The Only Daughter: A Domestic Story, Volume 2Colburn, 1839 |
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... deep tone and with his eyes fastened upon her , " Who is that talking to Lady Munro ? " Helen followed the direction of his eyes - a tall figure that made her heart bound was stand- ing in the door way - he turned towards her the next ...
... deep tone and with his eyes fastened upon her , " Who is that talking to Lady Munro ? " Helen followed the direction of his eyes - a tall figure that made her heart bound was stand- ing in the door way - he turned towards her the next ...
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... deep tran- quil shade that rested on it , and the solitary gleam of each wakening star that threw its small poetic ray of quiet light upon the water ; even these if they have afterwards seen the shadows vanish , and the curtain of night ...
... deep tran- quil shade that rested on it , and the solitary gleam of each wakening star that threw its small poetic ray of quiet light upon the water ; even these if they have afterwards seen the shadows vanish , and the curtain of night ...
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... a rapturous bravo followed her beautiful performance ; -many a murmur of admiration too deep to be expressed in plaudits and yet the rich sunset crimson of : her cheek owed nothing of its glow to the adulation 56 THE ONLY DAUGHTER .
... a rapturous bravo followed her beautiful performance ; -many a murmur of admiration too deep to be expressed in plaudits and yet the rich sunset crimson of : her cheek owed nothing of its glow to the adulation 56 THE ONLY DAUGHTER .
Page 73
... deep and earnest gratitude for the kind and honourable discharge of my father's trust , and your own disinterested and unsuggested services . I shall grieve to the latest day of my life for the sorrow it may cost you to surmount this ...
... deep and earnest gratitude for the kind and honourable discharge of my father's trust , and your own disinterested and unsuggested services . I shall grieve to the latest day of my life for the sorrow it may cost you to surmount this ...
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... deep and true ; Where's the spirit , sunshine - like Which o'er all its radiance threw ; Gone ! gone ! they all are gone ! L. E. L. It was a lovelier impulse than vanity , or even modest and natural ambition which sent Helen to her ...
... deep and true ; Where's the spirit , sunshine - like Which o'er all its radiance threw ; Gone ! gone ! they all are gone ! L. E. L. It was a lovelier impulse than vanity , or even modest and natural ambition which sent Helen to her ...
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affection agony answered Helen asked aunt Katie beauty blush breath burst Captain St Caroline Caroline Munro castle cheek cold Colonel Faulcon Colonel Faulconbridge conbridge confess cousin dance dare daugh dear Helen dear Ruth dearest dinner drawing-room Dunardoch earnest eyes face fair fancied fate feelings felt flung forehead friendship gaiety gentle glance gratitude half hand happiness Harewood House heart Hector Helen rose Hemingsley honour hope hour Kilmore Lady Munro Ladyship laughing Leger letter Lillias loch Lord Harewood Major Tracy ment METASTASIO Miss Annesley Miss Campbell Miss Munro Monzievar morning ness never night offer once pale pang party passion quadrille rendered replied Roderick Drummond rose Ruth Annesley Ruth's scarcely Scotland seated seemed shadow silence Sir Evan skaiting smile solitude sorrow spirit suffering sympathy tears tell thought tion tone turned voice vows words wounded wretchedness
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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.