A Duet with an Occasional ChorusG. Richards, 1899 - 330 էջ These are the beginnings of some of the letters which they wrote about that time. Woking, May 20th. My dearest Maude, -You know that your mother suggested, and we agreed, that we should be married about the beginning of September. Don't you think that we might say the 3rd of August? It is a Wednesday, and in every sense suitable. Do try to change the date, for it would in many ways be preferable to the other. I shall be eager to hear from you about it. And now, dearest Maude . . . (The rest is irrelevant.) St. Albans, May 22nd. My Dearest Frank, -Mother sees no objection to the 3rd of August, and I am ready to do anything which will please you and her. Of course there are the guests to be considered, and the dressmakers and other arrangements, but I have no doubt that we shall be able to change the date all right. O Frank . . . (What follows is beside the point.) |
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... - thing . You have £ 50 . Our total , then , is certainly under £ 500 . Have you considered what it will mean to leave that charming house at St. Albans -- the break- fast - room , the billiard - room , the 18 A DUET .
... - thing . You have £ 50 . Our total , then , is certainly under £ 500 . Have you considered what it will mean to leave that charming house at St. Albans -- the break- fast - room , the billiard - room , the 18 A DUET .
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... means ! You use words of love , and yet you talk of parting . You speak as if our love were a thing which we might change or suppress . O Frank , you cannot take my love away from me . You don't know what you are to me , my heart , my ...
... means ! You use words of love , and yet you talk of parting . You speak as if our love were a thing which we might change or suppress . O Frank , you cannot take my love away from me . You don't know what you are to me , my heart , my ...
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... mean lifelong misery to both of us . I would only say good - bye if I thought your love had changed or grown less . But I know that it has not . O my darling , if you only knew what terrible agony the very thought of parting is , you ...
... mean lifelong misery to both of us . I would only say good - bye if I thought your love had changed or grown less . But I know that it has not . O my darling , if you only knew what terrible agony the very thought of parting is , you ...
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... mean by this parable that it will be a strain upon your intellect to keep up with mine . But I do mean that a woman's mind is different from a man's . A dainty rapier is a finer thing than a hatchet , but it is not adapted for cutting ...
... mean by this parable that it will be a strain upon your intellect to keep up with mine . But I do mean that a woman's mind is different from a man's . A dainty rapier is a finer thing than a hatchet , but it is not adapted for cutting ...
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... mean that I am really pretty . I should be so sorry if there were any misunderstanding about this , and you only found out when too late . You ought to keep this letter for reference , as papa always says , and then it will be ...
... mean that I am really pretty . I should be so sorry if there were any misunderstanding about this , and you only found out when too late . You ought to keep this letter for reference , as papa always says , and then it will be ...
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Էջ 79 - Those whom God hath joined together, let no man put asunder. Then shall the Minister speak unto the People. Г ORASMUCH as M. and N. have consented together in holy wedlock, and have witnessed the same before God and this company, and thereto have given and pledged their troth either to other, and have declared the same by giving and receiving of a Ring, and by joining of hands ; I pronounce that they be Man and Wife together, In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Էջ 78 - And wilt thou have this man to thy wedded husband, to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of matrimony? Wilt thou obey him, and serve him, love, honour, and keep him, in sickness and in health, and forsaking all other, keep thee only unto him so long as ye both shall live?' " " 'I will,' " said Maude, from her heart. " 'Who giveth this woman to be married to this man?' "
Էջ 181 - We command you, that within Eight days after the service of this Writ on you, inclusive of the day of such service, you cause an Appearance to be entered for you in an Action at the Suit of A B.
Էջ 151 - We had a fricasee of rabbits and chickens, a leg of mutton boiled, three carps in a dish, a great dish of a side of lambe, a dish of roasted pigeons, a dish of four lobsters, three tarts, a lamprey pie (a most rare pie), a dish of anchovies, good wine of several sorts, and all things mighty noble and to my great content.
Էջ 258 - ... kind of gay charm to us; and hour by hour we saw the confusion abating, growing into victorious order. Leigh Hunt was continually sending us notes; most probably would in person step across before bedtime, and give us an hour of the prettiest melodious discourse. In about a week (it seems to me) all was swept and garnished, fairly habitable; and continued incessantly to get itself polished, civilised, and beautified to a degree that surprised one.
Էջ 259 - ... beautiful, as in the light of eternity, that little scene of time now looks to me. From birth upwards she had lived in opulence ; and now, for my sake, had become poor — so nobly poor. Truly, her pretty little brag (in this letter) was well founded. No such house, for beautiful thrift, quiet, spontaneous, nay, as it were, unconscious — minimum of money reconciled to human comfort and human dignity — have I anywhere looked upon where I have been.
Էջ 141 - As with the COMMANDER OF AN ARMY, or the leader of any enterprise, so is it with the mistress of a house. Her spirit will be seen through the whole establishment...
Էջ 56 - What lines for a very old man to write! I should put him second only to Shakespeare had I the marshalling of them." ' " I have read so little," said Maude. ' " We will read it all together after next week. But it makes your reading so much more real and intimate when you have stood at the grave of the man who wrote. That's Chaucer, the big tomb there. He is the father of British poetry. Here is Browning beside Tennyson — united in life and in death. He was the more profound thinker, but music and...
Էջ 141 - EARLY RISING is one of the most essential qualities which enter into good Household Management, as it is not only the parent of health, but of innumerable other advantages. Indeed, when a mistress is an early riser, it is almost certain that her house will be orderly and well-managed.