Riversdale Court: A Novel, Volume 1Tinsley, 1878 |
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... felt I was ill — quite two years , but I paid no heed to it ; the feelings were so trifling - not worth attending to , I thought this was in the beginning . They went on increasing , however - the feelings I mean - on and on- وو " What ...
... felt I was ill — quite two years , but I paid no heed to it ; the feelings were so trifling - not worth attending to , I thought this was in the beginning . They went on increasing , however - the feelings I mean - on and on- وو " What ...
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... felt ashamed of telling any one I thought myself ill , know- ing they would only regard it as a girlish whim . " " Surely , Edith , you might have confided in me , " broke forth Charles , in an agitated voice ; " but what blindness ...
... felt ashamed of telling any one I thought myself ill , know- ing they would only regard it as a girlish whim . " " Surely , Edith , you might have confided in me , " broke forth Charles , in an agitated voice ; " but what blindness ...
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... felt like one receiving her death - warrant ; every point in the description exactly tallied with my feelings . Yes — now I know — consumption ; like poor Alice Irskin , I too was dying slowly of consumption . " Charles sat down beside ...
... felt like one receiving her death - warrant ; every point in the description exactly tallied with my feelings . Yes — now I know — consumption ; like poor Alice Irskin , I too was dying slowly of consumption . " Charles sat down beside ...
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... felt convinced he was just the man from whom I could with little difficulty obtain the knowledge I had come for . " " Yes , he gave it to poor Alice Irskin heart- lessly and readily enough , " rejoined Charles , with angry bitterness ...
... felt convinced he was just the man from whom I could with little difficulty obtain the knowledge I had come for . " " Yes , he gave it to poor Alice Irskin heart- lessly and readily enough , " rejoined Charles , with angry bitterness ...
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... felt burning in my cheeks , confirmed him in his suspicion . He said nothing more , however , but proceeded to examine my lungs through a little tube- instrument . " " A stethoscope , " interrupted Charles . " A EXTRACTS FROM SARIANN'S ...
... felt burning in my cheeks , confirmed him in his suspicion . He said nothing more , however , but proceeded to examine my lungs through a little tube- instrument . " " A stethoscope , " interrupted Charles . " A EXTRACTS FROM SARIANN'S ...
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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.