Riversdale Court: A Novel, Volume 1Tinsley, 1878 |
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Page 57
... Dora and Lucy Bell , and their brother , who has just entered the army , albeit still very young , too young , methinks , for such respon- sibility , and Ennis Denzell , will , with ourselves , comprise the party . Howbeit , I hear ...
... Dora and Lucy Bell , and their brother , who has just entered the army , albeit still very young , too young , methinks , for such respon- sibility , and Ennis Denzell , will , with ourselves , comprise the party . Howbeit , I hear ...
Page 59
... Dora and Lucy in the Bells ' barouche a large , handsome vehicle . Robert Layton , an Apollo in form and face , straightway fell in love with Edie , and devoted himself to her all that day . She , nothing loth , responded to the same in ...
... Dora and Lucy in the Bells ' barouche a large , handsome vehicle . Robert Layton , an Apollo in form and face , straightway fell in love with Edie , and devoted himself to her all that day . She , nothing loth , responded to the same in ...
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... Dora . Sorry am I that the Dormers are so distant , excellent Christian folks . Howbeit , none can say how far evil may spread , and , if so , they will for a surety withstand its entrance within those precincts under their control ...
... Dora . Sorry am I that the Dormers are so distant , excellent Christian folks . Howbeit , none can say how far evil may spread , and , if so , they will for a surety withstand its entrance within those precincts under their control ...
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... Dora was in the back- ground , amusing father , in her kind way , by cheerful converse , for she , like her mother , is of a most sweet and amiable disposition . Ah , much more suited is she to a grave , sorrow- stricken man , like unto ...
... Dora was in the back- ground , amusing father , in her kind way , by cheerful converse , for she , like her mother , is of a most sweet and amiable disposition . Ah , much more suited is she to a grave , sorrow- stricken man , like unto ...
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... Dora and I met each other , according to appointment , after break- fast to walk to Riversdale Castle , to see whether the head gardener will be able , as usual , to give us any beautiful flowers for our fête , or , indeed , flowers of ...
... Dora and I met each other , according to appointment , after break- fast to walk to Riversdale Castle , to see whether the head gardener will be able , as usual , to give us any beautiful flowers for our fête , or , indeed , flowers of ...
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albeit amiable amused angry answer beautiful Beechley's better Bluebell Wood boostle brother Captain Bell character Charles Beechley Charley Charley's cheeks cheerful Cherrup child Coomb Hill countenance damsel daughter dear boy dear Sariann delightful distress Dora Bell Edith Ennis Denzell exclaimed expression eyes face fair lady father fear feelings felt forget friends gazing George Bell girl glancing grandmamma grave happy head heart honour interposed Jeffry Johnny Lady Denzell laughed look Lucy Bell mamma mammy manner Mardyke matter merry mind Miss Pitt Mistress Monica Monica Dormer mother never Oak Cliff opinion oriel window painful pale party picnic pleasant present question quoth rector Rectory rejoined replied Riversdale Court Robert Layton seemed silence sister smile soft eyes sorrow speaking spirit sure sweet tell temper thing thought tion tone Tootee tower of Babel Tursey voice window wish words young
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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.