Wooed and Married: A NovelJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1876 - 498 pages |
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... thing , she was never certain of any- thing but her own symptoms . A foe to impulse , large and lymphatic of disposition , one read " hypochondriac " written legibly on her fair apathetic features , which were just now disturbed from ...
... thing , she was never certain of any- thing but her own symptoms . A foe to impulse , large and lymphatic of disposition , one read " hypochondriac " written legibly on her fair apathetic features , which were just now disturbed from ...
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... things at a low level ; lights without shades ; atmosphere sultry ; temperature changing towards evening . " Wednesday . - A fit of vapors early ; in the afternoon a new edition of the play Much Ado about Nothing ; a storm in a teacup ...
... things at a low level ; lights without shades ; atmosphere sultry ; temperature changing towards evening . " Wednesday . - A fit of vapors early ; in the afternoon a new edition of the play Much Ado about Nothing ; a storm in a teacup ...
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... things , your youth , inexperience , and what my daughter considers your personal antagonism to her , that it would be better that , on all accounts , we should part . " " And you will really send me away ? " cried the poor child -for ...
... things , your youth , inexperience , and what my daughter considers your personal antagonism to her , that it would be better that , on all accounts , we should part . " " And you will really send me away ? " cried the poor child -for ...
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... things . You know you are a little incautious in some things , my dear Miss El- liott . " 66 " But no one had the right to read them , " cried the girl , passionately ; no one - no one ! It was mean , dishonorable . I did not think it ...
... things . You know you are a little incautious in some things , my dear Miss El- liott . " 66 " But no one had the right to read them , " cried the girl , passionately ; no one - no one ! It was mean , dishonorable . I did not think it ...
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... things they call me , when I shall not be eighteen for another month ? People expect too much of me ; and it was unkind of Miss Tressilian saying they did not want a playfellow for Edith- and so unfair , too , when Mrs. Tressilian said ...
... things they call me , when I shall not be eighteen for another month ? People expect too much of me ; and it was unkind of Miss Tressilian saying they did not want a playfellow for Edith- and so unfair , too , when Mrs. Tressilian said ...
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Page 339 - So here hath been dawning Another blue Day : Think wilt thou let it Slip useless away. Out of Eternity This new Day is born ; Into Eternity, At night, will return. Behold it aforetime No eye ever did : So soon it forever From all eyes is hid. Here hath been dawning Another blue Day : Think wilt thou let it Slip useless away.
Page 263 - There are who sigh that no fond heart is theirs, None loves them best — O vain and selfish sigh ! Out of the bosom of His love He spares — The Father spares the Son, for thee to die : For thee He died — for thee He lives again : O'er thee He watches in His boundless reign.
Page 280 - Do you know you would shock any one who did not know you as well as I do ?"
Page 493 - While I do my duty, Struggling through the tide, Whisper Thou of beauty On the other side...
Page 294 - You must remember you are not as young as you used to be, and you ought not to move about so quickly.
Page 336 - Humphrey Nethecote might have felt inclined to lose their hearts to her. " I suppose I shall have to go now," continued Humphrey. " I am putting off the evil moment as long as I can, for, though I wouldn't wish it, it is hard to go home and miss the Duchess.
Page 316 - For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear in the land, and the time of the singing of birds is come.
Page 233 - Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead them me on. The night is dark, and I am far from home ; Lead thou me on. Keep thou my feet ; I do not ask to see The distant scene ; one step enough for me.
Page 77 - ... than Dym, had been thrown on their own resources — girls luxuriously brought up, and taught everything but to govern themselves and teach others, were driven from the fastnesses of happy homes and launched suddenly upon the world. Incompetence seeking competence; youth and helplessness going hand-in-hand to find a stewardship, where they could starve themselves and bring others to beggary. And the beggary of the heart and...
Page 387 - Will, do not leave me ; pray that you may not leave me!" clinging to him with one cold little hand, and speaking in such a weary voice. " Would it help either of us ? Dear, I must go or stay, just at His bidding. I am ready to suffer a little more, or I am ready to...