BeulahDerby & Jackson, 1860 - 510 páginas I mean, keep your eyes open. Harriet vanished in the dark passage, and Beulah locked the door, feeling that now she was indeed alone, and could freely indulge the grief that had so long sought to veil itself from curious eyes. Yet there was no disposition to cry. She sat down on the bed and mused on the strange freak of fortune which had so suddenly elevated the humble nurse into the possessor of that elegantly furnished apartment. There was no elation in the quiet wonder with which she surveyed the change in her position. She did not belong there, she had no claim on the master of the house, and she felt that she was trespassing on the rights of the beautiful Pauline. |
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... for an instant bathed her brow . Claudia heard it too , and springing from Mr. Grayson's knee , she exclaimed angrily : " She isn't ugly , any such thing ; she is the smartest girl in the Asylum , and I love her better than BEULAH . 21.
... for an instant bathed her brow . Claudia heard it too , and springing from Mr. Grayson's knee , she exclaimed angrily : " She isn't ugly , any such thing ; she is the smartest girl in the Asylum , and I love her better than BEULAH . 21.
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... brow . Mr. and Mrs. Grayson were standing at the front door ; they oth looked pleased , as Lilly had ceased crying , and the carriage loor was opened to admit them . " Ah ! my dears , now for a nice ride ; Claudia , jump in , " said Mr ...
... brow . Mr. and Mrs. Grayson were standing at the front door ; they oth looked pleased , as Lilly had ceased crying , and the carriage loor was opened to admit them . " Ah ! my dears , now for a nice ride ; Claudia , jump in , " said Mr ...
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... and promised to become a strikingly handsome man , while the proportions of his polished brow indicated more than ordinary intellectual endowments . He watched his companion earnestly , sadly , and , leaning 28 BEULAH .
... and promised to become a strikingly handsome man , while the proportions of his polished brow indicated more than ordinary intellectual endowments . He watched his companion earnestly , sadly , and , leaning 28 BEULAH .
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... brow as he spoke . She did not reply . He did not expect that she would , and continued in the same kind tone . " I am much more troubled about your taking this situation . If I had known it earlier I would have endeavored to prevent it ...
... brow as he spoke . She did not reply . He did not expect that she would , and continued in the same kind tone . " I am much more troubled about your taking this situation . If I had known it earlier I would have endeavored to prevent it ...
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... brow , and whisper- ing winds lifted tenderly the clustering folds of jetty hair ; but nature's pure - hearted darling had stood over the noxious tarn , whence the poisonous breath of a corrupt humanity rolled up . ward , and the once ...
... brow , and whisper- ing winds lifted tenderly the clustering folds of jetty hair ; but nature's pure - hearted darling had stood over the noxious tarn , whence the poisonous breath of a corrupt humanity rolled up . ward , and the once ...
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answered Beulah Antoinette arms Asbury asked Asylum Atheism beautiful believe Beulah looked Beulah sat brow buggy carriage chair Charon cheeks child Chilton Clara clasped Claudia Cornelia countenance cried Beulah curling dear doctor door earnestly Eugene exclaimed eyes face fancy feel fell felt fingers FRANCES BURNEY Georgia girl glad glance Graham Grayson guardian hair hand happy Harriet Hartwell Hartwell's head heard heart Heidelberg hope hour Hugh Leonard kissed knew leaned Lilly lips live madam matron melodeon metaphysical mind misanthropy miserable Miss morning mother never night once orphan Over-Soul painful pale pantheism parlor passed Pauline quiet replied seemed shoulder silent sister smile soon sorrow soul spoke steps stood suppose tears tell thought threw told tone took trembling truth Uncle Guy voice walked watched weary wife window wonder yellow fever
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Página 38 - In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife!
Página 396 - Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, for they rest from their labors, and their works do follow them!
Página 254 - Man doth not yield him to the angels, nor unto death utterly, save only through the weakness of his feeble will.
Página 283 - But lest I should mislead any when I have my own head and obey my whims, let me remind the reader that I am only an experimenter. Do not set the least value on what I do, or the least discredit on what I do not, as if I pretended to settle any thing as true or false.
Página 432 - Look not mournfully into the Past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the Present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy Future, without fear, and with a manly heart.
Página 313 - And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of making many books there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Página 132 - I have no churlish objection to the circumnavigation of the globe, for the purposes of art, of study, and benevolence, so that the man is first domesticated, or does not go abroad with the hope of finding somewhat greater than he knows. He who travels to be amused, or to get somewhat which he does not carry, travels away from himself, and grows old even in youth among old things. In Thebes, in Palmyra, his will and mind have become old and dilapidated as they. He carries ruins to ruins.
Página 163 - I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth; and though worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.
Página 282 - Why drag about this corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated in this or that public place ? Suppose you should contradict yourself ; what then...