Musgrave, and other tales, Volume 2; Volume 4651851 |
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... mournful smile affectionate , he said , Say not that thou art friendless while I live ! Thou could'st not to a readier ear have told Thy sorrows . This day , Lady , prepare to take thy lot with me . " Southey . LEWIS GRAME had spent a ...
... mournful smile affectionate , he said , Say not that thou art friendless while I live ! Thou could'st not to a readier ear have told Thy sorrows . This day , Lady , prepare to take thy lot with me . " Southey . LEWIS GRAME had spent a ...
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... mournful eyes to his . " Dearest Lewis , " she said , " I would give the whole world to be able to answer yes . But I cannot . I was looking for you last night to tell you why I must get off from this party . " And in a few words she ...
... mournful eyes to his . " Dearest Lewis , " she said , " I would give the whole world to be able to answer yes . But I cannot . I was looking for you last night to tell you why I must get off from this party . " And in a few words she ...
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... mournful retrospect . It was not of that woodland walk I intended to speak , though its memory claimed a pass- ing tribute , as it arose before me . I meant to tell you of another ramble , in a different direction ; and of the spot to ...
... mournful retrospect . It was not of that woodland walk I intended to speak , though its memory claimed a pass- ing tribute , as it arose before me . I meant to tell you of another ramble , in a different direction ; and of the spot to ...
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... mournful thoughts by an excursion into the regions of the past . Accept it , therefore , humble though it be , this offering of the results of my backward- looking glance ; and if you cannot lend your faith as implicitly as I do to a ...
... mournful thoughts by an excursion into the regions of the past . Accept it , therefore , humble though it be , this offering of the results of my backward- looking glance ; and if you cannot lend your faith as implicitly as I do to a ...
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... beauty of the paths we were traversing . " It would be a pity , " she said , " to withdraw your attention from them to listen to a mournful , though not very eventful story , which I can tell you as well at another time 154- HELMSLEY HALL .
... beauty of the paths we were traversing . " It would be a pity , " she said , " to withdraw your attention from them to listen to a mournful , though not very eventful story , which I can tell you as well at another time 154- HELMSLEY HALL .
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Page 78 - Needs no show of mountain hoary, Winding shore, or deepening glen, Where the landscape in its glory Teaches truth to wandering men : Give true hearts but earth and sky, And some flowers to bloom and die, — Homely scenes and simple views, Lowly thoughts may best infuse.
Page 249 - No haughty feat of arms I tell; Soft is the note, and sad the lay That mourns the lovely Rosabelle.
Page 83 - How pure at heart and sound in head, With what divine affections bold Should be the man whose thought would hold An hour's communion with the dead. In vain shalt thou, or any, call The spirits from their golden day, Except, like them, thou too canst say, My spirit is at peace with all.
Page 37 - Soft shall be his pillow. There, through the summer day, Cool streams are laving ; There, while the tempests sway, Scarce are boughs waving ; There, thy rest shalt thou take, Parted for ever, Never again to wake, Never, O never.
Page 147 - The machinery for dreaming planted in the human brain was not planted for nothing. That faculty, in alliance with the mystery of darkness, is the one great tube through which man communicates with the shadowy.
Page 47 - By thine Agony and bloody Sweat ; by thy Cross and Passion ; by thy precious Death and Burial ; by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension ; and by the coming of the Holy Ghost, Good Lord, deliver us.
Page 173 - The first is health — some leave other occupations as too laborious and teach school, thinking that the trials of the schoolroom are much less than those of any other station. Health Is essential to the teacher, not only on his own account but for the sake of his pupils. To the sick, every trial is doubled. Some suffering bad health are better teachers than those enjoying good, but If the same person were possessed with health, he would be probably a much, better teacher. On one occasion the examination...
Page 128 - Being who has promised to be the ' father of the fatherless, and the husband of the widow.
Page 37 - Where shall the traitor rest, He, the deceiver, Who could win maiden's breast, Ruin, and leave her ? In the lost battle, Borne down by the flying, Where mingles war's rattle With groans of the dying...