The matchmaker, by the author of 'Cousin Geoffrey'. |
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... to the happy members of a happy home . “ I have sacrificed , ” he said
mournfully , “ one of the few evenings that , in my sad , blighted life , I might have
delighted in at the time , and looked back upon with melancholy rapture when I
am again ...
... to the happy members of a happy home . “ I have sacrificed , ” he said
mournfully , “ one of the few evenings that , in my sad , blighted life , I might have
delighted in at the time , and looked back upon with melancholy rapture when I
am again ...
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Annie was proud and happy , for she felt sure she had made a conquest of the
man she loved ; De Villeneuve was proud and happy , for he felt sure he should
easily make a victim of the woman who loved him . CHAPTER XX . “ Let not
woman ...
Annie was proud and happy , for she felt sure she had made a conquest of the
man she loved ; De Villeneuve was proud and happy , for he felt sure he should
easily make a victim of the woman who loved him . CHAPTER XX . “ Let not
woman ...
Página 195
Mr . Lindsay shared her happy watch ; Miss Tibby , who had no wish to be
confined to her room , except when others were so , paid him a visit , and told him
how Donald o ' the brae had refused to fight Douglas o ' Glen Douglas , with full ...
Mr . Lindsay shared her happy watch ; Miss Tibby , who had no wish to be
confined to her room , except when others were so , paid him a visit , and told him
how Donald o ' the brae had refused to fight Douglas o ' Glen Douglas , with full ...
Página 177
It was a very quiet and uneventful life for a young and admired beauty like Ellen ,
yet she was happy , happy even to rapture , in the peace and joy she diffused
around her . As the winter advanced , the cold became intense , but , though very
...
It was a very quiet and uneventful life for a young and admired beauty like Ellen ,
yet she was happy , happy even to rapture , in the peace and joy she diffused
around her . As the winter advanced , the cold became intense , but , though very
...
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I leave ye my journal — the journal o ' a heart rather than a life — a disappointed ,
broken , but now happy heart . I ken ye will value it for my sake . God bless you
and yours , Ellen Lindsay ! and that he will bless you , I prophecy fra ' that spot ...
I leave ye my journal — the journal o ' a heart rather than a life — a disappointed ,
broken , but now happy heart . I ken ye will value it for my sake . God bless you
and yours , Ellen Lindsay ! and that he will bless you , I prophecy fra ' that spot ...
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Página 222 - Is there, in human form, that bears a heart — A wretch ! a villain ! lost to love and truth ! That can, with studied, sly, ensnaring art, Betray sweet Jenny's unsuspecting youth ? Curse on his...
Página 46 - I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly dress'd, Fresh as a bridegroom; and his chin, new reap'd, Show'd like a stubble-land at harvest-home.
Página 247 - MY birth-day" — what a different sound That word had in my youthful ears ! And how, each time the day comes round, Less and less white its mark appears ! When first our scanty years are told, It seems like pastime to grow old ; And, as Youth counts the shining links. That Time around him binds so fast, Pleased with the task, he little thinks How hard that chain will press at last. Vain was the man, and false as vain, Who said* — "were he ordain'd to run " His long career of life again, . " He...
Página 143 - Winter comes, to rule the varied year, Sullen and sad, with all his rising train — Vapours, and clouds, and storms. Be these my theme ; These, that exalt the soul to solemn thought And heavenly musing. Welcome, kindred glooms...
Página 182 - The light of love, the purity of grace, The mind, the Music breathing from her face, The heart whose softness harmonized the whole, And oh! that eye was in itself a Soul...
Página 254 - THOU lingering star, with lessening ray, That lov'st to greet the early morn, Again thou usher'st in the day My Mary from my soul was torn. O Mary! dear departed shade! Where is thy place of blissful rest? See'st thou thy lover lowly laid? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast?
Página 237 - Was my own lord. Then did I seek to rise Out of the prison of my mean estate ; And, with such jewels as the exploring Mind Brings from the caves of Knowledge, buy my ransom From those twin gaolers of the daring heart — Low Birth and iron Fortune.
Página 277 - She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love : A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye! Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky.
Página 7 - Alas ! regardless of their doom, The little victims play! No sense have they of Ills to come; Nor Care, beyond to-day! Yet see, how all around them wait The Ministers of human fate; And black Misfortune's baleful Train!