The Only Daughter: A Domestic Story, Volume 2Colburn, 1839 |
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... short , my heart is hungry for her . " " They are not all heartless , Helen , " said aunt May . " No aunt , Caroline is very kind and gentle , and companionable , " answered Helen reluct- antly , " but she comes no nearer to my Ruth ...
... short , my heart is hungry for her . " " They are not all heartless , Helen , " said aunt May . " No aunt , Caroline is very kind and gentle , and companionable , " answered Helen reluct- antly , " but she comes no nearer to my Ruth ...
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... short pause followed , and then the gen- tleman spoke again in a voice which became every moment huskier from the interest it expressed . " I will tell you , " said he , " the obstacle I find so insurmountable . The golden shackles ...
... short pause followed , and then the gen- tleman spoke again in a voice which became every moment huskier from the interest it expressed . " I will tell you , " said he , " the obstacle I find so insurmountable . The golden shackles ...
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... short pause of silence . " Shall we go now , my Lord , " asked Ruth , " since all that is satisfactorily settled ? " " It is not all settled yet , " replied he , be- coming perfectly calm and collected , like a man who has wound up his ...
... short pause of silence . " Shall we go now , my Lord , " asked Ruth , " since all that is satisfactorily settled ? " " It is not all settled yet , " replied he , be- coming perfectly calm and collected , like a man who has wound up his ...
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... short reflection ; you have allowed me your esteem - I shall not consider you in any way committed by permitting me at least the opportunity of winning something yet dearer . " 66 Spare me , I entreat of you , Lord Hare- wood , " said ...
... short reflection ; you have allowed me your esteem - I shall not consider you in any way committed by permitting me at least the opportunity of winning something yet dearer . " 66 Spare me , I entreat of you , Lord Hare- wood , " said ...
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... short time from Hemings- ley , and can tell you more of Ruth than fifty of the letters you are longing for . " Helen bowed with her eyes on the ground , and the intensity of her agitation sent every drop of E 3 THE ONLY DAUGHTER . 81 ...
... short time from Hemings- ley , and can tell you more of Ruth than fifty of the letters you are longing for . " Helen bowed with her eyes on the ground , and the intensity of her agitation sent every drop of E 3 THE ONLY DAUGHTER . 81 ...
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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.