Vashti; or, 'Until death us do part'.Ward, Lock, Bowden & Company, 1883 - 365 էջ |
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... turned head , and certain amber rays suggestive of topaz and gold flashed out now and then in the dark - hazel iris of the large eyes , lending them an eldritch and baleful glow . Fresh as the over- hanging apple - blooms , but immobile ...
... turned head , and certain amber rays suggestive of topaz and gold flashed out now and then in the dark - hazel iris of the large eyes , lending them an eldritch and baleful glow . Fresh as the over- hanging apple - blooms , but immobile ...
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... turned and extended his hand , saying , in tones as low and sweet as a woman's , - " Will you not welcome a wanderer back to his home ? " She gave him the tips of her fingers , but the " Imp of the Perverse " dictated her answer ...
... turned and extended his hand , saying , in tones as low and sweet as a woman's , - " Will you not welcome a wanderer back to his home ? " She gave him the tips of her fingers , but the " Imp of the Perverse " dictated her answer ...
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... turned fondly to Salome , and so earnestly endeavoured to brighten her life , that the latter felt assured she was selected the heiress of that house and estate where she had dwelt so happily ; and thus sanguine concerning her future ...
... turned fondly to Salome , and so earnestly endeavoured to brighten her life , that the latter felt assured she was selected the heiress of that house and estate where she had dwelt so happily ; and thus sanguine concerning her future ...
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... turned full upon her . " Since I became a man , and to some extent capable of dis- criminating with reference to the characters of persons with whom I found myself in contact , I have made and invariably observed one rule of conduct ...
... turned full upon her . " Since I became a man , and to some extent capable of dis- criminating with reference to the characters of persons with whom I found myself in contact , I have made and invariably observed one rule of conduct ...
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... turned to her brother . " Poor thing ! She is so jealous of you ; and it distresses me to see that no friendship grows up between you , as I hoped and believed would be the case . If you would only notice her a little more I think you ...
... turned to her brother . " Poor thing ! She is so jealous of you ; and it distresses me to see that no friendship grows up between you , as I hoped and believed would be the case . If you would only notice her a little more I think you ...
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Էջ 226 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and the spirit shall return unto GOD Who gave it.
Էջ 283 - But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
Էջ 273 - Wommn, .• wilt thou have this Man to thy wedded husband, to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony? Wilt thou...
Էջ 142 - Listen! you hear the grating roar Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling, At their return, up the high strand, Begin, and cease, and then again begin, With tremulous cadence slow, and bring The eternal note of sadness in.
Էջ 128 - The harmony of their tongues hath into bondage Brought my too diligent ear : for several virtues Have I liked several women ; never any With so full soul, but some defect in her Did quarrel with the noblest grace she owed, And put it to the foil : but you, O you, So perfect, and so peerless, are created Of every creature's best.
Էջ 351 - These to their softened hearts should bear The thought of what has been, And speak of one who cannot share The gladness of the scene; Whose part, in all the pomp that fills The circuit of the summer hills, Is— that his grave is green; And deeply would their hearts rejoice To hear again his living voice.
Էջ 25 - Did the Almighty," says Lessing, " holding in his right hand Truth, and in his left Search after Truth, deign to proffer me the one I might prefer ; — in all humility but without hesitation, I should request — Search after Truth.
Էջ 26 - All things are taken from us, and become Portions and parcels of the dreadful past. Let us alone. What pleasure can we have To war with evil? Is there any peace In ever climbing up the climbing wave? All things have rest, and ripen toward the grave In silence — ripen, fall, and cease: Give us long rest or death, dark death, or dreamful ease.
Էջ 257 - Go from me. Yet I feel that I shall stand Henceforward in thy shadow. Nevermore Alone upon the threshold of my door Of individual life, I shall command The uses of my soul, nor lift my hand Serenely in the sunshine as before, Without the sense of that which I forbore — Thy touch upon the palm. The widest land Doom takes to part us, leaves thy heart in mine With pulses that beat double. What I do And what I dream include thee, as the wine Must taste of its own grapes. And when I sue God for myself,...
Էջ 281 - So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress : but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law ; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.