The Only Daughter: A Domestic Story, Volume 2Colburn, 1839 |
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... thing . I remember a good speci- men of her simplicity after one of our romping days at Kilmore . When she was questioned about a favourite shrub which some of us had broken , she answered , I did not break it , papa ; but if you please ...
... thing . I remember a good speci- men of her simplicity after one of our romping days at Kilmore . When she was questioned about a favourite shrub which some of us had broken , she answered , I did not break it , papa ; but if you please ...
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... things when they come in your way , though he took such special care ye suldna gae in quest o ' them . " 66 Papa wishes me exceedingly to attend Lady Munro's ball , " replied Helen ; " but he is prevented accompanying me himself , and I ...
... things when they come in your way , though he took such special care ye suldna gae in quest o ' them . " 66 Papa wishes me exceedingly to attend Lady Munro's ball , " replied Helen ; " but he is prevented accompanying me himself , and I ...
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... thing as you , should look so listlessly forward to the possibility of losing a piece of gaiety so unusual as this fête of Lady Munro's . " " Does it , " said Helen absently , and the clues she had been busy with fell from her hand ...
... thing as you , should look so listlessly forward to the possibility of losing a piece of gaiety so unusual as this fête of Lady Munro's . " " Does it , " said Helen absently , and the clues she had been busy with fell from her hand ...
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... thing alone had power to fasci- nate her gaze ; and she grudged every passing glance demanded by those that came between . She knew nothing of the self - discipline which would school even the tastes and motives to its sway , and she ...
... thing alone had power to fasci- nate her gaze ; and she grudged every passing glance demanded by those that came between . She knew nothing of the self - discipline which would school even the tastes and motives to its sway , and she ...
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... thing elemental about me , when she knows my movements , " returned he ; " they resemble nothing more than the voyage of an autumn branch in a spate , or a peacock's feather in the north wind ; however the slaves of the ring , and all ...
... thing elemental about me , when she knows my movements , " returned he ; " they resemble nothing more than the voyage of an autumn branch in a spate , or a peacock's feather in the north wind ; however the slaves of the ring , and all ...
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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.