Riversdale Court: A Novel, Volume 1Tinsley, 1878 |
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... voice of my grand- mother , speaking in tones of suppressed rapture , and hastening the while towards an open door . Accordingly in I was brought , and put to stand on a chair , and my black nurse and Mrs. Patter- son , the housekeeper ...
... voice of my grand- mother , speaking in tones of suppressed rapture , and hastening the while towards an open door . Accordingly in I was brought , and put to stand on a chair , and my black nurse and Mrs. Patter- son , the housekeeper ...
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... voice in which all banter and gaiety had so entirely given place to a sad seriousness that , had I not become accustomed to these varying moods in Charles since Edith's death , I should have been greatly astonished at this sudden ...
... voice in which all banter and gaiety had so entirely given place to a sad seriousness that , had I not become accustomed to these varying moods in Charles since Edith's death , I should have been greatly astonished at this sudden ...
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... good - bye , grand- mamma , as I purpose setting off early to - mor- row morning for Oxford , " he exclaimed , in a kind voice , and addressing his old friend by the familiar term of endearment which , half seriously , 22 RIVERSDALE COURT .
... good - bye , grand- mamma , as I purpose setting off early to - mor- row morning for Oxford , " he exclaimed , in a kind voice , and addressing his old friend by the familiar term of endearment which , half seriously , 22 RIVERSDALE COURT .
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... voice grew husky and low- " is it death ? " do A load , as of a leaden weight , fell on my heart at these words , which so fearsomely seconded mine own dread . It was summer . One warm sunny day we three , to wit , Charles , Edith , and ...
... voice grew husky and low- " is it death ? " do A load , as of a leaden weight , fell on my heart at these words , which so fearsomely seconded mine own dread . It was summer . One warm sunny day we three , to wit , Charles , Edith , and ...
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... voice that trembled some- what , " Edith , what is the 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 ...
... voice that trembled some- what , " Edith , what is the 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 ...
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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.