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... answered Ruth gently , " and there are none against which it is not both possible and virtuous to struggle . " Helen was silent for a few moments , and then stopped short in her walk and pointed to THE ONLY DAUGHTER . 19.
... answered Ruth gently , " and there are none against which it is not both possible and virtuous to struggle . " Helen was silent for a few moments , and then stopped short in her walk and pointed to THE ONLY DAUGHTER . 19.
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... answered Ruth , smiling at the conceit , " but do you not see that it is the ivy that has crushed it , and if its fangs go on tightening , the vase will be annihilated completely . " Helen smiled and sighed . " There is no redress ...
... answered Ruth , smiling at the conceit , " but do you not see that it is the ivy that has crushed it , and if its fangs go on tightening , the vase will be annihilated completely . " Helen smiled and sighed . " There is no redress ...
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... walk after the moon is up ? it promises beautifully to- night . " " Quite time , " answered Helen , starting to her feet ; " I shall be ready in an in- stant . " " Don't be in such a hurry then ; the 50 THE ONLY DAUGHTER .
... walk after the moon is up ? it promises beautifully to- night . " " Quite time , " answered Helen , starting to her feet ; " I shall be ready in an in- stant . " " Don't be in such a hurry then ; the 50 THE ONLY DAUGHTER .
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... answered Faulcon- bridge with a smile , and still resolutely ad- dressing himself to Ruth alone , " that you are not going to advocate the supremacy of associations purely classical and abstract- ed , and in which the heart has no ...
... answered Faulcon- bridge with a smile , and still resolutely ad- dressing himself to Ruth alone , " that you are not going to advocate the supremacy of associations purely classical and abstract- ed , and in which the heart has no ...
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... answered Ruth archly , " why did I not prefer those evenings since I had even there the treasures of association to enrich them . " " Because those treasures of association were furnished by your own feelings , and not by the external ...
... answered Ruth archly , " why did I not prefer those evenings since I had even there the treasures of association to enrich them . " " Because those treasures of association were furnished by your own feelings , and not by the external ...
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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.