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... anxious to cultivate : but Frederick Percival's manner is not encourag- ing . " " I have known him so very long , so very intimately , " an- swered Ellen , slightly coloring , " I hardly know what effect it may have upon a stranger . I ...
... anxious to cultivate : but Frederick Percival's manner is not encourag- ing . " " I have known him so very long , so very intimately , " an- swered Ellen , slightly coloring , " I hardly know what effect it may have upon a stranger . I ...
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... anxious watchfulness of one whose every hope of happiness would be wrecked in the confirma- tion of his suspicions . Firmly , though gently , she had re- pressed the avowal of a love , which seemed to him a part of his existence ; yet ...
... anxious watchfulness of one whose every hope of happiness would be wrecked in the confirma- tion of his suspicions . Firmly , though gently , she had re- pressed the avowal of a love , which seemed to him a part of his existence ; yet ...
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... anxious to show them some civility . Have you any objection to go with me ? " Ellen looked timidly at Elizabeth , who resolutely kept si- lence ; but there was an expression of cold irony on her coun- tenance , which was any thing but ...
... anxious to show them some civility . Have you any objection to go with me ? " Ellen looked timidly at Elizabeth , who resolutely kept si- lence ; but there was an expression of cold irony on her coun- tenance , which was any thing but ...
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... Julia , which made people anxious to have them at their small parties ; and , after all , if every body were asked , they would no longer be small . Even Mr. Harrison put out a good natured word , 36 ELLEN GLANVILLE . CHAPTER VI. ...
... Julia , which made people anxious to have them at their small parties ; and , after all , if every body were asked , they would no longer be small . Even Mr. Harrison put out a good natured word , 36 ELLEN GLANVILLE . CHAPTER VI. ...
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... anxious to know how the evening went off . The Harrisons were quite ready , with or without encourage- ment , to give her any information . It had been altogether a very brilliant affair - much the most brilliant they had ever seen in ...
... anxious to know how the evening went off . The Harrisons were quite ready , with or without encourage- ment , to give her any information . It had been altogether a very brilliant affair - much the most brilliant they had ever seen in ...
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Page 176 - Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last ; One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen ; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes ; At every word a reputation dies.
Page 160 - That something still which prompts th' eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die ; Which still so near us, yet beyond us lies, O'erlook'd, seen double, by the fool and wise.
Page 38 - Women born to be controlled, Stoop to the forward and the bold, says Waller — and Lovelace too!
Page 122 - Tis yours, unmoved, to sever and to meet ; No pledge is sacred, and no home is sweet ! Who that would ask a heart to dulness wed, The waveless calm, the slumber of the dead ? No ; the wild bliss of Nature needs alloy, And Fear and Sorrow fan the fire of Joy...