Tales and Novels, Volumes 19-20Harper & Brothers, 1839 |
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... stopped . By common consent the subject was not recurred to for several days . Every morning at post - time Helen's colour rose with expecta- tion , and then faded with disappointment , still with the same confiding look and tone of ...
... stopped . By common consent the subject was not recurred to for several days . Every morning at post - time Helen's colour rose with expecta- tion , and then faded with disappointment , still with the same confiding look and tone of ...
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Maria Edgeworth. val in England , she read eagerly on - then stopped , and her looks changed . " Lady Davenant is not coming to Cecilhurst . Lord Davenant is to be sent ambassador to Petersburgh , and Lady Davenant will go along with him ...
Maria Edgeworth. val in England , she read eagerly on - then stopped , and her looks changed . " Lady Davenant is not coming to Cecilhurst . Lord Davenant is to be sent ambassador to Petersburgh , and Lady Davenant will go along with him ...
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... stopped , more servants appeared , and as Helen got out , a very sublime - looking personage informed her that " Lady Cecilia and the general were out riding — only in the park - would be in immediately . ' 99 And as she crossed the ...
... stopped , more servants appeared , and as Helen got out , a very sublime - looking personage informed her that " Lady Cecilia and the general were out riding — only in the park - would be in immediately . ' 99 And as she crossed the ...
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... stopped in the hall . " Send off the letters , " were the first words of his which Helen heard . The tone commanding , the voice remarkably gentlemanlike . An instant afterward he came in . A fine figure , a handsome man ; in the prime ...
... stopped in the hall . " Send off the letters , " were the first words of his which Helen heard . The tone commanding , the voice remarkably gentlemanlike . An instant afterward he came in . A fine figure , a handsome man ; in the prime ...
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... stopped me to examine the picture which he had been admiring . " Every English mother at Florence , except myself , had their eyes fixed upon General Clarendon from the moment of his arrival . But whatever I may have been , or may have ...
... stopped me to examine the picture which he had been admiring . " Every English mother at Florence , except myself , had their eyes fixed upon General Clarendon from the moment of his arrival . But whatever I may have been , or may have ...
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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...