Tales and Novels, Volumes 19-20Harper & Brothers, 1839 |
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... seen enough of her during her uncle's ill- ness to make them warmly attached to her . Every- body loved her that knew her , rich or poor , for in her young prosperity , from her earliest childhood , she had been always sweet - tempered ...
... seen enough of her during her uncle's ill- ness to make them warmly attached to her . Every- body loved her that knew her , rich or poor , for in her young prosperity , from her earliest childhood , she had been always sweet - tempered ...
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... seen them ? " " About two years ; just two years it is since I parted from them at Florence . " " And you have corresponded with Lady Cecilia con- stantly ever since ? " asked Mrs. Collingwood . " Not constantly . " " Not constantly ...
... seen them ? " " About two years ; just two years it is since I parted from them at Florence . " " And you have corresponded with Lady Cecilia con- stantly ever since ? " asked Mrs. Collingwood . " Not constantly . " " Not constantly ...
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... us till you find a General Clarendon of your own . To this postscript no reply silence gives consent . " " If I had seen this ! " said Helen , as she laid it before Mr. and Mrs. Collingwood , " I ought to have HELEN . 17.
... us till you find a General Clarendon of your own . To this postscript no reply silence gives consent . " " If I had seen this ! " said Helen , as she laid it before Mr. and Mrs. Collingwood , " I ought to have HELEN . 17.
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... seen Lady Davenant only with the eyes of very early youth ; but now , after an absence of two years - a great space in her existence , it seemed as if she looked upon her with new eyes , and every hour made fresh discoveries in her ...
... seen Lady Davenant only with the eyes of very early youth ; but now , after an absence of two years - a great space in her existence , it seemed as if she looked upon her with new eyes , and every hour made fresh discoveries in her ...
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... seen ; the dessoux des cartes can seldom be either safely or satis- factorily shown on paper , so give me my embroidery frame , I never can tell well without having something to do with my hands . " And as Helen set the embroidery ...
... seen ; the dessoux des cartes can seldom be either safely or satis- factorily shown on paper , so give me my embroidery frame , I never can tell well without having something to do with my hands . " And as Helen set the embroidery ...
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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...