ma'am , ' says I to her ; ' your hand is burning - hot . ' She put it to her forehead and it does not feel hot to me , ' says she , and walks away to the window and opens it , for ...
... lips were as white as could be . " You are very ill , Ma'am , ' says I to her ; ' your hand is burning - hot . ' She put it to her forehead and it does not feel hot to me , ' says she , and walks away to the window and opens it , for ...
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... lips uttered the words that my hand had written , I hung upon your lips . It was as a voice from Heaven ; my heart melted within me , and I wept ; not as I have often wept , for my eyes are worn out with crying ; not tears that scorch ...
... lips uttered the words that my hand had written , I hung upon your lips . It was as a voice from Heaven ; my heart melted within me , and I wept ; not as I have often wept , for my eyes are worn out with crying ; not tears that scorch ...
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... within me , and I may then hear from your lips the blessed words of absolution . " The following history was contained in the manuscript which Mr. Lacy carried home with him . ELLEN MIDDLETON . CHAPTER I. " What thousand voices pass 16.
... within me , and I may then hear from your lips the blessed words of absolution . " The following history was contained in the manuscript which Mr. Lacy carried home with him . ELLEN MIDDLETON . CHAPTER I. " What thousand voices pass 16.
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Page 59 - Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart.
Page 264 - If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong to thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
Page 55 - is wife (Not to mention the 'ousemaid an' cook), To come in an' 'ands up an' be still, An' honestly work for my bread, My livin' in that state of life To which it shall please God to call Me!
Page 166 - A fixed figure for the time of scorn To point his slow unmoving finger at ! Yet could I bear that too ; well, very well : But there, where I have garner'd up my heart, Where either I must live, or bear no life ; The fountain from the which my current runs, Or else dries up ; to be discarded thence ! Or keep it as a cistern for foul toads To knot and gender in ! Turn thy complexion there, Patience, thou young and rose-lipp'd cherubin, — Ay, there, look grim as hell ! Des.
Page 14 - PEACE be to this house, and to all that dwell in it. IT When he cometh into the sick man's presence, he shall say, kneeling down, REMEMBER not, LORD, our iniquities, nor the iniquities of our forefathers ; Spare us, good LORD, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood ; and be not angry with us for ever.
Page 88 - And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
Page 30 - I'll gild the faces of the grooms withal, For it must seem their guilt. [Exit. Knocking within. MACB. Whence is that knocking? How is't with me, when every noise appals me? What hands are here? ha! they pluck out mine eyes! Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? No; this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green one red.
Page 234 - If any man can show just cause, why they may not lawfully be joined together, let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.
Page 182 - I'll never love thee more. As Alexander I will reign, And I will reign alone ; My thoughts did evermore disdain A rival on my throne. He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.
Page 259 - There was a laughing Devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled, and Mercy sigh'd farewell!