The Only Daughter: A Domestic Story, Volume 2Colburn, 1839 |
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... light one breath upon the mirror of her thoughts . Helen managed to despatch the important business of dressing in a somewhat shorter term than her mercurial chaperon had allotted her , and had seated herself at the piano , not ...
... light one breath upon the mirror of her thoughts . Helen managed to despatch the important business of dressing in a somewhat shorter term than her mercurial chaperon had allotted her , and had seated herself at the piano , not ...
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... light- ning's flash upon the impassive ice . Would the unawakened heart ask the spell that drew the honey and the sting together from the first flattery of Helen's youthful beauty ? It may read it in the blush and the sigh that followed ...
... light- ning's flash upon the impassive ice . Would the unawakened heart ask the spell that drew the honey and the sting together from the first flattery of Helen's youthful beauty ? It may read it in the blush and the sigh that followed ...
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... light upon the water ; even these if they have afterwards seen the shadows vanish , and the curtain of night rolled upwards , and the quivering starlight quenched in the glory of the morning ; and have watched the progress of the ...
... light upon the water ; even these if they have afterwards seen the shadows vanish , and the curtain of night rolled upwards , and the quivering starlight quenched in the glory of the morning ; and have watched the progress of the ...
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... light , incense , and a Christmas - fire . " If our search be for fresh air , " said Lord Harewood , " it is not likely to be more success- ful than searches in general from the Peri downwards . " " For shame , my Lord , " answered Ruth ...
... light , incense , and a Christmas - fire . " If our search be for fresh air , " said Lord Harewood , " it is not likely to be more success- ful than searches in general from the Peri downwards . " " For shame , my Lord , " answered Ruth ...
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... light to guide her to the nearest fau- teuil into which she threw herself with an ex- pression of light - hearted weariness , and stretch- ing out her hand , placed her jewelled fingers under the little torrent of a fairy fountain whose ...
... light to guide her to the nearest fau- teuil into which she threw herself with an ex- pression of light - hearted weariness , and stretch- ing out her hand , placed her jewelled fingers under the little torrent of a fairy fountain whose ...
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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.