Riversdale Court: A Novel, Volume 1Tinsley, 1878 |
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... albeit , gentle , true - hearted Christian folk . They dearly loved the one little daughter granted to their wedded life ; so dearly that , with pained reluctance , they consented to her marriage with the Rector of Riversdale ; albeit ...
... albeit , gentle , true - hearted Christian folk . They dearly loved the one little daughter granted to their wedded life ; so dearly that , with pained reluctance , they consented to her marriage with the Rector of Riversdale ; albeit ...
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... Albeit , ever dear to me will be the simple language of my good pious grandparents ; wherefore , in these my private communings and descriptions , I delight myself in adopting , in English , not Scotch dialect , the bygone phrase- ology ...
... Albeit , ever dear to me will be the simple language of my good pious grandparents ; wherefore , in these my private communings and descriptions , I delight myself in adopting , in English , not Scotch dialect , the bygone phrase- ology ...
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... albeit I see his eyes furtively follow- ing her graceful bending form with grave expression as she moves to and fro the room and garden . of me ; 66 " What ails my little Edy ? " he questioned " can you tell , Sariann ? Is it love you ...
... albeit I see his eyes furtively follow- ing her graceful bending form with grave expression as she moves to and fro the room and garden . of me ; 66 " What ails my little Edy ? " he questioned " can you tell , Sariann ? Is it love you ...
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... albeit , for the dear thing's sake , I resolved to learn the truth . Edith shook her head ; then she said drearily , - " No , Sariann , I am not mistaken ; would that I were for all your beloved sakes , far more than my own , would that ...
... albeit , for the dear thing's sake , I resolved to learn the truth . Edith shook her head ; then she said drearily , - " No , Sariann , I am not mistaken ; would that I were for all your beloved sakes , far more than my own , would that ...
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... albeit she seemed not to notice aught present , her mournful azure eyes looking , as it were , into futurity . " Might he not be wrong ? " I murmured , presently . " Oh , Edith ! he is but a mortal man - Dr . Mardyke , I mean -- might ...
... albeit she seemed not to notice aught present , her mournful azure eyes looking , as it were , into futurity . " Might he not be wrong ? " I murmured , presently . " Oh , Edith ! he is but a mortal man - Dr . Mardyke , I mean -- might ...
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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.