Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 31J.B. Lippincott and Company, 1883 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 79
Page 27
... door stood open , the shutters were all closed , and there was no one in sight . A thin wreath of smoke rose straight into the morning air there was no other sign of life . Reaching the gate , Glenlyon uttered a low exclamation , and ...
... door stood open , the shutters were all closed , and there was no one in sight . A thin wreath of smoke rose straight into the morning air there was no other sign of life . Reaching the gate , Glenlyon uttered a low exclamation , and ...
Page 28
... door stood open . He entered , but met no one . The whole house was still . The servants were having their dinner in a distant room , and had not expected him so soon . He did not know where to find them , and shrank from breaking that ...
... door stood open . He entered , but met no one . The whole house was still . The servants were having their dinner in a distant room , and had not expected him so soon . He did not know where to find them , and shrank from breaking that ...
Page 31
... door - bell , with a self - satisfied look on her pretty face . In a moment she returned with a handful of papers and letters , laid them beside the tray , and tripped away again . She had scarcely gone , when the door opened a third ...
... door - bell , with a self - satisfied look on her pretty face . In a moment she returned with a handful of papers and letters , laid them beside the tray , and tripped away again . She had scarcely gone , when the door opened a third ...
Page 32
... door behind him , paused a moment , then came for- ward and drew up the curtain , letting in the slanting sunshine . He had never asked his own reason for directing the servant to leave the curtain for him to raise . She thought that it ...
... door behind him , paused a moment , then came for- ward and drew up the curtain , letting in the slanting sunshine . He had never asked his own reason for directing the servant to leave the curtain for him to raise . She thought that it ...
Page 33
... doors , passed into the second room , and threw back one of the shutters there . The light broke in and showed a gay ... door again , drawing it even and care- fully . And then he did a strange thing : he stopped before the wide mirror ...
... doors , passed into the second room , and threw back one of the shutters there . The light broke in and showed a gay ... door again , drawing it even and care- fully . And then he did a strange thing : he stopped before the wide mirror ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
American artist asked aunt Aurelia Aurora Batiscan beauty better Billy Thompson called captain Cherokee church color Colorado Springs Columbus countess Don Leopoldo door duchess English eyes face Farrington father feel Florence Fort Gibson friends G. P. Putnam's Sons German girl give glance Glenlyon Governor Hunter Gwynne hair hand head heard heart Holman Lunt John Brown Joinwater Kinlock knew lady land laughed light live looked Mariù married MARY AGNES TINCKER ment miles mind Miss Freddy Miss Van morning mother nature never night once Palatines passed poor pretty replied seemed ship side smile stood story strong talk tell thing thought tion told took town trees turned voice walked West wife wind window woman women words young
Popular passages
Page 333 - So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
Page 332 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Page 269 - And they, who to be sure of Paradise, Dying, put on the weeds of Dominic, Or in Franciscan think to pass disguised.
Page 122 - Her lover sinks — she sheds no ill-timed tear ; Her chief is slain — she fills his fatal post ; Her fellows flee — she checks their base career ; The foe retires — she heads the sallying host : Who can appease like her a lover's ghost ? Who can avenge so well a leader's fall?
Page 476 - ... simplicity shall not be tortured by art — we will le'arn of Nature how to live she shall be our alchymist, to mingle all the good of life into one salubrious draught.— The gloomy family of care and distrust shall be banished from our dwelling ; guarded by thy kind and tutelar deity — we will sing our choral songs of gratitude, and rejoice to the end of our pilgrimage. Adieu, my L. Return to one who languishes for thy society. L. STERNE.
Page 252 - If you love music, hear it; go to operas, concerts, and pay fiddlers to play to you; but I insist upon your neither piping nor fiddling yourself.
Page 333 - And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken ; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink ? Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded *Luke, chap. xvii, 1. him ? I trow not.
Page 383 - As an independent nation, our honor requires us to have a system of our own, in language as well as government. Great Britain, whose children we are, and whose language we speak, should no longer be our standard; for the taste of her writers is already corrupted,1 and her language on the decline.
Page 630 - I cannot tell you how wae his little gift made me, as well as glad ; it was the first thing of the kind he ever gave to me in his life. In great matters he is always kind and considerate, but these little attentions, which we women attach so much importance to, he was never in the habit of rendering to any one ; his up-bringing, and the severe turn of mind he has from nature, had alike indisposed him towards them.
Page 229 - Mr. CHAIRMAN. I am not going to take up any more of your time.