Isabel DenisonH. Colburn, 1848 |
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... girls - one of about seven- teen , the other twenty - three years of age- stood beside the nurse , anxiously watching the feeble struggles of the child . " Must it die , nurse ? " at last asked the elder one . " Poor Amy ! " " I'm ...
... girls - one of about seven- teen , the other twenty - three years of age- stood beside the nurse , anxiously watching the feeble struggles of the child . " Must it die , nurse ? " at last asked the elder one . " Poor Amy ! " " I'm ...
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... girl ; " it will please her so much to see it for one moment . " And , taking the tiny roll of flannel in her arms , she approached her sister . 66 Amy , your child , will live -live to bless you ! " Again the invalid opened her eyes ...
... girl ; " it will please her so much to see it for one moment . " And , taking the tiny roll of flannel in her arms , she approached her sister . 66 Amy , your child , will live -live to bless you ! " Again the invalid opened her eyes ...
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... 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 , Rachel ; - I am dying ! -I feel it ...
... 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 , Rachel ; - I am dying ! -I feel it ...
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... girl , and nothing more . One of Amy's passions was scenery ; one of her greatest pleasures to wander along the river banks , or in the beautiful woods that surrounded Ellerton . Though again and again repelled , she was always trying ...
... girl , and nothing more . One of Amy's passions was scenery ; one of her greatest pleasures to wander along the river banks , or in the beautiful woods that surrounded Ellerton . Though again and again repelled , she was always trying ...
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... girls continued their former way of life , except that , with every succeeding year , the child of her sister asked and received more and more of the attention of Miss Shepherd ; and never was a favourite daughter brought up more ...
... girls continued their former way of life , except that , with every succeeding year , the child of her sister asked and received more and more of the attention of Miss Shepherd ; and never was a favourite daughter brought up more ...
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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.