Such things are, by the author of 'Recommended to mercy'. |
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... Chrissy's patient answer , when Susan made inquiries concerning how she had borne the infliction of Mr. Fletcher's ... Miss Christina heaved a little sigh , as she uttered the self - congratulatory words which she almost felt were too ...
... Chrissy's patient answer , when Susan made inquiries concerning how she had borne the infliction of Mr. Fletcher's ... Miss Christina heaved a little sigh , as she uttered the self - congratulatory words which she almost felt were too ...
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... Miss Llewellen , you will pity every one , and I firmly believe that if you were being led to execution , you'd be ... Chrissy sighed again , as the idea of such a sad termination to her career occurred to her . 11 CHAPTER II . ' And ...
... Miss Llewellen , you will pity every one , and I firmly believe that if you were being led to execution , you'd be ... Chrissy sighed again , as the idea of such a sad termination to her career occurred to her . 11 CHAPTER II . ' And ...
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... Chrissy's wing . ' No ; that lady is Miss Mayford , Miss Llewellen's niece . ' ' What a number of misses ! ' exclaimed Miss Graham . And now , do tell me who is Miss Llewellen ? ' Susan felt very angry at this rude cross- questioning ...
... Chrissy's wing . ' No ; that lady is Miss Mayford , Miss Llewellen's niece . ' ' What a number of misses ! ' exclaimed Miss Graham . And now , do tell me who is Miss Llewellen ? ' Susan felt very angry at this rude cross- questioning ...
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Matilda Charlotte Houstoun. pricking the bare and tender nerves of the land - loving Miss Llewellen . ' What shall we do ... Chrissy's ear . ' My dear , it's quite impossible , ' said that kindest of kind creatures , in reply to what had ...
Matilda Charlotte Houstoun. pricking the bare and tender nerves of the land - loving Miss Llewellen . ' What shall we do ... Chrissy's ear . ' My dear , it's quite impossible , ' said that kindest of kind creatures , in reply to what had ...
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... Miss Chrissy's comfort , was hastening to expedite the movements of the livery - stable keeper from whose establishment the long - expected fly ' had been tardily summoned by Lord George . 6 And can you wonder , ' inquired the Colonel ...
... Miss Chrissy's comfort , was hastening to expedite the movements of the livery - stable keeper from whose establishment the long - expected fly ' had been tardily summoned by Lord George . 6 And can you wonder , ' inquired the Colonel ...
Common terms and phrases
Adolphus alarm amongst Annesley Annesley's Ashington asked awhile began better called CHAPTER child Chrissy's Christina Colonel Aylmer comfort companion course cross-stitch dark darling dear Cousin Chrissy dear Miss Llewellen Dolly drawing-room dread Drummond ears eyes face fancy fear feel felt Florence Harley fool gentle gentleman Gerald girl hand happy Harley's heard heart hope Jephson knew laugh lips listening look Lord George lover Maggie Maggie's major-domo Margaret marriage married Mayford mind Miss Brigham Miss Chrissy Miss Christina's mortification nervous ness never night old maid Olive once Orchard Street pale perhaps poor Portsmouth pre-Raphaelite quiet Raynham Fletcher remarked reply Ryde seemed short silence smile sound speak spirits STAMFORD STREET strange sure Susan tell there's thing Thomson thought tion trembling trust truth turn voice waiting walk whilst whispered wish woman women words yacht young ladies
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Էջ 136 - THE warm sun is failing, the bleak wind is wailing, The bare boughs are sighing, the pale flowers are dying, And the year On the earth her deathbed, in a shroud of leaves dead, Is lying. Come, months, come away, From November to May, In your saddest array; Follow the bier Of the dead cold year, And like dim shadows watch by her sepulchre. The chill rain is falling, the...
Էջ 166 - Of the hearts that daily break, Of the tears that hourly fall, Of the many, many troubles of life, That grieve this earthly ball...
Էջ 42 - Spurn'd by the young, but hugg'd by the old To the very verge of the churchyard mould ; Price of many a crime untold ; Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold...
Էջ 233 - tis slander ; Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters.
Էջ 93 - Scarce seen, but with fresh bitterness imbued ; And slight withal may be the things which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever : it may be a sound — A tone of music, — summer's eve — or spring, A flower — the wind — the Ocean — which shall wound, Striking the electric chain wherewith we are darkly bound ; XXIV.
Էջ 65 - Me and my friends here, this delightful night, That power itself has not one half the might Of gentleness. 'Tis want to all true wealth ; The uneasy madman's force, to the wise health ; Blind downward beating, to the eyes that see ; Noise to persuasion, doubt to certainty...
Էջ 28 - Nothing ! if they bite and kick? Out with it, Dunciad ! let the secret pass, That secret to each fool, that he's an ass : The truth once told (and wherefore should we lie ?) The queen of Midas slept, and so may I.
Էջ 198 - Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer cloud, Without our special wonder...
Էջ 93 - But ever and anon of griefs subdued There comes a token like a Scorpion's sting, Scarce seen, but with fresh bitterness imbued ; And slight withal may be the things which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever...
Էջ 78 - The clodded earth goes up in sweet-breathed flowers ; In music dies poor human speech, And into beauty blow those hearts of ours, When Love is born in each.