Guilty Or Not Guilty, Or, A Lesson for Husbands: A Tale, Volume 1 |
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Page 147 - Ada! sole daughter of my house and heart? When last I saw thy young blue eyes, they smiled, And then we parted, — not as now we part, But with a hope. — Awaking with a start, The waters heave around me; and on high The winds lift up their voices: I depart, Whither I know not; but the hour's gone by, When Albion's lessening shores could grieve or glad mine eye.
Page 183 - Herbert, and, although inex perienced in such matters, she began to suspect that he had made a deeper impression on her young friend's heart than she had before been willing to think possible. But still she trusted to her brother's undoubted superiority, and to the power which he had evidently gained over his ward's better feelings. Each day, each hour, however, which now passed, instead of lessening her fears, only confirmed them. She tried every...
Page 156 - I promise you, I was never more glad in my life than when I clapped my eyes upon that there teapot. ' It is exact a match with the one that the bottom fell out of...
Page 209 - you think it is too late in the day for me to learn to play the fool ; but harkee, Maddison, in the course of your life did you never see an old fool ?"
Page 280 - he wished to inform you that he had fallen over head and ears in love with you...