Riversdale Court: A Novel, Volume 1Tinsley, 1878 |
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... laughed heartily , joyously . " I do not know anything that upsets my gravity equal to that look of yours , child . Those big brown eyes are such an amusingly picturesque illustration of the word ' perplexity ' whenever you are puzzled ...
... laughed heartily , joyously . " I do not know anything that upsets my gravity equal to that look of yours , child . Those big brown eyes are such an amusingly picturesque illustration of the word ' perplexity ' whenever you are puzzled ...
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... laughed his light , pleasant laugh upon meeting her scrutinizing eye , then said , more seriously , - " Well , it will be but a short race , and a short fight , this time , after which I shall come home and triumphantly rest awhile on ...
... laughed his light , pleasant laugh upon meeting her scrutinizing eye , then said , more seriously , - " Well , it will be but a short race , and a short fight , this time , after which I shall come home and triumphantly rest awhile on ...
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... laughed heartily . " Just so , little woman ; take care , therefore , to bear that in mind next time you feel tempted to fly into a passion with Mistress Patterson when she re- fuses to give you any more toffy . " My cheeks burned , and ...
... laughed heartily . " Just so , little woman ; take care , therefore , to bear that in mind next time you feel tempted to fly into a passion with Mistress Patterson when she re- fuses to give you any more toffy . " My cheeks burned , and ...
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... laughed at the quantity I ate ; it was a common observation how blooming and healthy I was . Altogether I felt ashamed of telling any one I thought myself ill , know- ing they would only regard it as a girlish whim . " " Surely , Edith ...
... laughed at the quantity I ate ; it was a common observation how blooming and healthy I was . Altogether I felt ashamed of telling any one I thought myself ill , know- ing they would only regard it as a girlish whim . " " Surely , Edith ...
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... laughed and said I was always lazy when Charley was away . Oh , they little understood what a gnawing , sinking sensation of fatigue every exertion cost me ! When I said I was always hungry , eat what I might , Just the right thing ...
... laughed and said I was always lazy when Charley was away . Oh , they little understood what a gnawing , sinking sensation of fatigue every exertion cost me ! When I said I was always hungry , eat what I might , Just the right thing ...
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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.