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... asked , when a new competitor for fame appears upon the boards ; and if the answer be " nothing , " the chances are as ten to one , that he is neglected alto- gether . Nor is there on the part of those who so deal with him , the ...
... asked , when a new competitor for fame appears upon the boards ; and if the answer be " nothing , " the chances are as ten to one , that he is neglected alto- gether . Nor is there on the part of those who so deal with him , the ...
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... asked Colonel Faulconbridge , after a pause . " Never , " answered Helen , " and have so very little enterprise or desire to look at the great world or what it contains , that I should feel quite happy in the prospect of spending all my ...
... asked Colonel Faulconbridge , after a pause . " Never , " answered Helen , " and have so very little enterprise or desire to look at the great world or what it contains , that I should feel quite happy in the prospect of spending all my ...
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... asked Ruth taking her in her arms ; " tell me , what makes you miserable ? " " Nothing , nothing , " said Helen hastily , " only that I wish Colonel Faulconbridge were gone or that he had never come - or- that - that he were going to ...
... asked Ruth taking her in her arms ; " tell me , what makes you miserable ? " " Nothing , nothing , " said Helen hastily , " only that I wish Colonel Faulconbridge were gone or that he had never come - or- that - that he were going to ...
Page 126
... asked Ruth ; " to tell her you are willing she should cut out her own road to happiness , and that her decision , regarding Colonel Faulconbridge , will not cost you a pang , whichever way it goes ; you might make her happier for the ...
... asked Ruth ; " to tell her you are willing she should cut out her own road to happiness , and that her decision , regarding Colonel Faulconbridge , will not cost you a pang , whichever way it goes ; you might make her happier for the ...
Page 128
... asked Ruth , smiling . " No , " replied he , turning his head aside ; " I shall be in Germany in a month . " " He is going to add to his store of associa- tvns among the fens and windmills of Hol- land , 128 THE ONLY DAUGHTER .
... asked Ruth , smiling . " No , " replied he , turning his head aside ; " I shall be in Germany in a month . " " He is going to add to his store of associa- tvns among the fens and windmills of Hol- land , 128 THE ONLY DAUGHTER .
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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.