Riversdale Court: A Novel, Volume 1Tinsley, 1878 |
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... as every passing year full of gentle judicious training and of Christian culture of my character rendered me com- panionable in mind and manners to my refined , high - principled grandmother . I thereby be- came more 6 RIVERSDALE COURT .
... as every passing year full of gentle judicious training and of Christian culture of my character rendered me com- panionable in mind and manners to my refined , high - principled grandmother . I thereby be- came more 6 RIVERSDALE COURT .
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... character than was Edith . Not that any great intimacy existed between myself and the latter ; a wide difference in age , consequently in pursuits , feelings , and ideas , made such friendship in- compatible , Edith Beechley being five ...
... character than was Edith . Not that any great intimacy existed between myself and the latter ; a wide difference in age , consequently in pursuits , feelings , and ideas , made such friendship in- compatible , Edith Beechley being five ...
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... character , sympathy or compassion for the distresses of others . This was my first impression of him . " I declared at once the motive of my visit ; I simply wished to learn his true opinion of my case - nothing more . If I had ...
... character , sympathy or compassion for the distresses of others . This was my first impression of him . " I declared at once the motive of my visit ; I simply wished to learn his true opinion of my case - nothing more . If I had ...
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... character and disposition than did his father and sister , and no arguments on their parts could do more than simply lighten this weight of apprehension . " Do not forget , dear mamma , " reasoned 70 RIVERSDALE COURT .
... character and disposition than did his father and sister , and no arguments on their parts could do more than simply lighten this weight of apprehension . " Do not forget , dear mamma , " reasoned 70 RIVERSDALE COURT .
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... character , the father and daughter were never- theless firmly convinced that heavy debts of some kind had , in a moment of remorse , driven him to flight and concealment . Knowing his father was not rich , he dreaded ( they thought ) ...
... character , the father and daughter were never- theless firmly convinced that heavy debts of some kind had , in a moment of remorse , driven him to flight and concealment . Knowing his father was not rich , he dreaded ( they thought ) ...
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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.