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Page 176
The united earnings of the young girls not only sufficed to raise the required sum
which was to secure 'd roof over the head of the poor widow and her children, but
left an overplus which she would have returned to them, had they not insisted ...
The united earnings of the young girls not only sufficed to raise the required sum
which was to secure 'd roof over the head of the poor widow and her children, but
left an overplus which she would have returned to them, had they not insisted ...
Page 328
At that moment her companion joined her; she did not look surprised but only
smiled, and the carriage drove away leaving poor Ellen standing like one in a
dream. We joined her immediately, and accompanied her to her miserable home,
...
At that moment her companion joined her; she did not look surprised but only
smiled, and the carriage drove away leaving poor Ellen standing like one in a
dream. We joined her immediately, and accompanied her to her miserable home,
...
Page 329
The poor woman appeared glad that Ellen had met with such a friend, and would,
in all probability, be comfortably provided for during the little time she had to live ;
and related many touching instances of her long suffering and meek ...
The poor woman appeared glad that Ellen had met with such a friend, and would,
in all probability, be comfortably provided for during the little time she had to live ;
and related many touching instances of her long suffering and meek ...
Page 356
He did try on one occasion to reach the critical point — the ordeal of the "
question," seduced thereunto by the poor lady's being quietly suffering under the
Influenza, but just as he was drawing off his right hand glove, that he might — not
seize ...
He did try on one occasion to reach the critical point — the ordeal of the "
question," seduced thereunto by the poor lady's being quietly suffering under the
Influenza, but just as he was drawing off his right hand glove, that he might — not
seize ...
Page 11
This accumulation of misfortune occurred when she was too young to know the
full extent of her loss, and the fourth Summer that dawned on poor Faith saw her
a thoughtful perhaps, but not sad child, sharing in all the sports her blindness ...
This accumulation of misfortune occurred when she was too young to know the
full extent of her loss, and the fourth Summer that dawned on poor Faith saw her
a thoughtful perhaps, but not sad child, sharing in all the sports her blindness ...
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Page 53 - I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER. I REMEMBER, I remember The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn ; He never came a wink too soon. Nor brought too long a day ; But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away ! I remember, I remember...
Page 386 - I loved Ophelia : forty thousand brothers Could not, with all their quantity of love, Make up my sum.
Page 380 - He raised a sigh so piteous and profound As it did seem to shatter all his bulk And end his being. That done, he lets me go, And with his head over his shoulder turned He seemed to find his way without his eyes, For out o' doors he went without their help And to the last bended their light on me.
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Page 113 - Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove. O, no! it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark, Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
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Page 331 - Oh, Love! what is it in this world of ours Which makes it fatal to be loved? Ah why With cypress branches hast thou wreathed thy bowers, And made thy best interpreter a sigh? As those who dote on odours pluck the flowers, And place them on their breast — but place to die — Thus the frail beings we would fondly cherish Are laid within our bosoms but to perish.
Page 380 - Doubt thou the stars are fire ; Doubt that the sun doth move ; Doubt truth to be a liar ; But never doubt I love.
Page 24 - And should my youth, as youth is apt I know, Some harshness show, All vain asperities I day by day Would wear away, Till the smooth temper of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the Holly Tree.
Page 107 - I'd have you do it ever : when you sing, I'd have you buy and sell so ; so give alms ; Pray so ; and, for the ordering your affairs, To sing them too. When you do dance, I wish you A wave o...