Tales and Novels, Volumes 19-20Harper & Brothers, 1839 |
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... hand , which , without speaking , she laid before Mr. Collingwood , who wiped his spectacles quickly , and read . It was addressed to the poor dean , and was from an old friend of his , Colonel Munro , stating that he had been suddenly ...
... hand , which , without speaking , she laid before Mr. Collingwood , who wiped his spectacles quickly , and read . It was addressed to the poor dean , and was from an old friend of his , Colonel Munro , stating that he had been suddenly ...
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... hands , to secure a provision for his niece , Miss Stanley . This letter had arrived when the dean was extremely ill ... hand , yet quite distinctly , these words : " That money is yours , Helen Stanley ; no one has any claim upon it ...
... hands , to secure a provision for his niece , Miss Stanley . This letter had arrived when the dean was extremely ill ... hand , yet quite distinctly , these words : " That money is yours , Helen Stanley ; no one has any claim upon it ...
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... hand , and eagerly opened Lady Cecilia's . " So like herself ! so like Cecilia , " cried she . Mrs. Collingwood read , and acknowledged that nothing could be kinder , for here was an invitation , not vague or gene- ral , but particular ...
... hand , and eagerly opened Lady Cecilia's . " So like herself ! so like Cecilia , " cried she . Mrs. Collingwood read , and acknowledged that nothing could be kinder , for here was an invitation , not vague or gene- ral , but particular ...
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... hand , equally impatient , begged that Lady Davenant might be told " The general's express was waiting . " Lady Davenant was sealing letters in great haste for this express , but when the door opened , and she saw Helen , she threw wax ...
... hand , equally impatient , begged that Lady Davenant might be told " The general's express was waiting . " Lady Davenant was sealing letters in great haste for this express , but when the door opened , and she saw Helen , she threw wax ...
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... hand , and smiled without speaking . They were to be some time alone before the com- mencement of bridal visits , and an expected succession of troops of friends . This was a time of peculiar en- joyment to Helen : she had leisure to ...
... hand , and smiled without speaking . They were to be some time alone before the com- mencement of bridal visits , and an expected succession of troops of friends . This was a time of peculiar en- joyment to Helen : she had leisure to ...
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admired afraid aid-de-camp answered aunt Pennant begged believe carriage character Churchill Churchill's cilia Claren Clarendon Park Collingwood Colonel D'Aubigny continued Lady countenance cried Cecilia cried Helen cried Lady Cecilia Cymon dear Cecilia dear Helen door Esther exclaimed eyes falconry fear feel Felicie felt general's give glad gone Granville Beauclerc hand happy hawk hear heard heart Helen Stanley honour hope Horace husband instant knew Lady Bearcroft Lady Blanche Lady Castlefort Lady Davenant Lady Davenant's Lady Katrine Lady Masham ladyship laugh letters look Lord Beltravers Lord Davenant mamma Masham mind Miss Clarendon Miss Stanley morning mother nant never Old Forest once opened person pleasure recollect replied seemed seen sighed smile soon speak spoke stood stopped sure talk tell thank thing thought told truth turned voice whole wish words wrong young
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Página 156 - A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food: For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Página 28 - Has every repartee in store She spoke ten thousand times before ; Can ready compliments supply On all occasions, cut and dry ; Such hatred to a parson's gown, The sight will put her in a swoon $ For conversation well endued, She calls it witty to be rude ; And, placing raillery in railing, Will tell aloud your greatest failing...
Página 123 - Had we never loved so kindly, Had we never loved so blindly, Never met, or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted.
Página 214 - What though no friends in sable weeds appear, Grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year, And bear about the mockery of wo To midnight dances, and the public show...
Página 113 - ... by turning the soul inward on itself, its forces are concentred, and are fitted for stronger and bolder flights of science ; and that, in such pursuits, whether we take, or whether we lose the game, the chase is certainly of service...
Página 60 - Here she was wont to go ! and here ! and here !' Just where those daisies, pinks, and violets grow: The world may find the Spring by following her; For other print her airy steps ne'er left. Her treading would not bend a blade of grass, Or shake the downy blow-ball from his stalk ! But like the soft west wind she shot along, And where she went, the flowers took thickest root. As she had sowed them with her odorous foot.
Página 28 - If good people," said Archbishop Usher, " would but make goodness agreeable, and smile, instead of frowning in their virtue, how many they would win to the good cause...