Agatha's Husband: A Novel, Հատոր 2Chapman and Hall, 1853 |
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... perhaps your own life into the bargain . She was considerably frightened , but she sat quite still , looking from the strug- gling animal to her husband , in whose fair face the colour had risen , while the boyish lips were set together ...
... perhaps your own life into the bargain . She was considerably frightened , but she sat quite still , looking from the strug- gling animal to her husband , in whose fair face the colour had risen , while the boyish lips were set together ...
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... perhaps , for her features were on a similar mould to Major Harper's . Still , there could be no doubt as to the prettiness , and the airy , youthful aspect - younger , perhaps , than her years . Agatha was perfectly astounded to find ...
... perhaps , for her features were on a similar mould to Major Harper's . Still , there could be no doubt as to the prettiness , and the airy , youthful aspect - younger , perhaps , than her years . Agatha was perfectly astounded to find ...
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... perhaps because they were women of the mild uniformity often belonging to the female branches of ( 6 county families , " vegetating on their estates from generation to generation ; also , because Agatha was 22 AGATHA'S HUSBAND .
... perhaps because they were women of the mild uniformity often belonging to the female branches of ( 6 county families , " vegetating on their estates from generation to generation ; also , because Agatha was 22 AGATHA'S HUSBAND .
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... perhaps more -but certainly a year . " The old gentleman's fingers nervously clutched the handle of his riding - whip . " If so , Frederick would certainly have shown his father the respect of informing him first . Excuse me if I doubt ...
... perhaps more -but certainly a year . " The old gentleman's fingers nervously clutched the handle of his riding - whip . " If so , Frederick would certainly have shown his father the respect of informing him first . Excuse me if I doubt ...
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... perhaps the sooner the better , I must certainly take Agatha up Holm Hill , and show her the view of the Channel . " Agatha drew back from the window . " Ah , not the sea ! -I cannot bear the sea . " Anne Valery watched her with ...
... perhaps the sooner the better , I must certainly take Agatha up Holm Hill , and show her the view of the Channel . " Agatha drew back from the window . " Ah , not the sea ! -I cannot bear the sea . " Anne Valery watched her with ...
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Էջ 105 - How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. I love thee to the level of every day's Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
Էջ 105 - Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. I love thee freely, as men strive for right. I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints.
Էջ 52 - Sad as the last which reddens over one That sinks with all we love below the verge; So sad, so fresh, the days that are no more.
Էջ 102 - So faithful that she can see all his little faults — though she takes care no one else shall see them — yet would as soon think of loving him the less for these, as of ceasing to look up to heaven because there are a few clouds in the sky. So true and so fond, that she needs neither to vex him with her constancy nor burden him with her love, since both are self-existent, and entirely independent of anything he gives or takes away. Thus she will marry neither from liking, esteem, nor gratitude...
Էջ 101 - ... the other, and thus my beaux jours will pass away, and my Ideal Lover will not then think me worth his while. Shall I never be at rest with him to love and understand me, to tell every thought and feeling, in far different scenes from these — under canvas before Rangoon — anywhere in Nature ? " I would have every woman marry ; not merely liking a man well enough to accept him for a husband, as some of our mothers teach us, and so cause many unhappy marriages, but loving him so holily that,...