Riversdale Court: A Novel, Volume 1Tinsley, 1878 |
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... , blushing angrily . " And please remember I am not a child ; I shall be twelve years old the fifteenth of this month : you don't call that a child , I should think ? " " Oh , of course not , " with continued CHARLES BEECHLEY . 11.
... , blushing angrily . " And please remember I am not a child ; I shall be twelve years old the fifteenth of this month : you don't call that a child , I should think ? " " Oh , of course not , " with continued CHARLES BEECHLEY . 11.
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A Novel Mrs. Forrest-Grant. " Oh , of course not , " with continued laughter on one side and increasing indignation on the other . I - Ennis Denzell - was the offended damsel ; the time , one month previous to the knowledge of my ...
A Novel Mrs. Forrest-Grant. " Oh , of course not , " with continued laughter on one side and increasing indignation on the other . I - Ennis Denzell - was the offended damsel ; the time , one month previous to the knowledge of my ...
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... course , and , I hope , wiser , " I added , with a precocious wisdom , the result of constant companionship with persons older than myself , " but well and happy , as at the present , perhaps . " " Yes , we may all remain as we are ...
... course , and , I hope , wiser , " I added , with a precocious wisdom , the result of constant companionship with persons older than myself , " but well and happy , as at the present , perhaps . " " Yes , we may all remain as we are ...
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... together to a six o'clock tea , in which Charles , who had only just dined with his family , could not of course share . Seating himself at the open window , he looked out on the sweet view , and chatted THE ORIEL DRAWING - ROOM . 25.
... together to a six o'clock tea , in which Charles , who had only just dined with his family , could not of course share . Seating himself at the open window , he looked out on the sweet view , and chatted THE ORIEL DRAWING - ROOM . 25.
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... course , I cannot live long ? ' I managed to say . " Not in England , ' he replied , kindly . ' You must go to a warm , dry climate . ' " Thank you , Doctor Mardyke ; that is sufficient , ' I answered , rising . I felt half stunned ...
... course , I cannot live long ? ' I managed to say . " Not in England , ' he replied , kindly . ' You must go to a warm , dry climate . ' " Thank you , Doctor Mardyke ; that is sufficient , ' I answered , rising . I felt half stunned ...
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albeit amiable amused angry answer beautiful Beechley's better Bluebell Wood boostle brother Captain Bell character Charles Beechley Charley Charley's cheeks cheerful Cherrup child Coomb Hill countenance damsel daughter dear boy dear Sariann delightful distress Dora Bell Edith Ennis Denzell exclaimed expression eyes face fair lady father fear feelings felt forget friends gazing George Bell girl glancing grandmamma grave happy head heart honour interposed Jeffry Johnny Lady Denzell laughed look Lucy Bell mamma mammy manner Mardyke matter merry mind Miss Pitt Mistress Monica Monica Dormer mother never Oak Cliff opinion oriel window painful pale party picnic pleasant present question quoth rector Rectory rejoined replied Riversdale Court Robert Layton seemed silence sister smile soft eyes sorrow speaking spirit sure sweet tell temper thing thought tion tone Tootee tower of Babel Tursey voice window wish words young
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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.