Memoirs of a Femme de Chambre, Volume 2B. Tauchnitz, 1846 - 440 pages |
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Page 31
... servants say , as I was coming up stairs , that he was returning to the river side , to make one search more after the body of his child . - The moon was shining brightly , and several men were em- ployed in dragging the deep and rapid ...
... servants say , as I was coming up stairs , that he was returning to the river side , to make one search more after the body of his child . - The moon was shining brightly , and several men were em- ployed in dragging the deep and rapid ...
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... servants of the house ; my uncle and aunt were walking on foot beside it , and my cousin and Henry Lovell were following them . The rest of the servants , among whom was Julia's nurse , and almost all the inhabitants of the village ...
... servants of the house ; my uncle and aunt were walking on foot beside it , and my cousin and Henry Lovell were following them . The rest of the servants , among whom was Julia's nurse , and almost all the inhabitants of the village ...
Page 42
... servant of the house was at hand , no vi- sitor could have been there , for it had been difficult in the extreme , at the fatal moment , to procure any help ; and every person in the house had accounted for their absence in some way or ...
... servant of the house was at hand , no vi- sitor could have been there , for it had been difficult in the extreme , at the fatal moment , to procure any help ; and every person in the house had accounted for their absence in some way or ...
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... , that I thought little of anything else as we drove up to the house : and when on reaching the entrance door , the servants rushed to let down the step , and seize upon the luggage , I felt taken by surprise ; rousing myself 69.
... , that I thought little of anything else as we drove up to the house : and when on reaching the entrance door , the servants rushed to let down the step , and seize upon the luggage , I felt taken by surprise ; rousing myself 69.
Page 109
... servant who was crossing the hall on his way to my uncle's study . In a few mo- ments I heard Mrs. Middleton's voice on the stairs ; and , about an hour after that , when it was getting quite dark , and I was leaving the library , I met ...
... servant who was crossing the hall on his way to my uncle's study . In a few mo- ments I heard Mrs. Middleton's voice on the stairs ; and , about an hour after that , when it was getting quite dark , and I was leaving the library , I met ...
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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!