The Only Daughter: A Domestic Story, Volume 2Colburn, 1839 |
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... allons , " and the next instant she was wheeling among the giddiest of the throng . Helen was fairly launched into society , and VOL . II . D words and looks of flattery for the first time reached THE ONLY DAUGHTER . 49.
... allons , " and the next instant she was wheeling among the giddiest of the throng . Helen was fairly launched into society , and VOL . II . D words and looks of flattery for the first time reached THE ONLY DAUGHTER . 49.
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A Domestic Story Harriette Campbell. words and looks of flattery for the first time reached her as she passed the various groups that skirted the ring formed by her mazy dance . The air was filled with that poisoned odour that has ...
A Domestic Story Harriette Campbell. words and looks of flattery for the first time reached her as she passed the various groups that skirted the ring formed by her mazy dance . The air was filled with that poisoned odour that has ...
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... reached her ear again . " 6 My dream of happiness is over , " said Lord Harewood , as if to relieve his breast by the last regrets he should ever utter , " a dream that has led me on through longer days than I 76 THE ONLY DAUGHTER .
... reached her ear again . " 6 My dream of happiness is over , " said Lord Harewood , as if to relieve his breast by the last regrets he should ever utter , " a dream that has led me on through longer days than I 76 THE ONLY DAUGHTER .
Page 145
... reached the lake again , and found the last stragglers of the skating party , preparing to leave it , he managed with his usual suc- cessful manœuvering to separate their party and return his cousin once more to the escort of Major ...
... reached the lake again , and found the last stragglers of the skating party , preparing to leave it , he managed with his usual suc- cessful manœuvering to separate their party and return his cousin once more to the escort of Major ...
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... reached her ear , and she asked herself if it were as easy to sympathise in his mirth . Shortly after Sir Evan begged Miss Campbell to oblige him , by singing the ballad which had so pleased him the evening before . Helen rose ...
... reached her ear , and she asked herself if it were as easy to sympathise in his mirth . Shortly after Sir Evan begged Miss Campbell to oblige him , by singing the ballad which had so pleased him the evening before . Helen rose ...
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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.