The First Lieutenant's Story, Volume 1Hurst and Blackett, 1853 |
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... better than the en- trance - side of the house would have led me to suppose ; and the windows , opening to the ground , showed a cool and leafy garden beyond , whose grateful fragrance was delightful , as I left the dark , dank passage ...
... better than the en- trance - side of the house would have led me to suppose ; and the windows , opening to the ground , showed a cool and leafy garden beyond , whose grateful fragrance was delightful , as I left the dark , dank passage ...
Page 36
... better to come to her , for a time , than to take another house just at this moment . So the only difference lies in my foolish thoughts ; except , to be sure , you were not here then . " " And does that make it more disagreeable ? " I ...
... better to come to her , for a time , than to take another house just at this moment . So the only difference lies in my foolish thoughts ; except , to be sure , you were not here then . " " And does that make it more disagreeable ? " I ...
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... better for that sweet constancy of mind which would not let her give up one , who had been all to her for so long , for me , the acquaintance of a day . " And will you then marry me , Miss Sydney , " I said , in an almost inarticulate ...
... better for that sweet constancy of mind which would not let her give up one , who had been all to her for so long , for me , the acquaintance of a day . " And will you then marry me , Miss Sydney , " I said , in an almost inarticulate ...
Page 95
... better , they learnt to disbelieve every- thing . He used to say that was the meaning of the parable about the evil spirit going out of a house and leaving it empty ; you know which I mean . " " Yes , when more evil spirits came in ...
... better , they learnt to disbelieve every- thing . He used to say that was the meaning of the parable about the evil spirit going out of a house and leaving it empty ; you know which I mean . " " Yes , when more evil spirits came in ...
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... better than any of the others . " " I didn't observe that he was not with us , " I answered ; as a slight feeling of jealousy passed my mind ( for , as I have told you , my wayward temper often troubled her ) . " His absence seems to ...
... better than any of the others . " " I didn't observe that he was not with us , " I answered ; as a slight feeling of jealousy passed my mind ( for , as I have told you , my wayward temper often troubled her ) . " His absence seems to ...
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Page 108 - JUST as I am, without one plea, But that thy blood was shed for me, And that thou bid'st me come to thee, O Lamb of God, I come...
Page 237 - How calm, how beautiful comes on The stilly hour, when storms are gone ; When warring winds have died away, And clouds, beneath the glancing ray, Melt off, and leave the land and sea Sleeping in bright tranquillity...
Page 264 - He is retired as noontide dew, Or fountain in a noonday grove; And you must love him, ere to you He will seem worthy of your love.
Page 290 - Blest power of sunshine ! genial Day, What balm, what life is in thy ray ! To feel thee is such real bliss, That had the world no joy but this, To sit in suushine calm and sweet, — It were a world too exquisite For man to leave it for the gloom, The deep, cold shadow of the tomb...
Page 11 - Slave, I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die: I think, there be six Richmonds in the field ; Five have I slain to-day, instead of him: — A horse ! a horse ! my kingdom for a horse ! [Exeunt.
Page 210 - The morn is up again, the dewy morn, With breath all incense, and with cheek all bloom, Laughing the clouds away with playful scorn, And living as if earth contained no tomb, — And glowing into day...
Page 249 - Scarce seen, but with fresh bitterness imbued ; And slight withal may be the things which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever : it may be a sound — A tone of music, — summer's eve — or spring, A flower — the wind — the Ocean — which shall wound, Striking the electric chain wherewith we are darkly bound ; XXIV.
Page 309 - O'er youth's bright locks, and beauty's flowery crown, — Yet must thou hear a voice — restore the dead ! Earth shall reclaim her precious things from thee ! — Restore the dead, thou sea ! BRING FLOWERS.
Page 126 - Our tended plants, how blows the citron grove, What drops the myrrh, and what the balmy reed, How Nature paints her colours, how the bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet.
Page 126 - WHEN first thy eyes unveil, give thy soul leave To do the like ; our bodies but forerun The spirit's duty : true hearts spread and heave Unto their God, as flowers do to the sun : Give him thy first thoughts then, so shalt thou keep Him company all day, and in him sleep.