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... never possessed even the slightest share , and indeed so few were her personal attractions that the idea of the elder Miss Graham as a ' matron ' had never , pre- vious to the announcement of her marriage , occurred as one likely to be ...
... never possessed even the slightest share , and indeed so few were her personal attractions that the idea of the elder Miss Graham as a ' matron ' had never , pre- vious to the announcement of her marriage , occurred as one likely to be ...
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... never forgiven me for the bad taste I showed ; and perhaps I was selfish - who is not ? ' ' But how could you refuse ? ' asked Susan , ' he did not offer himself as a " cavalier de compagnie " -surely . ' 6 ' I will tell you how it was ...
... never forgiven me for the bad taste I showed ; and perhaps I was selfish - who is not ? ' ' But how could you refuse ? ' asked Susan , ' he did not offer himself as a " cavalier de compagnie " -surely . ' 6 ' I will tell you how it was ...
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... never ( so he said ) , much as he'd yachted , once " been in those diggings , " -he was certain the cruise would be a " jolly one " that the fishing I expected was " first rate , " and other suggestions of a similar import . To all ...
... never ( so he said ) , much as he'd yachted , once " been in those diggings , " -he was certain the cruise would be a " jolly one " that the fishing I expected was " first rate , " and other suggestions of a similar import . To all ...
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... , about your having changed your plans ; and accord- ing to him you never went to the " diggings , " after all . ' ' Well , to confess the truth , I hardly think I ever made quite sure of going there ; I 40 Such Things are .
... , about your having changed your plans ; and accord- ing to him you never went to the " diggings , " after all . ' ' Well , to confess the truth , I hardly think I ever made quite sure of going there ; I 40 Such Things are .
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... Never was a simple - hearted , kind old maid placed - so thought Susan -- in such a false position as her poor godmother on this occasion ; but as for Margaret , her exceeding happiness had made her very selfish , so that it was vain to ...
... Never was a simple - hearted , kind old maid placed - so thought Susan -- in such a false position as her poor godmother on this occasion ; but as for Margaret , her exceeding happiness had made her very selfish , so that it was vain to ...
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Page 128 - 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 158 - 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 34 - 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 225 - 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 85 - 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 57 - 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 20 - 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 190 - Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer cloud, Without our special wonder...
Page 85 - 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 70 - 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.