Blacksmith and scholar, by Mortimer and Frances Collins. 1883Chatto and Windus, 1883 |
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Page 11
... gone on capitally without any women in the world . Why are there any women in the world ? I wish they'd invent some more scientific way of perpetuating She mar- him , and But there the race . THE FITZ ROYS OF OAK ROYAL . 11.
... gone on capitally without any women in the world . Why are there any women in the world ? I wish they'd invent some more scientific way of perpetuating She mar- him , and But there the race . THE FITZ ROYS OF OAK ROYAL . 11.
Page 21
... wishes in every way , but -... Well , we all know the value of that but . Eustace Fitz Roy had his weak points , no doubt , but he inherited the family promptitude . " Possession is nine points of the law , " he thought . " If old ...
... wishes in every way , but -... Well , we all know the value of that but . Eustace Fitz Roy had his weak points , no doubt , but he inherited the family promptitude . " Possession is nine points of the law , " he thought . " If old ...
Page 40
... wish that every letter from him should be the cause of a fresh outbreak in the family , so he meant simply to give an account of his wanderings , and keep his feelings and opinions to himself . In due time he reached Liverpool , and was ...
... wish that every letter from him should be the cause of a fresh outbreak in the family , so he meant simply to give an account of his wanderings , and keep his feelings and opinions to himself . In due time he reached Liverpool , and was ...
Page 109
... wish for something rough to break his mind upon . He should have turned blacksmith . Robert Fitz Roy enjoyed it ; and he and Macnamara and Ralph worked in Titanic fashion that first day . Ralph spake no word , but when they were going ...
... wish for something rough to break his mind upon . He should have turned blacksmith . Robert Fitz Roy enjoyed it ; and he and Macnamara and Ralph worked in Titanic fashion that first day . Ralph spake no word , but when they were going ...
Page 117
... wishes also to engage female Gardeners and Grooms , if any such are to be had . Very liberal wages . Apply personally , the day after to - morrow , between eleven and twelve , at 95 , Jermyn Street . " There was a remarkable scene in ...
... wishes also to engage female Gardeners and Grooms , if any such are to be had . Very liberal wages . Apply personally , the day after to - morrow , between eleven and twelve , at 95 , Jermyn Street . " There was a remarkable scene in ...
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Popular passages
Page 193 - With gates of silver and bars of gold Ye have fenced my sheep from their Father's fold ; I have heard the dropping of their tears In heaven these eighteen hundred years.
Page 201 - EARTH has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty: This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the fields, and to the sky; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
Page 195 - Ward has no heart, they say; but I deny it ; He has a heart, and gets his speeches by it.
Page 202 - Lord ! methought, what pain it was to drown ! What dreadful noise of waters in mine ears ! What ugly sights of death within mine eyes!
Page 27 - That orbed maiden with white fire laden, Whom mortals call the moon, Glides glimmering o'er my fleece-like floor, By the midnight breezes strewn ; And wherever the beat of her unseen feet, Which only the angels hear, May have broken the woof of my tent's thin roof, The stars peep behind her and peer ; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees...
Page 17 - Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se quam quod ridiculos homines facit. "Exeat...