The Ladies' CompanionBradbury and Evans, 1861 - Women's periodicals, English |
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... course , taking the initiative ) , with such evident intent to commit murder in perfect good humour , that I was just about to raise an alarm , when a slight motion on the part of the sleeper sent them both bolt upright - quite ...
... course , taking the initiative ) , with such evident intent to commit murder in perfect good humour , that I was just about to raise an alarm , when a slight motion on the part of the sleeper sent them both bolt upright - quite ...
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... course of which supported a few books and a lamp . A thought , or any one course of observation ; and rude fire - place , with a few charred sticks , and a just at this point I slid off into a state of won- massive door , on which was ...
... course of which supported a few books and a lamp . A thought , or any one course of observation ; and rude fire - place , with a few charred sticks , and a just at this point I slid off into a state of won- massive door , on which was ...
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... course impossible to avoid them altogether ; but I was strictly forbidden to answer any questions they might put regarding my uncle's way of life . I therefore , as I said , kept as much as possible in the pathless woods , and in the ...
... course impossible to avoid them altogether ; but I was strictly forbidden to answer any questions they might put regarding my uncle's way of life . I therefore , as I said , kept as much as possible in the pathless woods , and in the ...
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... course of the young man's narrative I had been utterly insensible to external things . My eyes were immovably fixed on the water beneath us , rising and falling in overlapping masses on either side of the resistless bow , like earth ...
... course of the young man's narrative I had been utterly insensible to external things . My eyes were immovably fixed on the water beneath us , rising and falling in overlapping masses on either side of the resistless bow , like earth ...
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... course , to Annette Leigh ? ' said the Colonel , with a perceptible change of countenance : " but I am at a loss to conceive how the subject of my nephew's choice can be connected with her . " " The false Annette Leigh of your early ...
... course , to Annette Leigh ? ' said the Colonel , with a perceptible change of countenance : " but I am at a loss to conceive how the subject of my nephew's choice can be connected with her . " " The false Annette Leigh of your early ...
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Page 179 - Within thy airy shell By slow Meander's margent green, And in the violet-embroidered vale Where the lovelorn nightingale Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well: Canst thou not tell me of a gentle pair That likest thy Narcissus are?
Page 97 - And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
Page 315 - That tell in homely phrase who lie below ; Sudden he starts ! and hears, or thinks he hears, The sound of something purring at his heels ; Full fast he flies, and dares not look behind him, Till out of breath he overtakes his fellows ; Who gather round, and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition tall and ghastly, That walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new-open'd grave; and, strange to tell! Evanishes at crowing of the cock.
Page 49 - For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE ; And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE.
Page 221 - The best in this kind are but shadows ; and the worst are no worse, if imagination amend them.
Page 163 - Mr. Davies mentioned my name, and respectfully introduced me to him. I was much agitated, and, recollecting his prejudice against the Scotch, of which I had heard much, I said to Davies, "Don't tell where I come from." "From Scotland," cried Davies, roguishly. "Mr. Johnson," said I, "I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it.
Page 163 - I am willing to flatter myself that I meant this as light pleasantry to soothe and conciliate him, and not as an humiliating abasement at the expense of my country. But however that might be, this speech was somewhat unlucky; for, with that quickness of wit for which he was so remarkable, he seized the expression, "come from Scotland...
Page 198 - Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven ; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head...
Page 75 - And labours hard to store it well With the sweet food she makes. In works of labour or of skill I would be busy too: For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do. In books, or work, or healthful play Let my first years be past, That I may give for every day Some good account at last.
Page 310 - I laboured," says he, in one of his letters*, " for a mere pittance, but it was sufficient. It was the fruit of my own resolution ; and, as I then flattered myself, the foretaste of more honourable rewards, — for I never thought of wealth.