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Page 124
... Crofton , who came to the Abbey on his return from commanding a frigate in the Mediterranean , and met me there . He ... Crofton's presence in the room was enlivening as a sunbeam ; for possessing brilliant , almost ungovernable spirits ...
... Crofton , who came to the Abbey on his return from commanding a frigate in the Mediterranean , and met me there . He ... Crofton's presence in the room was enlivening as a sunbeam ; for possessing brilliant , almost ungovernable spirits ...
Page 126
... Crofton's assiduities had appeared to me more than the common custom of the house . At first he devoted half his time , and latterly the whole of it , whenever that was possible , to conversing with me . In our riding and walking ...
... Crofton's assiduities had appeared to me more than the common custom of the house . At first he devoted half his time , and latterly the whole of it , whenever that was possible , to conversing with me . In our riding and walking ...
Page 127
... Crofton becoming attached to me had never entered my head . The days and hours we then enjoyed , seemed scarcely to be reckoned in the vulgar current of life . I was but twenty - one , and Henry Crofton twenty- five , the very age of ...
... Crofton becoming attached to me had never entered my head . The days and hours we then enjoyed , seemed scarcely to be reckoned in the vulgar current of life . I was but twenty - one , and Henry Crofton twenty- five , the very age of ...
Page 130
... Crofton's assiduities were of no ordinary nature , and having observed him one day return from his ride , with a beautiful bouquet of the rarest flowers , which he presented to me , and some of which I wore as a wreath in my hair at ...
... Crofton's assiduities were of no ordinary nature , and having observed him one day return from his ride , with a beautiful bouquet of the rarest flowers , which he presented to me , and some of which I wore as a wreath in my hair at ...
Page 131
... Crofton , having strolled into the room unobserved , and reached the back of our sofa , over which he leaned in time to overhear the emphatic conclusion of his aunt's remark . " It can not possibly be your very promising nephew , though ...
... Crofton , having strolled into the room unobserved , and reached the back of our sofa , over which he leaned in time to overhear the emphatic conclusion of his aunt's remark . " It can not possibly be your very promising nephew , though ...
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Page 109 - Tis sweet to hear the watchdog's honest bark Bay deep-mouthed welcome as we draw near home; Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark Our coming, and look brighter when we come...
Page 177 - One fatal remembrance, one sorrow that throws Its bleak shade alike o'er our joys and our woes, To which life nothing darker or brighter can bring, For which joy has no balm and affliction no sting...
Page 230 - Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed ; Teach me to die, that so I may Rise glorious at the awful day.
Page 216 - He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me. My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger : I am an alien in their sight. I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I entreated him with my mouth.
Page 34 - Yet soon reviving plants and flowers Anew shall deck the plain ; The woods shall hear the voice of Spring, And flourish green again.
Page 222 - Whom the gods love die young,' was said of yore,' And many deaths do they escape by this: The death of friends, and that which slays even more — The death of friendship, love, youth, all that is, Except mere...
Page 133 - How proud they can press to the funeral array Of one whom they shunned in his sickness and sorrow : — How bailiffs may seize his last blanket to-day, Whose pall shall be held up by nobles to-morrow...
Page 232 - ... beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, he is changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.