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Page 157
... Katie , or as she was more generally denominated , aunt Katie , the younger of the ladies by almost ten years . On her had devolved the exclu- sive command of every branch of the domes- tic economy , and she discharged its duties with ...
... Katie , or as she was more generally denominated , aunt Katie , the younger of the ladies by almost ten years . On her had devolved the exclu- sive command of every branch of the domes- tic economy , and she discharged its duties with ...
Page 158
... the forerunner of sleep . Six o'clock , on a summer's morning , and seven in winter , saw aunt Katie in her vocation ; and as her little person whisked through the house , or trotted about the offices , 158 THE ONLY DAUGHTER .
... the forerunner of sleep . Six o'clock , on a summer's morning , and seven in winter , saw aunt Katie in her vocation ; and as her little person whisked through the house , or trotted about the offices , 158 THE ONLY DAUGHTER .
Page 159
... Katie has been visited with sundry indications of hy- pocondriacism , such as needed the appliances of an early spring and an influx of responsi- bilities to disperse . Once she betook herself , in her necessity , to THE ONLY DAUGHTER .
... Katie has been visited with sundry indications of hy- pocondriacism , such as needed the appliances of an early spring and an influx of responsi- bilities to disperse . Once she betook herself , in her necessity , to THE ONLY DAUGHTER .
Page 160
... with that unimpeded ex- ercise of the tongue with which aunt Katie was wont to season her employments ; and the snapping of the thread at every sudden impulse , which sent her from her seat , was 160 THE ONLY DAUGHTER .
... with that unimpeded ex- ercise of the tongue with which aunt Katie was wont to season her employments ; and the snapping of the thread at every sudden impulse , which sent her from her seat , was 160 THE ONLY DAUGHTER .
Page 161
... Katie pleased herself with the idea , to say the best of it , of dubious validity , that the know- ledge of her ... Katie's imaginary complaints threatened a return , when one day in the middle of a long snowy week she received a packet ...
... Katie pleased herself with the idea , to say the best of it , of dubious validity , that the know- ledge of her ... Katie's imaginary complaints threatened a return , when one day in the middle of a long snowy week she received a packet ...
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Page 1 - She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love : A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye! Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky.
Page 3 - HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire.
Page 212 - But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail...
Page 193 - And blushed and smiled the tale to hear, Poured from her dark-eyed cavalier ; And yet, I too must moralize, Albeit with gentler sympathies, Of all my own fond heart can tell Of love's despair, and love's farewell, — Its many miseries ; — its tears, Like lava, not like dew ; — its fears, That make hope painful ; — then its trust, So often trampled in the dust ; — Neglected, blighted, and betrayed, A sorrow and a mockery made ! Then change and adverse fortune, all That binds and keeps sweet...
Page 21 - give me to drink mandragora, " That I may sleep out this great gap of time
Page 244 - OVER the mountains And over the waves, Under the fountains And under the graves; Under floods that are deepest, Which Neptune obey ; Over rocks that are steepest, Love will find out the way.
Page 37 - Ch'io non son forte ad aspettar la luce Di questa donna, e non so fare schermi Di luoghi tenebrosi, o d
Page 247 - The Gods to their dear shelter take thee, maid, That rightly think'st and hast most rightly said.