Riversdale Court: A Novel, Volume 1Tinsley, 1878 |
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... sweet , gentle - looking old lady of middle height and clear but pale com- plexion ; and my child's heart opened out at once to her , not merely because of her own attractiveness , but by reason of a certain resemblance in expression ...
... sweet , gentle - looking old lady of middle height and clear but pale com- plexion ; and my child's heart opened out at once to her , not merely because of her own attractiveness , but by reason of a certain resemblance in expression ...
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... sweet - tempered beings in the whole wide world . So it was , however , the possession of my small self was productive after a while , and for a while , of as much grief as joy to her feelings . The grief was generated of the joy , the ...
... sweet - tempered beings in the whole wide world . So it was , however , the possession of my small self was productive after a while , and for a while , of as much grief as joy to her feelings . The grief was generated of the joy , the ...
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... Sweet pretty thing ! " he murmured , gazing at and apostrophizing the flower in tones of mock fondness and admiration , you are a perfect emblem of her , -he - m ! I mean of what she was . Yes ; just such another interestingly blanched ...
... Sweet pretty thing ! " he murmured , gazing at and apostrophizing the flower in tones of mock fondness and admiration , you are a perfect emblem of her , -he - m ! I mean of what she was . Yes ; just such another interestingly blanched ...
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... sweet little sister . Yes , " he answered , " I am thinking of my mother - and - of others . " " Of grandmamma ? " asked I , anxiously . " Ye - s , of grandmamma too . She is old , and not strong for her age either . " I was completely ...
... sweet little sister . Yes , " he answered , " I am thinking of my mother - and - of others . " " Of grandmamma ? " asked I , anxiously . " Ye - s , of grandmamma too . She is old , and not strong for her age either . " I was completely ...
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... sweet , grave , gentle aspect . Very old she seemed to me ; coeval , in fact , with all those ancient surroundings which harmonized so picturesquely with her appearance . I do not think , however , she was at that time more than two or ...
... sweet , grave , gentle aspect . Very old she seemed to me ; coeval , in fact , with all those ancient surroundings which harmonized so picturesquely with her appearance . I do not think , however , she was at that time more than two or ...
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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.