Riversdale Court: A Novel, Volume 1Tinsley, 1878 |
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... child's heart opened out at once to her , not merely because of her own attractiveness , but by reason of a certain resemblance in expression and feature to my father , of whom I was very fond . Twelve years have elapsed since that day ...
... child's heart opened out at once to her , not merely because of her own attractiveness , but by reason of a certain resemblance in expression and feature to my father , of whom I was very fond . Twelve years have elapsed since that day ...
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... child could have observed all I did so rapidly . " Bring her in here , Jeffry , bring her in here ! " cried the excited voice of my grand- mother , speaking in tones of suppressed rapture , and hastening the while towards an open door ...
... child could have observed all I did so rapidly . " Bring her in here , Jeffry , bring her in here ! " cried the excited voice of my grand- mother , speaking in tones of suppressed rapture , and hastening the while towards an open door ...
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... child the Riversdale Court in- habitants had ever looked upon . Grandmamma was summoned from the room during the operation of unrobing , and thereby lost the first effects . 66 ' My goodness ! " ejaculated Mistress Patter- son , gazing ...
... child the Riversdale Court in- habitants had ever looked upon . Grandmamma was summoned from the room during the operation of unrobing , and thereby lost the first effects . 66 ' My goodness ! " ejaculated Mistress Patter- son , gazing ...
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... children . pecu- In an equally complimentary spirit I decided that she was a very ugly old woman , that she had a very ... child too , accustomed to be pampered and petted to the highest bent of her capricious unreasoning , and often ...
... children . pecu- In an equally complimentary spirit I decided that she was a very ugly old woman , that she had a very ... child too , accustomed to be pampered and petted to the highest bent of her capricious unreasoning , and often ...
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... children - five daughters , all older than myself , and a son . Three of the girls were then quitting school in England to join their mother ; the education of the others was not yet completed . As a natural consequence , over ...
... children - five daughters , all older than myself , and a son . Three of the girls were then quitting school in England to join their mother ; the education of the others was not yet completed . As a natural consequence , over ...
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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.