The Ladies' CompanionBradbury and Evans, 1861 - Women's periodicals, English |
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... lady who was waiting for him at the door of the compartment in which the third - class pas- sengers are assembled before being admitted to the platform . A policeman closed the door after them , and so hurriedly as to catch part of the ...
... lady who was waiting for him at the door of the compartment in which the third - class pas- sengers are assembled before being admitted to the platform . A policeman closed the door after them , and so hurriedly as to catch part of the ...
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... lady , with a vocation for scribbling , took out a sheet of letter - paper - such paper ! coarse , rough , small in size and dipped her goose - quill into ink - such ink ! inferior to that of your lady's - maid when she makes so brown ...
... lady , with a vocation for scribbling , took out a sheet of letter - paper - such paper ! coarse , rough , small in size and dipped her goose - quill into ink - such ink ! inferior to that of your lady's - maid when she makes so brown ...
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... lady to whom he was engaged twenty years ago , and who behaved unpardonably to him , married a cousin , and went off with her husband to India . " " I never heard any particulars of her mis- conduct , " said Mrs. Forbes , " it has ...
... lady to whom he was engaged twenty years ago , and who behaved unpardonably to him , married a cousin , and went off with her husband to India . " " I never heard any particulars of her mis- conduct , " said Mrs. Forbes , " it has ...
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... Lady Mary Wortley Montague , remarks : " No entertainment is so cheap as reading , and no pleasure so lasting . " I might multiply quotations on the subject , but Mrs. Sandbam is entering the library , and the bitter , mocking ...
... Lady Mary Wortley Montague , remarks : " No entertainment is so cheap as reading , and no pleasure so lasting . " I might multiply quotations on the subject , but Mrs. Sandbam is entering the library , and the bitter , mocking ...
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... lady she once received a letter , written kindly and affectionately , regretting that she was obliged to enclose one from her brother , couched in terms of harsh and bitter reproach , and offering her services as a mediator on the ...
... lady she once received a letter , written kindly and affectionately , regretting that she was obliged to enclose one from her brother , couched in terms of harsh and bitter reproach , and offering her services as a mediator on the ...
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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.