The Ladies' CompanionBradbury and Evans, 1861 |
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... hope except the simple fact that Herr Dulcken had gone southward , I examined the faces of my fellow - travellers . But the result was disappointment . Some wore spectacles ; some had shining , benevolent faces ; some took snuff ; some ...
... hope except the simple fact that Herr Dulcken had gone southward , I examined the faces of my fellow - travellers . But the result was disappointment . Some wore spectacles ; some had shining , benevolent faces ; some took snuff ; some ...
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... hope . What more could the heart of man desire ? How many times I measured the deck that night I know not . The glare from the engine- room frequently attracted my attention , and led me to compare the burning toil and self - consum ...
... hope . What more could the heart of man desire ? How many times I measured the deck that night I know not . The glare from the engine- room frequently attracted my attention , and led me to compare the burning toil and self - consum ...
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... hope . Once and again , as he passed , his countenance seemed to brighten as if with the dawn of a hopeful project . The next glimpse of him would forcibly recall the face of Stephanie as I had seen her at our second meeting . I was ...
... hope . Once and again , as he passed , his countenance seemed to brighten as if with the dawn of a hopeful project . The next glimpse of him would forcibly recall the face of Stephanie as I had seen her at our second meeting . I was ...
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... hope to fear , from fear to almost comical bewilderment . “ I am a friend of Mr. Winslow's , " I said at length . " Ah ! I see now ! " he cried , with a laugh of delight . " He has shown you the portrait . And has he forgiven me , do ...
... hope to fear , from fear to almost comical bewilderment . “ I am a friend of Mr. Winslow's , " I said at length . " Ah ! I see now ! " he cried , with a laugh of delight . " He has shown you the portrait . And has he forgiven me , do ...
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... hope she shall have become my joy- when from being my distant beckoning star , she shall have become the sun of my life : then you will come , so much wiser , so much more to be desired than I ; you will come to claim her promise , and ...
... hope she shall have become my joy- when from being my distant beckoning star , she shall have become the sun of my life : then you will come , so much wiser , so much more to be desired than I ; you will come to claim her promise , and ...
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Էջ 179 - Within thy airy shell By slow Meander's margent green, And in the violet-embroidered vale Where the lovelorn nightingale Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well: Canst thou not tell me of a gentle pair That likest thy Narcissus are?
Էջ 97 - And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
Էջ 315 - That tell in homely phrase who lie below ; Sudden he starts ! and hears, or thinks he hears, The sound of something purring at his heels ; Full fast he flies, and dares not look behind him, Till out of breath he overtakes his fellows ; Who gather round, and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition tall and ghastly, That walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new-open'd grave; and, strange to tell! Evanishes at crowing of the cock.
Էջ 49 - For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE ; And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE.
Էջ 221 - The best in this kind are but shadows ; and the worst are no worse, if imagination amend them.
Էջ 163 - Mr. Davies mentioned my name, and respectfully introduced me to him. I was much agitated, and, recollecting his prejudice against the Scotch, of which I had heard much, I said to Davies, "Don't tell where I come from." "From Scotland," cried Davies, roguishly. "Mr. Johnson," said I, "I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it.
Էջ 163 - I am willing to flatter myself that I meant this as light pleasantry to soothe and conciliate him, and not as an humiliating abasement at the expense of my country. But however that might be, this speech was somewhat unlucky; for, with that quickness of wit for which he was so remarkable, he seized the expression, "come from Scotland...
Էջ 198 - Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven ; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head...
Էջ 75 - And labours hard to store it well With the sweet food she makes. In works of labour or of skill I would be busy too: For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do. In books, or work, or healthful play Let my first years be past, That I may give for every day Some good account at last.
Էջ 310 - I laboured," says he, in one of his letters*, " for a mere pittance, but it was sufficient. It was the fruit of my own resolution ; and, as I then flattered myself, the foretaste of more honourable rewards, — for I never thought of wealth.