Riversdale Court: A Novel, Volume 1Tinsley, 1878 |
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... 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 which it tended to strengthen ...
... 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 which it tended to strengthen ...
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... whole length and the right and the left of the building , and opposite the oriel drawing - room a picturesque bridge spanned the moat ( which at this point ran close under the terrace ) , and thus by an easy transit connected the house ...
... whole length and the right and the left of the building , and opposite the oriel drawing - room a picturesque bridge spanned the moat ( which at this point ran close under the terrace ) , and thus by an easy transit connected the house ...
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... the manner of the original portion of my manuscript . What a joyous , happy - hearted fellow dear Charley is ! and so clever ! As yet , the whole of his college life has been one great success , EXTRACTS FROM SARIANN'S DIARY . 29.
... the manner of the original portion of my manuscript . What a joyous , happy - hearted fellow dear Charley is ! and so clever ! As yet , the whole of his college life has been one great success , EXTRACTS FROM SARIANN'S DIARY . 29.
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... 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 only to youth . " Matter with ...
... 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 only to youth . " Matter with ...
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... whole form with the violence of an ague fit . God grant I may never hear aught so heart - rending again ! " Oh , Edie , Edie ! don't ! don't ! " gasped I , terrified exceedingly ; and , casting my arms around her , drew her head to my ...
... whole form with the violence of an ague fit . God grant I may never hear aught so heart - rending again ! " Oh , Edie , Edie ! don't ! don't ! " gasped I , terrified exceedingly ; and , casting my arms around her , drew her head to my ...
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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.