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... IS RONGER $ B THAN MATTER Blb CLOTHECA 001 '17 SODLEIANA London : SAMUEL TINSLEY & CO . , 10 SOUTHAMPTON STREET , STRAND . 1878 . All rights reserved . ] 251 . e 591 . CONTENTS OF VOL . I. CHAP . I. ARRIVAL AT. RIVERSDALE COURT .
... IS RONGER $ B THAN MATTER Blb CLOTHECA 001 '17 SODLEIANA London : SAMUEL TINSLEY & CO . , 10 SOUTHAMPTON STREET , STRAND . 1878 . All rights reserved . ] 251 . e 591 . CONTENTS OF VOL . I. CHAP . I. ARRIVAL AT. RIVERSDALE COURT .
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... MATTERS CONTINUED XII . EXTRACTS FROM SARIANN'S DIARY XIII . THE PICNIC · · XIV . THE PICNIC CONTINUED XV . THE PICNIC CONTINUED XVI . THE RUINS XVII . THE PICNIC CONCLUDED PAGE 1 10 19 27 • 68 81 89 98 · . 109 . 118 . 135 . 160 . 179 ...
... MATTERS CONTINUED XII . EXTRACTS FROM SARIANN'S DIARY XIII . THE PICNIC · · XIV . THE PICNIC CONTINUED XV . THE PICNIC CONTINUED XVI . THE RUINS XVII . THE PICNIC CONCLUDED PAGE 1 10 19 27 • 68 81 89 98 · . 109 . 118 . 135 . 160 . 179 ...
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... matter of how long practice in the house , were made to at once succumb to the requirements of my fragile health , extreme youth , and the furtherance of my education and manners . Among other domestic arrange- ments was that of early ...
... matter of how long practice in the house , were made to at once succumb to the requirements of my fragile health , extreme youth , and the furtherance of my education and manners . Among other domestic arrange- ments was that of early ...
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... matter with you ? Tell me the whole truth : I must and will know , for I cannot bear this suspense any longer ! " She started , and raised her big blue eyes to his with a half - frightened look - eyes of that azure blue which belongeth ...
... matter with you ? Tell me the whole truth : I must and will know , for I cannot bear this suspense any longer ! " She started , and raised her big blue eyes to his with a half - frightened look - eyes of that azure blue which belongeth ...
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... matter ! -it makes me wretched ! Look at this ! " grasping her slender white hand in his , and holding it forth for my inspection . Hastily she withdrew it , and , covering her face , suddenly burst into such a convulsion of weeping and ...
... matter ! -it makes me wretched ! Look at this ! " grasping her slender white hand in his , and holding it forth for my inspection . Hastily she withdrew it , and , covering her face , suddenly burst into such a convulsion of weeping and ...
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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.