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... John Flaxman 176 185 John G. WHITTIER : Raphael W. M. THACKERAY :
Tunbridge Toys 188 WILLIAM WORDSWORTH : To the Moon 196 LORD
JEFFREY : Character of Watt : 198 Leigu HUNT : Love Letters made of Flowers
203 THOMAS.
... John Flaxman 176 185 John G. WHITTIER : Raphael W. M. THACKERAY :
Tunbridge Toys 188 WILLIAM WORDSWORTH : To the Moon 196 LORD
JEFFREY : Character of Watt : 198 Leigu HUNT : Love Letters made of Flowers
203 THOMAS.
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Leigu HUNT : Love Letters made of Flowers 203 THOMAS FULLER : The
Virtuous Lady . 205 D. A. WASSON : All's Well 212 CHARLES DICKENS :
Carlavero's Bottle 215 Mrs. H. B. STOWE : When I awake , I am still with thee 227
Julius ...
Leigu HUNT : Love Letters made of Flowers 203 THOMAS FULLER : The
Virtuous Lady . 205 D. A. WASSON : All's Well 212 CHARLES DICKENS :
Carlavero's Bottle 215 Mrs. H. B. STOWE : When I awake , I am still with thee 227
Julius ...
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Then he roused himself with a start and a sigh , and took a small bundle of letters
and papers , chiefly bills , out of the drawer of his library table . The letters were in
a school - boy hand . He read them through , tied up the packet , and put them ...
Then he roused himself with a start and a sigh , and took a small bundle of letters
and papers , chiefly bills , out of the drawer of his library table . The letters were in
a school - boy hand . He read them through , tied up the packet , and put them ...
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Mr. Kendrick squeezed his wife's hand , and then got up and took two or three
turns about the room , while his wife and daughter still pored over the letter . “ He
is alive , at any rate , and well , and earning his bread honestly . But why could n't
...
Mr. Kendrick squeezed his wife's hand , and then got up and took two or three
turns about the room , while his wife and daughter still pored over the letter . “ He
is alive , at any rate , and well , and earning his bread honestly . But why could n't
...
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And the properest night , then , for it all to end . ” • They never answered your
letter ! ” “ There was no time , man . The answer could u't have come out before
we had started . ” 66 * Cheer up , Johnny And you think it will 20 THOMAS
HUGHES .
And the properest night , then , for it all to end . ” • They never answered your
letter ! ” “ There was no time , man . The answer could u't have come out before
we had started . ” 66 * Cheer up , Johnny And you think it will 20 THOMAS
HUGHES .
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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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