Such things are, by the author of 'Recommended to mercy'. |
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... in them even as in an atmosphere congenial to her beauty - loving spirit ; but there was a something far less pure mixed with insidious cunning amongst those natural perfumes , and a warning voice whispered the 12 Such Things are .
... in them even as in an atmosphere congenial to her beauty - loving spirit ; but there was a something far less pure mixed with insidious cunning amongst those natural perfumes , and a warning voice whispered the 12 Such Things are .
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Matilda Charlotte Houstoun. those natural perfumes , and a warning voice whispered the good old maid that innocent and simple women were best away from that luxurious haunt of pleasure - seeking men . Was it in Annesley's eyes - it well ...
Matilda Charlotte Houstoun. those natural perfumes , and a warning voice whispered the good old maid that innocent and simple women were best away from that luxurious haunt of pleasure - seeking men . Was it in Annesley's eyes - it well ...
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... nature to be ' jolly , ' and in the midst of chaff ( when that light article was flying about in her own set ' ) she could hold her own ' right well . Of beauty she had never possessed even the slightest share , and indeed so few were ...
... nature to be ' jolly , ' and in the midst of chaff ( when that light article was flying about in her own set ' ) she could hold her own ' right well . Of beauty she had never possessed even the slightest share , and indeed so few were ...
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... nature had bestowed her gifts with a less nig- gardly hand . She was very cold in manner , and with most who knew her she was decidedly un- popular ; but she had her redeeming points , for she was clever and well read , and possibly had ...
... nature had bestowed her gifts with a less nig- gardly hand . She was very cold in manner , and with most who knew her she was decidedly un- popular ; but she had her redeeming points , for she was clever and well read , and possibly had ...
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... nature fits her ill to be your guardian . It is I alone who have the will to stand , as now I do , between you and this mighty evil ; for I can look dispassionately on , and see things as they are . You think , perhaps , that months ago ...
... nature fits her ill to be your guardian . It is I alone who have the will to stand , as now I do , between you and this mighty evil ; for I can look dispassionately on , and see things as they are . You think , perhaps , that months ago ...
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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.