Oh, Mary, be Careful!J.B. Lippincott, 1917 - 177 pages |
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... give you an idea of only one of the problems which were suddenly placed before a girl I know , whose name was Mary Meacham . And now I will tell you her story . OH , MARY , BE CAREFUL ! CHAPTER I MARY JUST A MOMENT , PLEASE !
... give you an idea of only one of the problems which were suddenly placed before a girl I know , whose name was Mary Meacham . And now I will tell you her story . OH , MARY , BE CAREFUL ! CHAPTER I MARY JUST A MOMENT , PLEASE !
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... tell you about Miss Myra's beau . The misadventure of Miss Myra and her beau happened long before my time , but I've often heard my mother tell about it . In her youth Miss Myra was considered the most beautiful girl be- tween Boston ...
... tell you about Miss Myra's beau . The misadventure of Miss Myra and her beau happened long before my time , but I've often heard my mother tell about it . In her youth Miss Myra was considered the most beautiful girl be- tween Boston ...
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... tell you about those Scrap- books . They were really very rich . One day , not long after she had burned her trousseau , Miss Myra chanced to read in a Boston paper about another case somewhat like her own . She cut the story out and ...
... tell you about those Scrap- books . They were really very rich . One day , not long after she had burned her trousseau , Miss Myra chanced to read in a Boston paper about another case somewhat like her own . She cut the story out and ...
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... tell you about it before we go any farther . Living in an obscure village of Con- necticut - a place so wretched that they called it Tadpole - was a poor Meacham named Joe . Joe was a third cousin of Miss Myra's - that is to say , Miss ...
... tell you about it before we go any farther . Living in an obscure village of Con- necticut - a place so wretched that they called it Tadpole - was a poor Meacham named Joe . Joe was a third cousin of Miss Myra's - that is to say , Miss ...
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... tell what a great family the Meachams were , and how he himself ought to be in posses- sion of the Meacham property at that very minute , if his great - grandfather- a poor , simple fool ! - hadn't been cheated out of his rights ...
... tell what a great family the Meachams were , and how he himself ought to be in posses- sion of the Meacham property at that very minute , if his great - grandfather- a poor , simple fool ! - hadn't been cheated out of his rights ...
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accordion asked Mary baby bandaged beau began Black Hill black velvet bands brother chair cham Corinne course cried Mary custard Dame Ellison Dear Aunt Myra Dear Mary door dressed dressmaker eyes feel fifty thousand dollars girl glance going groaned guess hair hands heart imagine Jewett City kitchen leetle listen lived looked lose lowered the book m'sieur Ma'm Dubois Ma'm'selle Mary Meacham Mary read Mary's ment mind Miss Meacham Miss Myra MISS MYRA'S SPIDERY morning MYRA'S SPIDERY HANDWRITING never night Number nurse old Ma'm old Meacham Plainfield Plainfield Station poor pretty queenly little head Scrapbook Husband Seven Sisters silk stock sitting smile soon Spencer spoonful suddenly lowered taffeta talked tell there's thing thought Mary Three Tests told Tom Brown took turned tyrant upstairs voice watching whispered wonder young knight Young Ladies Zoroaster
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Page 73 - Darkling I listen; and, for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath; Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease upon the midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy!
Page 84 - O well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay ! And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But O for the touch of a vanish'd hand, And the sound of a voice that is still ! Break, break, break, At the foot of thy crags, O Sea ! But the tender grace of a day that is dead Will never come back to me.
Page 74 - Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown: Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home She stood in tears amid the alien corn; The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn.
Page 152 - ... Lays her gentle hand in mine. And she sits and gazes at me With those deep and tender eyes, Like the stars, so still and saint-like, Looking downward from the skies. Uttered not, yet comprehended, Is the spirit's voiceless prayer, Soft rebukes, in blessings ended, Breathing from her lips of air. O, though oft depressed and lonely, All my fears are laid aside, If I but remember only Such as these have lived and died!
Page 84 - O well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play ! O well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay ! And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But O for the touch of a...
Page 151 - He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longings for the strife, By the roadside fell and perished, Weary with the march of life!
Page 149 - Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlor wall; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more...
Page 149 - WHEN the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the Night Wake the better soul, that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight; Ere the evening lamps...
Page 153 - Instead, of course, she went straight to her own room; and, after carefully closing the door, she threw herself across the foot of the bed, her face buried in her hands, in that immemorial posture which I have already mentioned.