Riversdale Court: A Novel, Volume 1Tinsley, 1878 |
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... better , indeed , than at that time I liked her sister Sariann , who was a year and a half older than Charles , and of a graver and more serious character than was Edith . Not that any great intimacy existed between myself and the ...
... better , indeed , than at that time I liked her sister Sariann , who was a year and a half older than Charles , and of a graver and more serious character than was Edith . Not that any great intimacy existed between myself and the ...
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... better look to it , " added Charles , gaily ; " it will be no mere schoolboy's strength they will have to contend with , I can tell them , -my wits , I mean , " smiling at me . " According to Sariann's account of you , never has been ...
... better look to it , " added Charles , gaily ; " it will be no mere schoolboy's strength they will have to contend with , I can tell them , -my wits , I mean , " smiling at me . " According to Sariann's account of you , never has been ...
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... better to listen and see , " the bells , the birds , the rushing , murmuring water , the golden sunset - everything , everything ! " Often since have I recalled to memory those happy , contented words , and the light - spirited look ...
... better to listen and see , " the bells , the birds , the rushing , murmuring water , the golden sunset - everything , everything ! " Often since have I recalled to memory those happy , contented words , and the light - spirited look ...
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... better , and I ought to do so - I know I ought . " She stopped a minute , breathing quick and hard , pressing her hand to her side ; then she went on hurriedly , - " For a long while I felt I was ill — quite two years , but I paid no ...
... better , and I ought to do so - I know I ought . " She stopped a minute , breathing quick and hard , pressing her hand to her side ; then she went on hurriedly , - " For a long while I felt I was ill — quite two years , but I paid no ...
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... better end the matter by telling you , ' he replied , speaking in an almost angry tone . ' I conclude your motive is a good and an urgent one , or you could hardly , at your age , be so singularly merciless to yourself . Yes , your ...
... better end the matter by telling you , ' he replied , speaking in an almost angry tone . ' I conclude your motive is a good and an urgent one , or you could hardly , at your age , be so singularly merciless to yourself . Yes , your ...
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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.