Riversdale Court: A Novel, Volume 1Tinsley, 1878 |
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... heads and horns , dingy portraits , and gigantic organ towering aloft in the distance , all of which antiquated remains I , for long after , mentally decided the place would have been infinitely more cheerful without . Wafted , as it ...
... heads and horns , dingy portraits , and gigantic organ towering aloft in the distance , all of which antiquated remains I , for long after , mentally decided the place would have been infinitely more cheerful without . Wafted , as it ...
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... head covered with a pro- fusion of very black curly hair . His features were large , but not handsome , though in general opinion the latter was more than atoned for by their bright and powerfully intel- lectual expression , especially ...
... head covered with a pro- fusion of very black curly hair . His features were large , but not handsome , though in general opinion the latter was more than atoned for by their bright and powerfully intel- lectual expression , especially ...
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... head gravely , almost sorrowfully . " Remember , my dear boy , ' the race is not always to the swift , nor the battle to the strong ; moreover , I do not think you such a pillar of strength as you thus unreflect- ingly consider yourself ...
... head gravely , almost sorrowfully . " Remember , my dear boy , ' the race is not always to the swift , nor the battle to the strong ; moreover , I do not think you such a pillar of strength as you thus unreflect- ingly consider yourself ...
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... head to my bosom , and joined my tears to hers . Charles gazed awhile , speechless , at the mis- chief he had so unwittingly wrought ; then strode to and fro . Presently with a strong effort the dear thing controlled herself , and sat ...
... head to my bosom , and joined my tears to hers . Charles gazed awhile , speechless , at the mis- chief he had so unwittingly wrought ; then strode to and fro . Presently with a strong effort the dear thing controlled herself , and sat ...
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... head ; then she said drearily , - " No , Sariann , I am not mistaken ; would that I were for all your beloved sakes , far more than my own , would that I were ! No ; what I thought at first I know now . " Anon she stopped , and looked ...
... head ; then she said drearily , - " No , Sariann , I am not mistaken ; would that I were for all your beloved sakes , far more than my own , would that I were ! No ; what I thought at first I know now . " Anon she stopped , and looked ...
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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.