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... been tempted at length to venture upon that field of enterprise formerly pointed out with so much encouragement by the friendly hand of one who lives not to witness her success or failure . Other friends , and PREFACE . vii.
... been tempted at length to venture upon that field of enterprise formerly pointed out with so much encouragement by the friendly hand of one who lives not to witness her success or failure . Other friends , and PREFACE . vii.
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... lives , old women have nineteen ! I wish she had bequeathed me her excellent constitution . ' Well ! the only relation I ever acknowledged was that very old country - gentleman uncle of mine , who died last year in Northumberland . I ...
... lives , old women have nineteen ! I wish she had bequeathed me her excellent constitution . ' Well ! the only relation I ever acknowledged was that very old country - gentleman uncle of mine , who died last year in Northumberland . I ...
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... live , must live to grow old . None were ever younger or happier than Jane Bouverie remembers to have been , and few will live to be as old . If my years have been many , my afflictions also have been multiplied ; but , looking back ...
... live , must live to grow old . None were ever younger or happier than Jane Bouverie remembers to have been , and few will live to be as old . If my years have been many , my afflictions also have been multiplied ; but , looking back ...
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... live alway . ' With a mind at length raised above the storms of hope and fear that have hitherto agitated me , and resting safely in the calm regions of unalterable peace , it has become my earnest desire , before the world and I shake ...
... live alway . ' With a mind at length raised above the storms of hope and fear that have hitherto agitated me , and resting safely in the calm regions of unalterable peace , it has become my earnest desire , before the world and I shake ...
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... live a life of ostentation and magnificence , mere happiness seems a very poor object to marry for ; and my grandfather , Lord Barnfield , long threatened his daughter to withhold his countenance from her marriage before it took place ...
... live a life of ostentation and magnificence , mere happiness seems a very poor object to marry for ; and my grandfather , Lord Barnfield , long threatened his daughter to withhold his countenance from her marriage before it took place ...
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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.