Isabel DenisonH. Colburn, 1848 |
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... asked the elder one . " Poor Amy ! " " I'm afeard it must , Miss Shepherd . I've seen many babies very weak like , just at the first , but never one so bad as this . " - " I will go and tell Amy , then she may wish to give it one look ...
... asked the elder one . " Poor Amy ! " " I'm afeard it must , Miss Shepherd . I've seen many babies very weak like , just at the first , but never one so bad as this . " - " I will go and tell Amy , then she may wish to give it one look ...
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... asked for Miss Shepherd . Rachel approached . " I am sorry to tell you , Miss Shepherd , thus abruptly , that your sister is dying . But she is past my skill - I fear she has not many hours to live . " " Poor Amy ! " said Rachel ...
... asked for Miss Shepherd . Rachel approached . " I am sorry to tell you , Miss Shepherd , thus abruptly , that your sister is dying . But she is past my skill - I fear she has not many hours to live . " " Poor Amy ! " said Rachel ...
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... asked . " Better , " said the poor girl ; and , for the first time , she roused herself , and a smile played on her lips . " Do you really feel better , Amy ? I feared it was not so : Mr. Franklin .... " " I know what you would say ...
... asked . " Better , " said the poor girl ; and , for the first time , she roused herself , and a smile played on her lips . " Do you really feel better , Amy ? I feared it was not so : Mr. Franklin .... " " I know what you would say ...
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... the illness which then bore him down . Her sisters felt that it would add an intolerable load to the grief and repentance that seemed to weigh her to the dust , and they were silent . She had asked and ob- tained OF LIFE . 13.
... the illness which then bore him down . Her sisters felt that it would add an intolerable load to the grief and repentance that seemed to weigh her to the dust , and they were silent . She had asked and ob- tained OF LIFE . 13.
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Lady Emily Ponsonby. they were silent . She had asked and ob- tained his pardon ; and to her , with her gentle voice and tender cares , it was given , more than all others , to soothe and bless his dying hours . CHAPTER II . Javan , I ...
Lady Emily Ponsonby. they were silent . She had asked and ob- tained his pardon ; and to her , with her gentle voice and tender cares , it was given , more than all others , to soothe and bless his dying hours . CHAPTER II . Javan , I ...
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Page 161 - O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day ; Which now shows all the beauty of the sun, And by and by a cloud takes all away ! Re-enter PANTHINO.
Page 3 - Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman ; Though they may gang a kennin wrang, To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark, The moving why they do it ; And just as lamely can ye mark How far, perhaps, they rue it. Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord — its various tone, Each spring — its various bias...
Page 78 - O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
Page 172 - The shield of that red star. 0 star of strength! I see thee stand And smile upon my pain; Thou beckonest with thy mailed hand, And I am strong again.
Page 15 - Javan ! I know that all men hate my father; Javan ! I fear that all should hate my father ; And therefore, Javan, must his daughter's love, Her dutiful, her deep, her fervent love, Make up to his forlorn and desolate heart The forfeited affections of his kind.
Page 202 - BETTER trust all and be deceived, And weep that trust and that deceiving, Than doubt one heart that, if believed, Had blessed one's life with true believing. Oh, in this mocking world, too fast The doubting fiend o'ertakes our youth; Better be cheated to the last Than lose the blessed hope of truth.
Page 280 - t; I have use for it. Go, leave me. — (Exit Emilia). I will in Cassio's lodging lose this napkin, And let him find it. Trifles, light as air, Are to the jealous confirmations strong As proofs of Holy Writ.
Page 72 - This is the prettiest low-born lass, that ever Ran on the green-sward ; nothing she does, or seems But smacks of something greater than herself, Too noble fqr this place.