The Argosy, Volume 22Mrs. Henry Wood, Charles William Wood Strahan & Company, 1876 - Adventure stories, English A magazine of tales, travels, essays, and poems. |
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... morning , it chanced that Frank Raynor took occasion to speak to his uncle about money matters , as connected with his own prospects , which he had not previously entered upon during his present stay . The Major was pacing his study in ...
... morning , it chanced that Frank Raynor took occasion to speak to his uncle about money matters , as connected with his own prospects , which he had not previously entered upon during his present stay . The Major was pacing his study in ...
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... morning . Never a day passes but I go ferreting into some corner or other of the old house , thinking I may put my hand upon the papers . They are lying in it somewhere , I know , overlooked . " " But I don't see my way clear to wait ...
... morning . Never a day passes but I go ferreting into some corner or other of the old house , thinking I may put my hand upon the papers . They are lying in it somewhere , I know , overlooked . " " But I don't see my way clear to wait ...
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... morning I said to myself what a simpleton I had been - that I had no grounds for fearing the man , except that he was a stranger ; and I came out full of bravery . The first person I saw upon proceeding to cross this stile was he ; just ...
... morning I said to myself what a simpleton I had been - that I had no grounds for fearing the man , except that he was a stranger ; and I came out full of bravery . The first person I saw upon proceeding to cross this stile was he ; just ...
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... morning , a week agone , and took Jetty's rooms . They was to let . " " What is he staying here for ? " " He's " To pry into folks ' business , I think , " replied the woman . always about , here , there , and everywhere ; one can't ...
... morning , a week agone , and took Jetty's rooms . They was to let . " " What is he staying here for ? " " He's " To pry into folks ' business , I think , " replied the woman . always about , here , there , and everywhere ; one can't ...
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... morning , Daisy lay in great danger . The illness , not expected for a month or two , had come on now . In one sense of the word the event was over , but not the danger ; and the baby , not destined to see the light , was gone . It was ...
... morning , Daisy lay in great danger . The illness , not expected for a month or two , had come on now . In one sense of the word the event was over , but not the danger ; and the baby , not destined to see the light , was gone . It was ...
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Page 129 - Oft, in the stilly night, Ere Slumber's chain has bound me, Fond Memory brings the light Of other days around me : The smiles, the tears, Of boyhood's years, The words of love then spoken ; The eyes that shone, Now dimmed and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken ! Thus, in the stilly night, Ere Slumber's chain has bound me. Sad Memory brings the light Of other days around me.
Page 10 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 368 - Talking of widows — pray, Eliza, if ever you are such, do not think of giving yourself to some wealthy Nabob, because I design to marry you myself. My wife cannot live long, and I know not the woman I should like so well for her substitute as yourself. 'Tis true I am ninety-five in constitution, and you but twenty-five ; but what I want in youth, I will make up in wit and good-humour.
Page 366 - My father was a little smart man, active to the last degree in all exercises, most patient of fatigue and disappointments, of which it pleased God to give him full measure. He was, in his temper, somewhat rapid and hasty, but of a kindly sweet disposition, void of all design ; and so innocent in his own intentions that he suspected no one ; so that you might, have cheated him ten times in a day, if nine had not been sufficient for your purpose.
Page 130 - I've seen around me fall Like leaves in wintry weather, I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet-hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed ! Thus in the stilly night, Ere slumber's chain has...
Page 230 - And in at the windows, and in at the door, And through the walls by thousands they pour; And down from the ceiling and up through the floor, From the right and the left, from behind and before, From within and without, from above and below, — And all at once to the Bishop they go. They have whetted their teeth against the stones, And now they pick the Bishop's bones; They gnawed the flesh from every limb, For they were sent to do judgment on him!
Page 367 - the great humour of which consists in the whole narration always going backwards. I can conceive a man saying that it would be droll to write a book in that manner, but have no notion of his persevering in executing it. It makes one smile two or three times at the beginning, but in recompense makes one yawn for two hours. The characters are tolerably kept up, but the humour is for ever attempted and missed.
Page 159 - Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him : but weep sore for him that goeth away : for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
Page 367 - At present, nothing is talked of, nothing admired, but what I cannot help calling a very insipid and tedious performance : it is a kind of novel, called " The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy ; " the great humour of which consists in the whole narration always going backwards. I can conceive a man saying that it would be droll to write a book in that manner, but have no notion of his persevering in executing it. It makes one smile two or three times at the beginning, but in recompense makes one...
Page 51 - Nor think of Ellen Douglas more; But he who stems a stream with sand, And fetters flame with flaxen band, Has yet a harder task to prove— By firm resolve to conquer love...