The Living Age, Volume 118E. Littell & Company, 1873 |
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Page 165
... Innocent's father , a squire in the north country , with considerable , but poor estates , who had lived a wandering life for some years , and who was consid- " Don't be vexed , dear . Mothers are just like other people . When our inter ...
... Innocent's father , a squire in the north country , with considerable , but poor estates , who had lived a wandering life for some years , and who was consid- " Don't be vexed , dear . Mothers are just like other people . When our inter ...
Page 168
... Innocent appeared with her hair hanging on her shoulders , as she always wore it , it would be presumed at once that she was " still " Any one who told you so , " said Vane , in the schoolroom " ( poor Innocent , who indignantly ...
... Innocent appeared with her hair hanging on her shoulders , as she always wore it , it would be presumed at once that she was " still " Any one who told you so , " said Vane , in the schoolroom " ( poor Innocent , who indignantly ...
Page 171
... Innocent made no accusation ; she said , " I like you best , " leaning upon him . Her mind was absolutely as her name . She thought of nothing better or higher in life than thus to be allowed to wander about with Frederick , doing ...
... Innocent made no accusation ; she said , " I like you best , " leaning upon him . Her mind was absolutely as her name . She thought of nothing better or higher in life than thus to be allowed to wander about with Frederick , doing ...
Page 218
... Innocent , again . She had come to his side , and was standing by , questioning him with her great , steady eyes . The good young fellow thought to himself that she must be an absolute fool to ask such a ques- tion , and did not know ...
... Innocent , again . She had come to his side , and was standing by , questioning him with her great , steady eyes . The good young fellow thought to himself that she must be an absolute fool to ask such a ques- tion , and did not know ...
Page 221
... Innocent held a book circumstances , and the present and the in her hand as she went up and down the future ; puzzled between her own in- Lady's Walk under the arching trees , stincts , her own ancient certainties of be- which now and ...
... Innocent held a book circumstances , and the present and the in her hand as she went up and down the future ; puzzled between her own in- Lady's Walk under the arching trees , stincts , her own ancient certainties of be- which now and ...
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Page 519 - Are God and Nature then at strife, That Nature lends such evil dreams? So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life...
Page 316 - My great miseries in this world have been Heathcliff's miseries, and I watched and felt each from the beginning: my great thought in living is himself. If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger: I should not seem a part of it.
Page 45 - All things are delivered unto me of my Father, and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
Page 466 - But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
Page 466 - I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on recovery of my freedom, and perhaps, the establishment of my fame.
Page 318 - Earth and moon were gone And suns and universes ceased to be And thou wert left alone Every Existence would exist in thee...
Page 96 - After these two noble fruits of friendship (peace in the affections and support of the judgment) followeth the last fruit, which is like the pomegranate, full of many kernels. I mean aid and bearing a part in all actions and occasions.
Page 316 - I've no more business to marry Edgar Linton than I have to be in heaven; and if the wicked man in there had not brought Heathcliff so low, I shouldn't have thought of it.
Page 318 - There is not room for Death, Nor atom that his might could render void: Thou — THOU art Being and Breath, And what THOU art may never be destroyed.
Page 466 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.