Tales of the Woods and FieldsHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 278 páginas |
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... strange feelings of discomfort with which so much splendour inspired our country girl . Dazzled with excess of light she certainly was - she felt as if she hardly knew where to look , or what to say ! The conversation , light and pithy ...
... strange feelings of discomfort with which so much splendour inspired our country girl . Dazzled with excess of light she certainly was - she felt as if she hardly knew where to look , or what to say ! The conversation , light and pithy ...
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... strange , yet most innocent - she turned her sweet face upwards , and made him a sharer in all the thoughts and sentiments drawn forth by the piece . It certainly was a singular , and by no means an uninter- esting picture , in the ...
... strange , yet most innocent - she turned her sweet face upwards , and made him a sharer in all the thoughts and sentiments drawn forth by the piece . It certainly was a singular , and by no means an uninter- esting picture , in the ...
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... strange that the thought had never struck him before ; but so it was . For the first time , the course of his ruminations led him to surmise the true cause of all the distress he deplored . Slowly , unwillingly , the idea was admitted ...
... strange that the thought had never struck him before ; but so it was . For the first time , the course of his ruminations led him to surmise the true cause of all the distress he deplored . Slowly , unwillingly , the idea was admitted ...
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... strange to some , that the charge of Louisa should fall , as it were , almost exclusively on Charles . But a little consideration will show that Mary , with all her goodness and sincerity , might yet want a certain delicate ...
... strange to some , that the charge of Louisa should fall , as it were , almost exclusively on Charles . But a little consideration will show that Mary , with all her goodness and sincerity , might yet want a certain delicate ...
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... strange , but it is true - but too often applies to mothers in every class ; least , we be- lieve , in the lowest . CHAPTER VIII . Ar length Mary's husband , the worthy , plain - mannered , plain - spoken Mr. Phillips , returned . He ...
... strange , but it is true - but too often applies to mothers in every class ; least , we be- lieve , in the lowest . CHAPTER VIII . Ar length Mary's husband , the worthy , plain - mannered , plain - spoken Mr. Phillips , returned . He ...
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admiration affectionate appeared arms Auvergne Baddington Beaucourt beautiful Bernard better bosom Carlton carriage Champagne Charles charming child choly creature cried Dangerfield dark daughter dear delight Deloraine door dress earth elegant endeavouring Euphemie eyes face father feelings felt flattering fond garden gentle gentleman girl Guibert hand hand fast happy hastily head heart Heaven honour hope innocent JOHN ABERCROMBIE Lady Fanny Lady William light looked Lord William Louisa Madeleine Mademoiselle de Montalembert manner marchioness marquis Marquis de Montalembert Mary melan mind miserable Miss Mildmay monsieur mother muslin nature never nymph once opened pale passed passion pity pleached poor priest round scene seemed silent smile soft spirits stood strange sweet tears tell tender Therese thing thou thought tion trees turned usual Vermont Victor Virginie voice walk William Melville wish young lady
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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.