Ellen Glanville, Volume 1E.L. Carey and A. Hart, 1838 |
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... eyes , one while on the nature of things , another while on the application of them to the use and service of mankind . " - Lord Bacon . Extract of a Letter from WALTER R. JOHNSON , Professor of Me- chanics and Natural Philosophy in the ...
... eyes , one while on the nature of things , another while on the application of them to the use and service of mankind . " - Lord Bacon . Extract of a Letter from WALTER R. JOHNSON , Professor of Me- chanics and Natural Philosophy in the ...
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... eyes upon her . Ellen was spared the trouble of answering , for Percival at that moment approached her . There was a little restless looking girl seated beside Ellen , who , for the last half - hour , had been vainly trying to obtain ...
... eyes upon her . Ellen was spared the trouble of answering , for Percival at that moment approached her . There was a little restless looking girl seated beside Ellen , who , for the last half - hour , had been vainly trying to obtain ...
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... eyes , she met those of Percival , fixed upon her with an expression of sadness , from which she positively shrank . Almost involuntarily she pronounced his name ; and in an instant he was at her side . Lord Raymond , though he quitted ...
... eyes , she met those of Percival , fixed upon her with an expression of sadness , from which she positively shrank . Almost involuntarily she pronounced his name ; and in an instant he was at her side . Lord Raymond , though he quitted ...
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... eyes , gravely ad- vanced to the old lady , and deposited his birds in her lap . " Ah ! méchant , " she began ; but Ellen's arms were round her , and Edward's mock contrition grew vociferous , and Per- cival's voice was heard ...
... eyes , gravely ad- vanced to the old lady , and deposited his birds in her lap . " Ah ! méchant , " she began ; but Ellen's arms were round her , and Edward's mock contrition grew vociferous , and Per- cival's voice was heard ...
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... eye sank beneath the passing glance of Frederick , her voice faltered as she named him . In vain he tried to turn from the convic tion that her love was his ; and when at her father's house , he witnessed the agitation she could no ...
... eye sank beneath the passing glance of Frederick , her voice faltered as she named him . In vain he tried to turn from the convic tion that her love was his ; and when at her father's house , he witnessed the agitation she could no ...
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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...