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... Colonel Sternbotham . Mrs. Sternbotham , a tall thin woman , was handed out , and swept an Elizabethan bow to Glenbenrough and the girls . Lady Mac Neil , Marion , and Julia , stepped out after her : the mother , a stout , good ...
... Colonel Sternbotham . Mrs. Sternbotham , a tall thin woman , was handed out , and swept an Elizabethan bow to Glenbenrough and the girls . Lady Mac Neil , Marion , and Julia , stepped out after her : the mother , a stout , good ...
Page 51
... Colonel Sternbotham , however , talked very agreeably , describing his tour , and appealing to his wife to verify points of time or distance ; while she silently formed a small circle of listeners . Lunch over , Norah proposed showing ...
... Colonel Sternbotham , however , talked very agreeably , describing his tour , and appealing to his wife to verify points of time or distance ; while she silently formed a small circle of listeners . Lunch over , Norah proposed showing ...
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... Colonel Sternbotham is not at all an unkind man , only very particular . " " You shall hear me astonish him , " whispered Esmé , laugh- ing , to her cousin Marion . Norah went to the door of Mrs. Sternbotham's room and proposed a walk ...
... Colonel Sternbotham is not at all an unkind man , only very particular . " " You shall hear me astonish him , " whispered Esmé , laugh- ing , to her cousin Marion . Norah went to the door of Mrs. Sternbotham's room and proposed a walk ...
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... Colonel Sternbotham smiled grimly , and looked for expla- nation . " Papa is going to give the people a dance to - morrow evening in the barn , " Norah said . " It is a pleasure often given at this season in the Highlands , and then we ...
... Colonel Sternbotham smiled grimly , and looked for expla- nation . " Papa is going to give the people a dance to - morrow evening in the barn , " Norah said . " It is a pleasure often given at this season in the Highlands , and then we ...
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... Sternbotham glanced at the colonel as she answered in the affirmative . The colonel had seen the game played , but never had joined in it ; however , as this was only a small family party , he might unbend . He therefore joined the ...
... Sternbotham glanced at the colonel as she answered in the affirmative . The colonel had seen the game played , but never had joined in it ; however , as this was only a small family party , he might unbend . He therefore joined the ...
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Page 159 - The fountains mingle with the river And the rivers with the Ocean, The winds of Heaven mix for ever With a sweet emotion; Nothing in the world is single; All things by a law divine In one spirit meet and mingle. Why not I with thine?
Page 230 - I'll make a garland of thy hair Shall bind my heart for evermair Until the day I die. O that I were where Helen lies! Night and day on me she cries; Out of my bed she bids me rise, Says, "Haste and come to me!
Page 230 - O that I were where Helen lies ! Night and day on me she cries ; Out of my bed she bids me rise, Says,
Page 3 - It's no in makin muckle mair ; It's no in books ; it's no in lear, To make us truly blest ; If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest : Nae treasures, nor pleasures, Could make us happy lang ; The heart ay's the part ay That makes us right or wrang.
Page 159 - Love's Philosophy The fountains mingle with the river And the rivers with the Ocean, The winds of Heaven mix for ever With a sweet emotion; Nothing in the world is single; All things by a law divine In one another's being mingle. Why not I with thine?— See the mountains kiss high Heaven And the waves clasp one another...
Page 160 - ... Ocean, The winds of Heaven mix for ever With a sweet emotion; Nothing in the world is single; All things by a law divine In one another's being mingle. Why not I with thine?-— See the mountains kiss high Heaven And the waves clasp one another; No sister flower would be forgiven If it disdained its brother; And the sunlight clasps the earth And the moonbeams kiss the sea: What are all these kissings worth If thou kiss not me?
Page 244 - Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue. Thus, with delight, we linger to survey The promised joys of life's unmeasured way; Thus, from afar, each dim-discovered scene More pleasing seems than all the past hath been ; And every form that Fancy can repair From dark oblivion glows divinely there.
Page 77 - Kilmeny gaed up the glen ; But it wasna to meet Duneira's men, Nor the rosy monk of the isle to see, For Kilmeny was pure as pure could be. It was only to hear the Yorlin sing, And pu...
Page 295 - Her seymar was the lily flower, And her cheek the moss-rose in the shower ; And her voice like the distant melodye, That floats along the twilight sea.
Page 232 - THE moon was a-waning, The tempest was over ; Fair was the maiden, And fond was the lover ; But the snow was so deep, That his heart it grew weary, And he sunk down to sleep, In the moorland so dreary. Soft was the bed She had made for her lover, White were the sheets And...