Riversdale Court: A Novel, Volume 1Tinsley, 1878 |
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... seemed to me - joyous existence , from the magnificence and luxury in which that Eastern clime abounds for the great and the wealthy , and of which even the richest inhabitants of these colder and by nature niggardly favoured regions ...
... seemed to me - joyous existence , from the magnificence and luxury in which that Eastern clime abounds for the great and the wealthy , and of which even the richest inhabitants of these colder and by nature niggardly favoured regions ...
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... seemed to have been entertained . To begin : I was to reside with his mother , Lady Denzell , until my seventeenth birthday , and during that period no trouble or expense were to be spared in polishing my manners and perfect- ing my ...
... seemed to have been entertained . To begin : I was to reside with his mother , Lady Denzell , until my seventeenth birthday , and during that period no trouble or expense were to be spared in polishing my manners and perfect- ing my ...
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... of birds , the fall of water , and other soft rural sounds , floated on the slow- moving air laden with perfume from myriads of flowers , and within and without all seemed peace and THE ORIEL DRAWING - ROOM . 19 THE ORIEL DRAWING-ROOM.
... of birds , the fall of water , and other soft rural sounds , floated on the slow- moving air laden with perfume from myriads of flowers , and within and without all seemed peace and THE ORIEL DRAWING - ROOM . 19 THE ORIEL DRAWING-ROOM.
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A Novel Mrs. Forrest-Grant. flowers , and within and without all seemed peace and beauty and restful enjoyment . A very favourite apartment of grand- mamma's and mine was this dear old drawing- room , for in addition to the large oriel ...
A Novel Mrs. Forrest-Grant. flowers , and within and without all seemed peace and beauty and restful enjoyment . A very favourite apartment of grand- mamma's and mine was this dear old drawing- room , for in addition to the large oriel ...
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... seemed to my child's fancy , amiably smiling up at the sun and moon . A broad stone terrace clasped the whole length and the right and the left of the building , and opposite the oriel drawing - room a picturesque bridge spanned the ...
... seemed to my child's fancy , amiably smiling up at the sun and moon . A broad stone terrace clasped the whole length and the right and the left of the building , and opposite the oriel drawing - room a picturesque bridge spanned the ...
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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.