Riversdale Court: A Novel, Volume 1Tinsley, 1878 |
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... Ennis Denzell - was the offended damsel ; the time , one month previous to the knowledge of my mother's death ; and my companion was Charles Beechley , the rector's only son . In age he was between nineteen and twenty , rather tall ...
... Ennis Denzell - was the offended damsel ; the time , one month previous to the knowledge of my mother's death ; and my companion was Charles Beechley , the rector's only son . In age he was between nineteen and twenty , rather tall ...
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... Ennis Denzell ) , and laying her soft cheek on her hand coaxingly . Ah , full of win- some , loving ways is little Edie - ways and looks which open out every heart to take her in at once . " Charley will be the manager , director , and ...
... Ennis Denzell ) , and laying her soft cheek on her hand coaxingly . Ah , full of win- some , loving ways is little Edie - ways and looks which open out every heart to take her in at once . " Charley will be the manager , director , and ...
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... Ennis Denzell , will , with ourselves , comprise the party . Howbeit , I hear Ennis can- not come , and this morning ( Wednesday ) Charles rode to Grange Court , the seat of General and Mrs. Layton , to invite their daughter , an ...
... Ennis Denzell , will , with ourselves , comprise the party . Howbeit , I hear Ennis can- not come , and this morning ( Wednesday ) Charles rode to Grange Court , the seat of General and Mrs. Layton , to invite their daughter , an ...
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... Ennis Den- zell , the improvement has so much of disagree- able in it that far , far more winsome , to my feelings , was the frank - faced boy of college memory than is the cold , cynical man of to- day . Sometimes a painful sensation ...
... Ennis Den- zell , the improvement has so much of disagree- able in it that far , far more winsome , to my feelings , was the frank - faced boy of college memory than is the cold , cynical man of to- day . Sometimes a painful sensation ...
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... Ennis - wildly admires her . Who can help it that looks upon her exceedingly comely face and figure ? I bethink me , is it possible this admiration has wrought the improvement in him I speak of ? If so , is that not a proof love had ...
... Ennis - wildly admires her . Who can help it that looks upon her exceedingly comely face and figure ? I bethink me , is it possible this admiration has wrought the improvement in him I speak of ? If so , is that not a proof love had ...
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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.