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92 D. G. ROSSETTI : The Blessed Damozel 162 JEAN Paul : The Happy Life of a
Parish Priest 167 GEORGE MACDONALD : The Golden Key 173 SAMUEL
SMiles : John Flaxman 176 185 John G. WHITTIER : Raphael W. M.
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92 D. G. ROSSETTI : The Blessed Damozel 162 JEAN Paul : The Happy Life of a
Parish Priest 167 GEORGE MACDONALD : The Golden Key 173 SAMUEL
SMiles : John Flaxman 176 185 John G. WHITTIER : Raphael W. M.
THACKERAY ...
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... a lady of education and refinement , whom , nevertheless , he had managed to
make very happy , and who had borne him a large family . On the morning of the
Christmas Eve with which we are concerned , Mrs. Kendrick is making tea in the ...
... a lady of education and refinement , whom , nevertheless , he had managed to
make very happy , and who had borne him a large family . On the morning of the
Christmas Eve with which we are concerned , Mrs. Kendrick is making tea in the ...
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Indeed , dear John , they are very happy ; are not they , Mabel ? ” “ Yes , really ,
papa ; and Willie is so thoughtful and nice . ” “ He's a fine character , thank God , "
said Mr. Kendrick ; and then , after a minute's pause , he went on : Only to have ...
Indeed , dear John , they are very happy ; are not they , Mabel ? ” “ Yes , really ,
papa ; and Willie is so thoughtful and nice . ” “ He's a fine character , thank God , "
said Mr. Kendrick ; and then , after a minute's pause , he went on : Only to have ...
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6 Zeng , bwoys , zeng , a zhepherd ' s as happy as a lord , And a zhep ' s the
vinest creetur owld England can afford , And , if you listens vor a while , the truth I
zoon will tell ' ee , ' T is clothin ' to the back , my bwoys , and linin ' to the belly .
6 Zeng , bwoys , zeng , a zhepherd ' s as happy as a lord , And a zhep ' s the
vinest creetur owld England can afford , And , if you listens vor a while , the truth I
zoon will tell ' ee , ' T is clothin ' to the back , my bwoys , and linin ' to the belly .
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... happy face , that it almost made one laugh , and cry too , to see . The baby
must be a favorite , for he is served , and goes off in his mother's arms , keeping
vigilant watch over the jug , while four or five other jugs and women are waiting
still in ...
... happy face , that it almost made one laugh , and cry too , to see . The baby
must be a favorite , for he is served , and goes off in his mother's arms , keeping
vigilant watch over the jug , while four or five other jugs and women are waiting
still in ...
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Page 166 - will seek the groves Where the lady Mary is, With her five handmaidens, whose names Are five sweet symphonies, Cecily, Gertrude, Magdalen, Margaret, and Rosalys.
Page 166 - And the souls mounting up to God Went by her like thin flames. And still she bowed herself and stooped Out of the circling charm; Until her bosom must have made The bar she leaned on warm, And the lilies lay as if asleep Along her bended arm. From the fixed place of Heaven she saw Time like a pulse shake fierce Through all the worlds.
Page 166 - THE blessed damozel leaned out From the gold bar of Heaven ; Her eyes were deeper than the depth Of waters stilled at even ; She had three lilies in her hand, And the stars in her hair were seven.
Page 51 - I care not much for gold or land ; — Give me a mortgage here and there, — Some good bank-stock, — some note of hand, Or trifling railroad share; — I only ask that Fortune send A little more than I shall spend. Honors are silly toys, I know, And titles are but empty names; — I would, perhaps, be Plenipo, — But only near St.
Page 166 - Her hair that lay along her back Was yellow like ripe corn. Herseemed she scarce had been a day One of God's choristers; The wonder was not yet quite gone From that still look of hers; Albeit, to them she left, her day Had counted as ten years.
Page 166 - I wish that he were come to me, For he will come,' she said. ' Have I not prayed in Heaven ? — on earth, Lord, Lord, has he not...
Page 166 - She gazed and listened and then said, Less sad of speech than mild — "All this is when he comes.
Page 52 - tis a sin To care for such unfruitful things; — One good-sized diamond in a pin, — Some, not so large, in rings, — A ruby, and a pearl, or so, Will do for me; — I laugh at show. My dame should dress in cheap attire; (Good, heavy silks are never dear;) — I own perhaps I might desire Some shawls of true Cashmere, — Some marrowy crapes of China silk, Like wrinkled skins on scalded milk.
Page 166 - Herself shall bring us, hand in hand, To Him round whom all souls Kneel, the clear-ranged unnumbered heads Bowed with their aureoles; And angels meeting us shall sing To their citherns and citoles.
Page 166 - The sun was gone now ; the curled moon Was like a little feather Fluttering far down the gulf; and now She spoke through the still weather. Her voice was like the voice the stars Had when they sang together.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Household Friends for Every Season |
| Author | James Thomas Fields |
| Editor | James Thomas Fields |
| Publisher | Ticknor and Fields, 1864 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 3 Feb 2006 |
| Length | 327 pages |
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