Ion Lester, by C.H.H.1856 |
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... kind of be- haviour that title demands , -something very ex- quisite , I have no doubt . I am excited , and though certainly Ion is not my brother , except from the fact that you two chose to become one , I am getting up a vast amount ...
... kind of be- haviour that title demands , -something very ex- quisite , I have no doubt . I am excited , and though certainly Ion is not my brother , except from the fact that you two chose to become one , I am getting up a vast amount ...
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... kind thought of yours : I should like to have seen Margaret too . " 66 Yes , altogether circumstances were very pro- voking . Close the window , Georgie , Sydney would be quite at a loss without his cigar , but I suppose coming from ...
... kind thought of yours : I should like to have seen Margaret too . " 66 Yes , altogether circumstances were very pro- voking . Close the window , Georgie , Sydney would be quite at a loss without his cigar , but I suppose coming from ...
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... kind of you to say so , Mr. Ion , and Henry , I think , carries his own recommenda- tion . He is such a dear fellow , always in a good temper , and such spirits . Do you know , I think it is a benefit for dear William to have any one so ...
... kind of you to say so , Mr. Ion , and Henry , I think , carries his own recommenda- tion . He is such a dear fellow , always in a good temper , and such spirits . Do you know , I think it is a benefit for dear William to have any one so ...
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... kind - hearted little fellow , though such a torment - there is no doubt about that ; it must be a little joke of yours . However , Miss Montague , whether beautiful or not , is a very clever girl . No one can mistake that . But she is ...
... kind - hearted little fellow , though such a torment - there is no doubt about that ; it must be a little joke of yours . However , Miss Montague , whether beautiful or not , is a very clever girl . No one can mistake that . But she is ...
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... kind , it would have been like a dog if you could have done it , only it hap- pened to look like a pig , I couldn't help saying it , Henry . Mamma's was like no animal at all , and Uncle William's was very funny . Look , Mr. Lester , it ...
... kind , it would have been like a dog if you could have done it , only it hap- pened to look like a pig , I couldn't help saying it , Henry . Mamma's was like no animal at all , and Uncle William's was very funny . Look , Mr. Lester , it ...
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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...