Agatha's Husband: A Novel, Հատոր 2Chapman and Hall, 1853 |
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... quietly , as he drew the reins tighter , and set himself to do that which it takes a very firm man to do to conquer an obstinate and unruly horse . Agatha remembered what she had heard or read somewhere about such a case being no bad ...
... quietly , as he drew the reins tighter , and set himself to do that which it takes a very firm man to do to conquer an obstinate and unruly horse . Agatha remembered what she had heard or read somewhere about such a case being no bad ...
Էջ 17
... quiet people . " Come along , my dear , " continued Har- rie , tucking the young wife under her arm - " come and beautify a little - the Squire likes it . And run away to your father , N. L. , my boy ! " added she to her younger brother ...
... quiet people . " Come along , my dear , " continued Har- rie , tucking the young wife under her arm - " come and beautify a little - the Squire likes it . And run away to your father , N. L. , my boy ! " added she to her younger brother ...
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... quietly down again -or would have done so , but that she saw Eulalie smile meaningly at her sister . Intercepting the young wife , the smile changed into un- derhand condolence . " Nathanael will have his way , you see . If you only ...
... quietly down again -or would have done so , but that she saw Eulalie smile meaningly at her sister . Intercepting the young wife , the smile changed into un- derhand condolence . " Nathanael will have his way , you see . If you only ...
Էջ 68
... quiet , sleepy streets , which seemed to have taken an undisturbed doze for a few centuries , to atone for the terrible excite- ments there created successively by Danish , Roman , Saxon , and baronial ruffians . The poor little town ...
... quiet , sleepy streets , which seemed to have taken an undisturbed doze for a few centuries , to atone for the terrible excite- ments there created successively by Danish , Roman , Saxon , and baronial ruffians . The poor little town ...
Էջ 88
... go to California . " There was a light movement among the listening group , as Miss Valery was found quietly to have joined them , and to be lean- ing over Nathanael's shoulder . He pointed his finger to 88 AGATHA'S HUSBAND .
... go to California . " There was a light movement among the listening group , as Miss Valery was found quietly to have joined them , and to be lean- ing over Nathanael's shoulder . He pointed his finger to 88 AGATHA'S HUSBAND .
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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,...