The Only Daughter: A Domestic Story, Volume 2Colburn, 1839 |
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... Caroline , " Would you not like to see Helen again , Bessy ? " " My memory is not tender of the swing and the water - lillies , " answered the beauty . " It is not much worth then , Queen Bess , ” said Lillias bluntly , " for you were ...
... Caroline , " Would you not like to see Helen again , Bessy ? " " My memory is not tender of the swing and the water - lillies , " answered the beauty . " It is not much worth then , Queen Bess , ” said Lillias bluntly , " for you were ...
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... Caroline suddenly interposed : - " Shall you ask Helen to the castle mamma ? " " I shall invite her to spend the whole fort- night of our festivities at Monzievar , " replied Lady Munro peremptorily , " and mean to take the 8 THE ONLY ...
... Caroline suddenly interposed : - " Shall you ask Helen to the castle mamma ? " " I shall invite her to spend the whole fort- night of our festivities at Monzievar , " replied Lady Munro peremptorily , " and mean to take the 8 THE ONLY ...
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... Caroline Munro was making the very surest progress in the good opinion of Mr. Campbell , by her intelligent and unaffected remarks upon the superior interests of her native land . At length the ladies left the dining - room , and half ...
... Caroline Munro was making the very surest progress in the good opinion of Mr. Campbell , by her intelligent and unaffected remarks upon the superior interests of her native land . At length the ladies left the dining - room , and half ...
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... Caroline loitered together over the piano , gra- dually resuming the acquaintance of former years . So passed a dull half hour , at the ter- mination of which Hector Munro made his appearance , and was presented to Helen by his sister ...
... Caroline loitered together over the piano , gra- dually resuming the acquaintance of former years . So passed a dull half hour , at the ter- mination of which Hector Munro made his appearance , and was presented to Helen by his sister ...
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... Caroline , but she included him in their subse- quent discussion of more general matters . Scotch and Italian music , and literature , with the manners and customs of both countries , and the comparative advantages of each as a place of ...
... Caroline , but she included him in their subse- quent discussion of more general matters . Scotch and Italian music , and literature , with the manners and customs of both countries , and the comparative advantages of each as a place of ...
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Page 1 - 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 191 - 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 245 - The Gods to their dear shelter take thee, maid, That rightly think'st and hast most rightly said.