Riversdale Court: A Novel, Volume 1Tinsley, 1878 |
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... appearance , but the return of grandmamma Denzell at once checked her loquacity . Time rolled on , and the love I had borne my beautiful mother quickly and easily transferred itself to my grandmother . Ah , who that knows can help ...
... appearance , but the return of grandmamma Denzell at once checked her loquacity . Time rolled on , and the love I had borne my beautiful mother quickly and easily transferred itself to my grandmother . Ah , who that knows can help ...
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... appearance . I do not think , however , she was at that time more than two or three and fifty . I thought her a hundred at least , her movements were so slow in comparison to my hop , jump , and skip style of action ; and her fine ...
... appearance . I do not think , however , she was at that time more than two or three and fifty . I thought her a hundred at least , her movements were so slow in comparison to my hop , jump , and skip style of action ; and her fine ...
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... appearance for a bookworm . Who would believe me a working student if I presented such brilliant facings as Tom Hodges , your cowherd ? No , you need not fear for me , grand mamma ; there never was a fellow required it less THE ORIEL ...
... appearance for a bookworm . Who would believe me a working student if I presented such brilliant facings as Tom Hodges , your cowherd ? No , you need not fear for me , grand mamma ; there never was a fellow required it less THE ORIEL ...
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... appearance the year following . Now , so it was , so greatly did I resemble my mother even from babyhood , that the hearts of my Puritan grandfather and grandmother opened out to me with a warmth and love which neither Charles nor Edith ...
... appearance the year following . Now , so it was , so greatly did I resemble my mother even from babyhood , that the hearts of my Puritan grandfather and grandmother opened out to me with a warmth and love which neither Charles nor Edith ...
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... appearance as those of Alice Irskin , but might they not result from a wholly different cause — a cause containing no absolute danger ? This reflection comforted me for a while ; but at the termina- tion of another month my fast ...
... appearance as those of Alice Irskin , but might they not result from a wholly different cause — a cause containing no absolute danger ? This reflection comforted me for a while ; but at the termina- tion of another month my fast ...
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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.