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... Christina heaved a little sigh , as she uttered the self - congratulatory words which she almost felt were too satirical towards a gentleman and a stranger . You will not like him better when you know his name , ' said Susan . ' He's Mr ...
... Christina heaved a little sigh , as she uttered the self - congratulatory words which she almost felt were too satirical towards a gentleman and a stranger . You will not like him better when you know his name , ' said Susan . ' He's Mr ...
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... Christina been alone , or only with her own calm sisterhood , how gladly would she have cherished all those pleasant sights and sounds , revelling in them even as in an atmosphere congenial to her beauty - loving spirit ; but there was ...
... Christina been alone , or only with her own calm sisterhood , how gladly would she have cherished all those pleasant sights and sounds , revelling in them even as in an atmosphere congenial to her beauty - loving spirit ; but there was ...
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... Christina . ' What a strange idea ! Those gentlemen are not at all like Susan's cousin , or my old friend the Colonel . They want all kinds of things- soups of all sorts , and wines and sauces ! While we have only just our two boiled ...
... Christina . ' What a strange idea ! Those gentlemen are not at all like Susan's cousin , or my old friend the Colonel . They want all kinds of things- soups of all sorts , and wines and sauces ! While we have only just our two boiled ...
Page 88
... Christina's neck , and pressed her lips upon her cheek . Miss Llewellen was not proof against the combined arguments and caresses of her fa- vourite : but even in yielding she expected some concession in return , and this concession was ...
... Christina's neck , and pressed her lips upon her cheek . Miss Llewellen was not proof against the combined arguments and caresses of her fa- vourite : but even in yielding she expected some concession in return , and this concession was ...
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... Christina's tea - table . The tête - à - tétes were three on that occasion ; and it was well that the two pretty drawing - rooms afforded space enough for those three pairs of separate dialogues . Florence was to Clayton's fancy very ...
... Christina's tea - table . The tête - à - tétes were three on that occasion ; and it was well that the two pretty drawing - rooms afforded space enough for those three pairs of separate dialogues . Florence was to Clayton's fancy very ...
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Page 136 - THE warm sun is failing, the bleak wind is wailing, The bare boughs are sighing, the pale flowers are dying, And the year On the earth her deathbed, in a shroud of leaves dead, Is lying. Come, months, come away, From November to May, In your saddest array; Follow the bier Of the dead cold year, And like dim shadows watch by her sepulchre. The chill rain is falling, the...
Page 166 - Of the hearts that daily break, Of the tears that hourly fall, Of the many, many troubles of life, That grieve this earthly ball...
Page 42 - Spurn'd by the young, but hugg'd by the old To the very verge of the churchyard mould ; Price of many a crime untold ; Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold...
Page 233 - tis slander ; Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters.
Page 93 - Scarce seen, but with fresh bitterness imbued ; And slight withal may be the things which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever : it may be a sound — A tone of music, — summer's eve — or spring, A flower — the wind — the Ocean — which shall wound, Striking the electric chain wherewith we are darkly bound ; XXIV.
Page 65 - Me and my friends here, this delightful night, That power itself has not one half the might Of gentleness. 'Tis want to all true wealth ; The uneasy madman's force, to the wise health ; Blind downward beating, to the eyes that see ; Noise to persuasion, doubt to certainty...
Page 28 - Nothing ! if they bite and kick? Out with it, Dunciad ! let the secret pass, That secret to each fool, that he's an ass : The truth once told (and wherefore should we lie ?) The queen of Midas slept, and so may I.
Page 198 - Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer cloud, Without our special wonder...
Page 93 - But ever and anon of griefs subdued There comes a token like a Scorpion's sting, Scarce seen, but with fresh bitterness imbued ; And slight withal may be the things which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever...
Page 78 - The clodded earth goes up in sweet-breathed flowers ; In music dies poor human speech, And into beauty blow those hearts of ours, When Love is born in each.