Ion Lester, by C.H.H.1856 |
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... course you knew of Aunt Philippa's absence . " 66 Yes , and consequently expected we should find no one but the servants to greet us on our arrival . It was really a very kind thought of yours : I should like to have seen Margaret too ...
... course you knew of Aunt Philippa's absence . " 66 Yes , and consequently expected we should find no one but the servants to greet us on our arrival . It was really a very kind thought of yours : I should like to have seen Margaret too ...
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... course Harry is not so dignified as dear William - no one could ex- pect that but he adores his uncle , as every one must that knows him intimately , and he is so do- mestic for a man ; he knows so many things that you would never ...
... course Harry is not so dignified as dear William - no one could ex- pect that but he adores his uncle , as every one must that knows him intimately , and he is so do- mestic for a man ; he knows so many things that you would never ...
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... course , it is want of taste , perhaps , but not envy , as our enemies say is usually the reason . However , as all the gentlemen think her so fasci- nating , you must really take care of your heart . " Ion smiled wearily . He replied ...
... course , it is want of taste , perhaps , but not envy , as our enemies say is usually the reason . However , as all the gentlemen think her so fasci- nating , you must really take care of your heart . " Ion smiled wearily . He replied ...
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... course , you prefer London ? The country is but desert air , ' after all . " 66 I do not exactly know . You don't mean to say that town life is superior to country , do you , Mr. Lester ? ” Why not ? The very idea of the delightful ...
... course , you prefer London ? The country is but desert air , ' after all . " 66 I do not exactly know . You don't mean to say that town life is superior to country , do you , Mr. Lester ? ” Why not ? The very idea of the delightful ...
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... course ; I must do the honours of the house , for my aunt is out , and my uncle still absent , he has been taking the duty for a clergyman who has lately lost his mother , but we look for him every day . ' " " Following Mr. Westbourne ...
... course ; I must do the honours of the house , for my aunt is out , and my uncle still absent , he has been taking the duty for a clergyman who has lately lost his mother , but we look for him every day . ' " " Following Mr. Westbourne ...
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Page 151 - Abide with me from morn till eve, For without Thee I cannot live ; Abide with me when night is nigh, For without Thee I dare not die.
Page 303 - I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, 1 knew not where; For who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song ? Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke ; And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend.
Page 9 - Peace; come away: the song of woe Is after all an earthly song: Peace; come away: we do him wrong To sing so wildly: let us go. Come; let us go: your cheeks are pale; But half my life I leave behind: Methinks my friend is richly shrined; But I shall pass; my work will fail.
Page 27 - To rest beneath the clover sod, That takes the sunshine and the rains, Or where the kneeling hamlet drains The chalice of the grapes of God...
Page 136 - Oh say not, dream not, heavenly notes To childish ears are vain, That the young mind at random floats, And cannot reach the strain. Dim or unheard, the words may fall, And yet the heaven-taught mind May learn the sacred air, and all The harmony unwind.
Page 251 - Ah ! that day of tears and mourning ! From the dust of earth returning, Man for judgment must prepare him ; Spare, O God, in mercy spare him ! Lord, Who didst our souls redeem, Grant a blessed Requiem. Amen.
Page 203 - I cannot see what flowers are at my feet, Nor what soft incense hangs upon the boughs, But, in embalmed darkness, guess each sweet...
Page 114 - WHENE'ER goes forth Thy dread command, And my last hour is nigh, Lord, grant me in a Christian land As I was born, to die. I pray not, Lord, that friends may be Or kindred standing by, Choice blessing ! which I leave to Thee, To give me, or deny.
Page 191 - THE world's a room of sickness, where each heart Knows its own anguish and unrest ; The truest wisdom there, and noblest art, Is his who skills of comfort best ; Whom by the softest step and gentlest tone Enfeebled spirits own, And love to raise the languid eye, When, like an angel's wing, they feel him fleeting by...