Concealment [by lady M. Richardson]. |
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... scarcely be said that she forgot the hours as they passed , or that when she had read and re - read the letters , and at last felt that she must , as a point of duty , retire to rest , sleep refused to come till the morning was far ...
... scarcely be said that she forgot the hours as they passed , or that when she had read and re - read the letters , and at last felt that she must , as a point of duty , retire to rest , sleep refused to come till the morning was far ...
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... scarcely believe it a reality . 66 My dearest child , what is the cause of this ? Leave us , Zebba , I will take your place now , " said Lady Seymour drawing a low seat close to Theresa , and placing her head on her lap , while she bent ...
... scarcely believe it a reality . 66 My dearest child , what is the cause of this ? Leave us , Zebba , I will take your place now , " said Lady Seymour drawing a low seat close to Theresa , and placing her head on her lap , while she bent ...
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... , or a feeling in his heart , it would scarcely be pardonable . And you , who are generally so calm , so dignified , so moonlike . If I had behaved in this manner it would have been in character , for CONCEALMENT . 63.
... , or a feeling in his heart , it would scarcely be pardonable . And you , who are generally so calm , so dignified , so moonlike . If I had behaved in this manner it would have been in character , for CONCEALMENT . 63.
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... Scarcely an hour ago . " " You are deceived , Three hours have past , but past by you unheeded , Who have the while in silent stillness sat , Like one forlorn , that has no need of time . " JOANNA BAILLIE . On the evening before the day ...
... Scarcely an hour ago . " " You are deceived , Three hours have past , but past by you unheeded , Who have the while in silent stillness sat , Like one forlorn , that has no need of time . " JOANNA BAILLIE . On the evening before the day ...
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... scarcely a mile from the Manse . It had been nicely fitted up for their reception , and William had been frequently at Glasgow , to purchase fur- niture of such a neat and unexpensive kind , as suited their taste and circumstances ; the ...
... scarcely a mile from the Manse . It had been nicely fitted up for their reception , and William had been frequently at Glasgow , to purchase fur- niture of such a neat and unexpensive kind , as suited their taste and circumstances ; the ...
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admiration affection appearance Appin Arundel aunt battle of Culloden beautiful believe Bingham bless CHAPTER Clare comfort conceal Corfu Darcy's dear delight Delmer desire door duty Eelen Errington expression eyes fear feel felt Fergus forgive Gilbert Hill give glad Glenleven Greville hand happy heard heart Highland honour hope hour intercourse Italian JOANNA BAILLIE kind Lady Darcy Lady Fermor Lady Seymour letter look Lord Darcy Lord Seymour loughby manner marriage Mc Tavish mind Miss Aylmer Miss Catt Miss Loraine Miss Stuart morning mother nature never night once pain party passed perhaps person pleasure poor racter replied rest scarcely scene seemed silence sister smiling soon sorrow speak strong suffering suppose sure tell Theresa thing thought tion to-night told truth Twistlemere usual voice walk Willoughby Winifred wish words Zebba
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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.