Concealment [by lady M. Richardson]. |
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... hand was the only answer , and the speaker went on . " I cannot help hoping it may be exactly such an evening when Herbert does come , and then I think he cannot be disappointed , even after all the Indian , Greek and Italian sunsets he ...
... hand was the only answer , and the speaker went on . " I cannot help hoping it may be exactly such an evening when Herbert does come , and then I think he cannot be disappointed , even after all the Indian , Greek and Italian sunsets he ...
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... hands- " is it , can it be possible ? " - " Do not , " replied her companion with the most soothing gentleness of manner , " do not let us say more on the subject just now . You shall to - night have a packet of letters I have long had ...
... hands- " is it , can it be possible ? " - " Do not , " replied her companion with the most soothing gentleness of manner , " do not let us say more on the subject just now . You shall to - night have a packet of letters I have long had ...
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... hands on a single memorial of olden times . The ladies had too much real taste not to feel that , however valu- able a love of neatness , and uniformity may be in domestic economy , it is pernicious beyond expression when exercised out ...
... hands on a single memorial of olden times . The ladies had too much real taste not to feel that , however valu- able a love of neatness , and uniformity may be in domestic economy , it is pernicious beyond expression when exercised out ...
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... hand , more of the speculations of the good town of D than they had either the wish or the capacity to value . Miss Loraine had , since Sir Edward's death , made it an especial point of duty that the old lady should feel no diminution ...
... hand , more of the speculations of the good town of D than they had either the wish or the capacity to value . Miss Loraine had , since Sir Edward's death , made it an especial point of duty that the old lady should feel no diminution ...
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... hand , and gazing on vacancy , while Zebba was moving about the apartment , collecting the bridal gifts which were carelessly scattered around , and making the usual pre- parations for a removal . They did not exchange words with each ...
... hand , and gazing on vacancy , while Zebba was moving about the apartment , collecting the bridal gifts which were carelessly scattered around , and making the usual pre- parations for a removal . They did not exchange words with each ...
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Popular passages
Page 59 - O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art As glorious to this night, being o'er my head, As is a winged messenger of heaven Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him, When he bestrides the lazy-pacing clouds And sails upon the bosom of the air.
Page 3 - If she come in, she'll sure speak to my wife : My wife ? my wife ? what wife ! I have no wife. O, insupportable ! O heavy hour ! Methinks it should be now a huge eclipse Of sun and moon, and that the affrighted globe Should yawn at alteration.
Page 21 - Each in his hidden sphere of joy or woe Our hermit spirits dwell, and range apart, Our eyes see all around in gloom or glow Hues of their own, fresh borrowed from the heart.
Page 181 - Within the soul a faculty abides, That with interpositions, which would hide And darken, so can deal that they become Contingencies of pomp ; and serve to exalt Her native brightness.
Page 29 - tis a thing impossible to frame Conceptions equal to the soul's desires; And the most difficult of tasks to keep Heights which the soul is competent to gain.
Page 244 - But she has treasured, and she loves them all ; When in her way she meets them, they appear Peculiar people — death has made them dear. He...
Page 167 - A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel 13 light. XV.— I WANDERED LONELY. 1804. I WANDERED lonely as a cloud...
Page 100 - And what, for this frail world, were all That mortals do or suffer, Did no responsive harp, no pen, Memorial tribute offer ? Yea, what were mighty Nature's self?
Page 166 - If Thou be one whose heart the holy forms Of young imagination have kept pure, Stranger ! henceforth be warned ; and know that pride; Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness; that he, who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used; that thought with him Is in its infancy.
Page 1 - Well, so I did ; but yet I did not think To show to all the world my pen and ink In such a mode ; I only thought to make I knew not what ; nor did I undertake Thereby to please my neighbour ; no, not I ; I did it mine own self to gratify.