Riversdale Court: A Novel, Volume 1Tinsley, 1878 |
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... exclaimed I , pettishly , and turning aside my flushed face . " You really seem to consider me even less than a child , -a mere baby . " 66 " Sweet pretty thing ! " he murmured , gazing at and apostrophizing the flower in tones of mock ...
... exclaimed I , pettishly , and turning aside my flushed face . " You really seem to consider me even less than a child , -a mere baby . " 66 " Sweet pretty thing ! " he murmured , gazing at and apostrophizing the flower in tones of mock ...
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... - mamma , as I purpose setting off early to - mor- row morning for Oxford , " he exclaimed , in a kind voice , and addressing his old friend by the familiar term of endearment which , half seriously , 22 RIVERSDALE COURT .
... - mamma , as I purpose setting off early to - mor- row morning for Oxford , " he exclaimed , in a kind voice , and addressing his old friend by the familiar term of endearment which , half seriously , 22 RIVERSDALE COURT .
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... exclaimed , after a rather long silence , " you will never hear sounds in India comparable with those merry chimes and the singing of those birds . How delicious it all is ! " he continued , in a low soliloquizing tone , leaning out ...
... exclaimed , after a rather long silence , " you will never hear sounds in India comparable with those merry chimes and the singing of those birds . How delicious it all is ! " he continued , in a low soliloquizing tone , leaning out ...
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... exclaimed I. " Sariann , " said Edith , following me this evening into my bedroom , as is sometimes her wont , to give me a good - night embrace , " I am going to make you an earnest request . " My heart throbbed tumultuously in fear of ...
... exclaimed I. " Sariann , " said Edith , following me this evening into my bedroom , as is sometimes her wont , to give me a good - night embrace , " I am going to make you an earnest request . " My heart throbbed tumultuously in fear of ...
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... exclaimed the bewildered rector . " Ah , there I am as lost as you are , " re- joined Mr. Boyer . " I honestly assure you I have not the faintest conception of what the reason is . And yet , strange to say , who can be supposed so well ...
... exclaimed the bewildered rector . " Ah , there I am as lost as you are , " re- joined Mr. Boyer . " I honestly assure you I have not the faintest conception of what the reason is . And yet , strange to say , who can be supposed so well ...
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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.