The Only Daughter: A Domestic Story, Volume 2Colburn, 1839 |
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... slightly foreign accent , the owner of which could not possibly have survived the juvenility of seventeen . " I remember he used to pull my bouquets to pieces every night at Naples . - Ah ! they are not so easily 2 THE ONLY DAUGHTER .
... slightly foreign accent , the owner of which could not possibly have survived the juvenility of seventeen . " I remember he used to pull my bouquets to pieces every night at Naples . - Ah ! they are not so easily 2 THE ONLY DAUGHTER .
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... 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 DAUGHTER .
... 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 DAUGHTER .
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... night I am sure I shall be very happy , for I mean to sit down and write all about my frustrated debut to Ruth while you are busy . " But it was not in human nature in its teens to be entirely satisfied either with the depri- vation or ...
... night I am sure I shall be very happy , for I mean to sit down and write all about my frustrated debut to Ruth while you are busy . " But it was not in human nature in its teens to be entirely satisfied either with the depri- vation or ...
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... night demanded , and Mr. Campbell had risen to retire , and was loitering on the hearth , as if grudging to leave her to an evening of absolute solitude , when a thundering peal was heard in the hall , which was recognizable by the ...
... night demanded , and Mr. Campbell had risen to retire , and was loitering on the hearth , as if grudging to leave her to an evening of absolute solitude , when a thundering peal was heard in the hall , which was recognizable by the ...
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... night of dissipation , " said Mr. Campbell , “ where are you from ? " " I think Helen will confess there is some- thing elemental about me , when she knows my movements , " returned he ; " they resemble nothing more than the voyage of ...
... night of dissipation , " said Mr. Campbell , “ where are you from ? " " I think Helen will confess there is some- thing elemental about me , when she knows my movements , " returned he ; " they resemble nothing more than the voyage of ...
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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.