Riversdale Court: A Novel, Volume 1Tinsley, 1878 |
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... laughter followed this answer . " You , you chicken ! Why you are actually still in the very middle of the doll - and - pinafore You talk of marrying ! " era . Another burst of merriment stopped further utterance . " I was not talking ...
... laughter followed this answer . " You , you chicken ! Why you are actually still in the very middle of the doll - and - pinafore You talk of marrying ! " era . Another burst of merriment stopped further utterance . " I was not talking ...
Page 12
... laughter on one side and increasing indignation on the other . I - Ennis Denzell - was the offended damsel ; the time , one month previous to the knowledge of my mother's death ; and my companion was Charles Beechley , the rector's only ...
... laughter on one side and increasing indignation on the other . I - Ennis Denzell - was the offended damsel ; the time , one month previous to the knowledge of my mother's death ; and my companion was Charles Beechley , the rector's only ...
Page 60
... laughter and confusion of tongues exceeded all which had gone before ; and in good sooth there had been no lack throughout . " I declare this is fifty times jollier than if we had twenty flunkies to do it all for us ; don't you think so ...
... laughter and confusion of tongues exceeded all which had gone before ; and in good sooth there had been no lack throughout . " I declare this is fifty times jollier than if we had twenty flunkies to do it all for us ; don't you think so ...
Page 109
... laughter - exciting humorousness ( though he did not once laugh himself , and even his smile was too cynical , too peculiar , to be , in my opinion , agreeable ) , that I began to entertain far kindlier feelings towards him than at our ...
... laughter - exciting humorousness ( though he did not once laugh himself , and even his smile was too cynical , too peculiar , to be , in my opinion , agreeable ) , that I began to entertain far kindlier feelings towards him than at our ...
Page 183
... laughter from Thomas followed this explanation . 66 Beg pardon , Mr. Jeffry - didn't mean to be rude - but couldn't help it . Oh , it's capital ! — fit for Punch ! " and again Thomas's keen perception of the ludicrous checked his utter ...
... laughter from Thomas followed this explanation . 66 Beg pardon , Mr. Jeffry - didn't mean to be rude - but couldn't help it . Oh , it's capital ! — fit for Punch ! " and again Thomas's keen perception of the ludicrous checked his utter ...
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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.