Tales and Novels, Volumes 19-20Harper & Brothers, 1839 |
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... idea , she said , how necessary money would be to her . It was quite absurd to think of living upon air ; could Miss Stanley think she was to go on in this world without money ? Helen said she was not so absurd ; she reminded Mrs ...
... idea , she said , how necessary money would be to her . It was quite absurd to think of living upon air ; could Miss Stanley think she was to go on in this world without money ? Helen said she was not so absurd ; she reminded Mrs ...
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... idea of never seeing their dear Helen again in the course of their lives . Helen , quite touched by what was said of her uncle , thought only of him ; but when she showed the letters to Mr. and Mrs. Collingwood , they marked the ...
... idea of never seeing their dear Helen again in the course of their lives . Helen , quite touched by what was said of her uncle , thought only of him ; but when she showed the letters to Mr. and Mrs. Collingwood , they marked the ...
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... idea of the range and variety of the reader's mind . Some of them were presentation copies , as they are called . from several of the first authors of our own , and foreign countries ; some with dedications to Lady Davenant ; others ...
... idea of the range and variety of the reader's mind . Some of them were presentation copies , as they are called . from several of the first authors of our own , and foreign countries ; some with dedications to Lady Davenant ; others ...
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... ideas on the subject , but there are little things which could not well be written , even to so safe a young friend as you are , for what is written remains , and often for those by whom it was never intended to be seen ; the dessoux ...
... ideas on the subject , but there are little things which could not well be written , even to so safe a young friend as you are , for what is written remains , and often for those by whom it was never intended to be seen ; the dessoux ...
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... idea of being there , contrary to the general's wishes , in the place of the sister he loved . Oh , how very , very unfortunate she was to have all her hopes blighted , destroyed - and Cecilia's kindness all in vain . Dear , dear ...
... idea of being there , contrary to the general's wishes , in the place of the sister he loved . Oh , how very , very unfortunate she was to have all her hopes blighted , destroyed - and Cecilia's kindness all in vain . Dear , dear ...
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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...