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For a moment , he seemed endeavouring again to rivet them upon the page
before him - but it would not do ; he shut the book , and pushed back his chair .
Mrs . Digby rose io take leave . * I think we must own , ” said she , smiling , and
looking ...
For a moment , he seemed endeavouring again to rivet them upon the page
before him - but it would not do ; he shut the book , and pushed back his chair .
Mrs . Digby rose io take leave . * I think we must own , ” said she , smiling , and
looking ...
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She soon fixed her attention upon the betting - stand oppo . site , endeavouring to
penetrate the confused crowd of country louts , gamblers , noblemen , and
gentlemen who were too earnestly engaged in making up their books ; in vain -
he ...
She soon fixed her attention upon the betting - stand oppo . site , endeavouring to
penetrate the confused crowd of country louts , gamblers , noblemen , and
gentlemen who were too earnestly engaged in making up their books ; in vain -
he ...
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His eyes followed her for a few moments , and then became so extremely and
suddenly ill that he was forced to throw himself on the ground , where he lay ,
burying his face with his hands , endeavouring to struggle with the excess of his
pain .
His eyes followed her for a few moments , and then became so extremely and
suddenly ill that he was forced to throw himself on the ground , where he lay ,
burying his face with his hands , endeavouring to struggle with the excess of his
pain .
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more when he perilled his peace of mind , by remaining on the field , with the
generous object of watching over and protecting her in the crisis of her fate , and
of endeavouring to support her health and spirits in every emergency ; a task
which ...
more when he perilled his peace of mind , by remaining on the field , with the
generous object of watching over and protecting her in the crisis of her fate , and
of endeavouring to support her health and spirits in every emergency ; a task
which ...
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The walls were hung with Mary ' s many coloured drawings , with which she had
endeavoured to enliven the eyes and ... and gazing with that inquiring , yet loving
look , with which a young child may be often seen endeavouring to peruse , as ...
The walls were hung with Mary ' s many coloured drawings , with which she had
endeavoured to enliven the eyes and ... and gazing with that inquiring , yet loving
look , with which a young child may be often seen endeavouring to peruse , as ...
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Tales of the Woods and Fields: A Second Series of "The Two Old Men ..., Volume 1 Anne Marsh-Caldwell Visualização integral - 1836 |
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Página 179 - ... in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And behold, there came a voice unto him, and said. What doest thou here, Elijah?
Página 14 - Yes ! let the rich deride, the proud disdain These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art...
Página 14 - These simple blessings of the lowly train; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art Spontaneous joys, where nature has its play. The soul adopts, and owns their first-born sway; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvied, unmolested, unconfined.
Página 158 - Everything that he proposed commencing was to be completed for his boy ; everything that he erected was to last for several generations. In this sense, his apprenticeship was ended : with the feeling of a father, he had acquired all the virtues of a citizen. He felt this, and nothing could exceed his joy. " O needless strictness of morality...
Página 14 - Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting Folly hails them from her shore...
Página 5 - I know, The sum of all that makes a just man happy Consists in the well choosing of his wife : And there, well to discharge it, does require Equality of years, of birth, of fortune ; For beauty being poor, and not cried up By birth or wealth, can truly mix with ueithcr. And wealth, where there's such difference in years, And fair descent, must make the yoke uneasy : — But I come nearer.