Riversdale Court: A Novel, Volume 1Tinsley, 1878 |
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... Charley ? How nice ! " " Not exactly , ma petite ; but I do not come for good . ence , Enny . " " What do you mean , understand half you say . " I leave for good , That's the differ- Charles ? I never Charles ? The latter laughed ...
... Charley ? How nice ! " " Not exactly , ma petite ; but I do not come for good . ence , Enny . " " What do you mean , understand half you say . " I leave for good , That's the differ- Charles ? I never Charles ? The latter laughed ...
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... Charley's saucy mimicry and his appellation of little Puritan , the which clung to me for a long space . But the facul- ties of youth are quick of perception and pliant , and my talk speedily assumed the modern style of those with whom ...
... Charley's saucy mimicry and his appellation of little Puritan , the which clung to me for a long space . But the facul- ties of youth are quick of perception and pliant , and my talk speedily assumed the modern style of those with whom ...
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... Charley ? What do you mean ? " quoth she , evasively . " I mean what has changed you so much . within the last year ? You are not a bit like your old self , like what you used to be . You were once my jolliest , merriest little friend ...
... Charley ? What do you mean ? " quoth she , evasively . " I mean what has changed you so much . within the last year ? You are not a bit like your old self , like what you used to be . You were once my jolliest , merriest little friend ...
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... said , -- " Dear Charley , I am so sorry to have dis- tressed you in this way - it was silly and selfish ; but oh , when I thought of all , when VOL . I. D I think of all , I could not , I EXTRACTS FROM SARIANN'S DIARY . 33.
... said , -- " Dear Charley , I am so sorry to have dis- tressed you in this way - it was silly and selfish ; but oh , when I thought of all , when VOL . I. D I think of all , I could not , I EXTRACTS FROM SARIANN'S DIARY . 33.
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... Charley was away . Oh , they little understood what a gnawing , sinking sensation of fatigue every exertion cost me ! When I said I was always hungry , eat what I might , ' Just the right thing , ' poor papa declared , ' I was grow- ing ...
... Charley was away . Oh , they little understood what a gnawing , sinking sensation of fatigue every exertion cost me ! When I said I was always hungry , eat what I might , ' Just the right thing , ' poor papa declared , ' I was grow- ing ...
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Page 263 - She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps, And lovers around her are sighing; But coldly she turns from their gaze, and weeps, For her heart in his grave is lying. She sings the wild songs of her dear native plains, Every note which he loved awaking — Ah! little they think, who delight in her strains, How the heart of the minstrel is breaking!
Page 70 - The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.