Riversdale Court: A Novel, Volume 1Tinsley, 1878 |
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... 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 , and to ...
... 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 , and to ...
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... heart . Now , the source of this sorrow was contained in the programme laid down by my father for my first performances on the world's great stage , and of the certain and satisfactory carrying out of which no doubt seemed to have been ...
... heart . Now , the source of this sorrow was contained in the programme laid down by my father for my first performances on the world's great stage , and of the certain and satisfactory carrying out of which no doubt seemed to have been ...
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... heart for one daughter , was light and pleasant , became heavy and irksome , under an enforced service for five . Nor did there seem a prospect of these matrimonial labours soon terminating , for the following year Lady Denzell , to the ...
... heart for one daughter , was light and pleasant , became heavy and irksome , under an enforced service for five . Nor did there seem a prospect of these matrimonial labours soon terminating , for the following year Lady Denzell , to the ...
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... the next , their anxious hearts could desire in a son - in - law . But , alas ! the future home of their beloved daughter would lie far distant from her native land ; and this EXTRACTS FROM SARIANN'S DIARY . 27 EXTRACTS FROM SARIANN'S ...
... the next , their anxious hearts could desire in a son - in - law . But , alas ! the future home of their beloved daughter would lie far distant from her native land ; and this EXTRACTS FROM SARIANN'S DIARY . 27 EXTRACTS FROM SARIANN'S ...
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... hearts of my Puritan grandfather and grandmother opened out to me with a warmth and love which neither Charles nor Edith could excite . In the fifth year of my age the two former , who had been sojourning awhile in Riversdale with my ...
... hearts of my Puritan grandfather and grandmother opened out to me with a warmth and love which neither Charles nor Edith could excite . In the fifth year of my age the two former , who had been sojourning awhile in Riversdale with my ...
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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.