Jane Bouverie; or, Prosperity and adversity, Volume 577 |
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... beauty , that mother , a model of every do- mestic excellence , devoted her time , talents , and accomplishments , with ceaseless diligence , to the education of her family , who owe to her exemplary 1 a PREFACE . ix our nature is the ...
... beauty , that mother , a model of every do- mestic excellence , devoted her time , talents , and accomplishments , with ceaseless diligence , to the education of her family , who owe to her exemplary 1 a PREFACE . ix our nature is the ...
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... beauty , surrounded by crowds of the most romantic lovers , but " all that's bright must fade . " Aged people always seem to me like an old card shuffled by mistake into the wrong pack , or a dismantled wreck in the midst of a regatta ...
... beauty , surrounded by crowds of the most romantic lovers , but " all that's bright must fade . " Aged people always seem to me like an old card shuffled by mistake into the wrong pack , or a dismantled wreck in the midst of a regatta ...
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... beauty , to the sadder tints of autumn ; nor is the pale cold dawn of morning comparable to the richer glow of a setting sun . Even in the moment of dissolution , who does not admire the many - colored leaves of the forest , quivering ...
... beauty , to the sadder tints of autumn ; nor is the pale cold dawn of morning comparable to the richer glow of a setting sun . Even in the moment of dissolution , who does not admire the many - colored leaves of the forest , quivering ...
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... beauty by the touch of time . While thus all that wants the breath of life may last unnumbered years , and still improve , it is not so with man - age is dark and unlovely . ' The autumn of human life becomes more gloomy as it advances ...
... beauty by the touch of time . While thus all that wants the breath of life may last unnumbered years , and still improve , it is not so with man - age is dark and unlovely . ' The autumn of human life becomes more gloomy as it advances ...
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... merely treated like ornamental volumes for the drawing- room , to amuse an idle hour , by their external decorations of beauty and accomplishments , without reference to the far deeper interest they might , as JANE BOUVERIE . 45.
... merely treated like ornamental volumes for the drawing- room , to amuse an idle hour , by their external decorations of beauty and accomplishments , without reference to the far deeper interest they might , as JANE BOUVERIE . 45.
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affection amused Ashcourt Abbey Baker Street Beatrice beauty became become blessing bound in fancy brother Caroline CATHERINE SINCLAIR character cheerful Christian comfort conversation countenance Crofton daughter dear dear Jane death delight duty earth Edward Eliza emotion enjoyment Ernest Gordon Eugene Sue eyes fancy boards father feelings felt Foolscap 8vo fortune friends Frontispiece and Vignette give grief handsomely printed happiness heart Henry Herefordshire hope hour humor illustrated with Frontispiece income interest Jane Bouverie Jesuit kind Lady Ashcourt Lady Laura Lady Plinlimmon live look Lord Ashcourt Lord Charles Lord Plinlimmon manner Margaret Catchpole marriage mind Miss Sinclair mortal mother nature neatly bound Nestorians never once parents Pierrepoint pleasure prosperity remember scarcely scene seemed Sir William sisters smile society sorrow spirit story suffer sympathy tale tears thought tion tone Uncle Tom's Cabin Vignette Title wish young
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Page 145 - As a beam o'er the face of the waters may glow, While the tide runs in darkness and coldness below, So the cheek may be tinged with a warm sunny smile, Though the cold heart to ruin runs darkly the while.
Page 272 - 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 breath ; and since the silent shore Awaits at last even those who longest miss The old archer's shafts, perhaps the early grave Which men weep over may be meant to save.
Page 37 - Resign the honours of their form at Winter's stormy blast, And leave the naked leafless plain a desolated waste. 8 Yet soon reviving plants and flow'rs anew shall deck the plain ; The woods shall hear the voice of Spring, and flourish green again.
Page 238 - The churchyard bears an added stone, The fireside shows a vacant chair ! Here sadness dwells and weeps alone, And death displays his banner there ; The life has gone, the breath has fled, And what has been no more shall be ; The well-known form, the welcome tread, Oh ! where are they ? and where is he ? HENRY NEELE.
Page 61 - No where by thee my steps shall be, For ever and for ever. But here will sigh thine alder tree, And here thine aspen shiver; And here by thee will hum the bee, For ever and for ever. A thousand suns will stream on thee, A thousand moons will quiver; But not by thee my steps shall be, For ever and for ever.
Page 238 - OFT o'er my brain does that strange fancy roll Which makes the present (while the flash doth last) Seem a mere semblance of some unknown past Mixed with such feelings, as perplex the soul Self-questioned in her sleep ; and some have said We lived, ere yet this robe of flesh we wore.