Vashti; or, 'Until death us do part'.Ward, Lock, Bowden & Company, 1883 - 365 էջ |
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... watched him with a peculiar sparkle in her eyes , which he had already learned to understand was a beacon flame kindled by intense displeasure . Dr. Grey seated himself , and , taking off his hat , said gently and winningly , as he ...
... watched him with a peculiar sparkle in her eyes , which he had already learned to understand was a beacon flame kindled by intense displeasure . Dr. Grey seated himself , and , taking off his hat , said gently and winningly , as he ...
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... watched only by the Great Shepherd . Salome's rapid pace soon placed a mile between her and the fence that bounded the lawn ; and pushing through the dense under- growth which betokened the proximity of a stream , she stood ere long on ...
... watched only by the Great Shepherd . Salome's rapid pace soon placed a mile between her and the fence that bounded the lawn ; and pushing through the dense under- growth which betokened the proximity of a stream , she stood ere long on ...
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... watched her anxiously . " Have you and Janet decided what shall be done with Stanley ? " " No ; the longer I ponder the matter , the more confused my mind becomes . " " Will you leave it in my hands , and abide by my decision ? " " Yes ...
... watched her anxiously . " Have you and Janet decided what shall be done with Stanley ? " " No ; the longer I ponder the matter , the more confused my mind becomes . " " Will you leave it in my hands , and abide by my decision ? " " Yes ...
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... watched the rayless marble orbs , more eloquent than dilating darkening human pupils , a shadow dense and mysterious drifted over her frigid face , and without removing her eyes from the bust above her , she sat down before the piano ...
... watched the rayless marble orbs , more eloquent than dilating darkening human pupils , a shadow dense and mysterious drifted over her frigid face , and without removing her eyes from the bust above her , she sat down before the piano ...
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... her head , and the silvery lamp - light shining softly on the waves of burnished hair that rippled around her pure , polished forehead . 232 TEXS SU TGE TLOT Some As she watched her mistress , Elsie's stout frame trembled 64 VASHTI ;
... her head , and the silvery lamp - light shining softly on the waves of burnished hair that rippled around her pure , polished forehead . 232 TEXS SU TGE TLOT Some As she watched her mistress , Elsie's stout frame trembled 64 VASHTI ;
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Agla Aglaophotis beautiful blue Bochim bombazine cheek child clasped countenance dead dear dear Jane death deodars door Elsie Elsie's escritoire Evelyn eyes face faith feel fingers folds gaze Gerome girl governess Granville grave gray Grey's hair hand happiness head heard heart heaven hope hour human Jane Shore Jane's Jessie leaned leave letter lips little Muriel live looked marriage MARY JANE HOLMES Miss Dexter Miss Jane mistress morning mother mournful Muriel muslin never night nurse once oriel window orphan painful parlor patient paused peace piano poor prayed quiet Robert Maclean rose Salome Owen Salome's seemed shoulder silent sister Solitude soul Stanley stood tears tell tender Thank things thought to-day took touch trust turned utter Vashti voice walked watched weary window wish woman young
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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.