Ion Lester, by C.H.H.1856 |
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... asked Con . " Oh , desperately so , always quiet and lady - like , and a great deal of fuss about nerves and delicate health , and dearest Alice and darling Gilbert . " Ion smiled and observed , " Now that is too 12 ION LESTER .
... asked Con . " Oh , desperately so , always quiet and lady - like , and a great deal of fuss about nerves and delicate health , and dearest Alice and darling Gilbert . " Ion smiled and observed , " Now that is too 12 ION LESTER .
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C H. H. Ion smiled and observed , " Now that is too bad to laugh at maternal affection . I shall not take all you say as infallible ; I must go over soon , I sup- pose , and make my own observations . " 66 You must wait till they come ...
C H. H. Ion smiled and observed , " Now that is too bad to laugh at maternal affection . I shall not take all you say as infallible ; I must go over soon , I sup- pose , and make my own observations . " 66 You must wait till they come ...
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... observation that they must take their departure , as she had left her little boy at their own home , and must also attend to some arrangements for the forthcoming party ; and being left alone with the boys he read to them , according to ...
... observation that they must take their departure , as she had left her little boy at their own home , and must also attend to some arrangements for the forthcoming party ; and being left alone with the boys he read to them , according to ...
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... observed , " I have some faint hope that we are near neighbours - some con- nection of a Rose Cottage , I think , with your name , Miss Montague ? that romantic title should designate your residence . " 66 Well , that is where we live ...
... observed , " I have some faint hope that we are near neighbours - some con- nection of a Rose Cottage , I think , with your name , Miss Montague ? that romantic title should designate your residence . " 66 Well , that is where we live ...
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... observed Mrs. Carleton , directly the door had closed upon her husband and his companions . " I thought they were such great friends . " " It's a case of had been , I suppose , now , " said Georgie , " only one never understands Ion ...
... observed Mrs. Carleton , directly the door had closed upon her husband and his companions . " I thought they were such great friends . " " It's a case of had been , I suppose , now , " said Georgie , " only one never understands Ion ...
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Popular passages
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...