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Page 43
The bond burst almost before Mr. Kendrick sat down , but not a soul in the room
noticed it . Every eye was turned to the opposite side of the room . Her father's
look as he spoke , and some of his words , had touched Mabel very deeply .
The bond burst almost before Mr. Kendrick sat down , but not a soul in the room
noticed it . Every eye was turned to the opposite side of the room . Her father's
look as he spoke , and some of his words , had touched Mabel very deeply .
Page 70
Who can therefore wonder that Chrysostom should dream of St. Paul , who daily
read his epistles ; or that Cardan , whose head was so taken up about the stars ,
should dream that his soul was in the moon ! Pious persous , whose thoughts are
...
Who can therefore wonder that Chrysostom should dream of St. Paul , who daily
read his epistles ; or that Cardan , whose head was so taken up about the stars ,
should dream that his soul was in the moon ! Pious persous , whose thoughts are
...
Page 89
Swift fire spread through her veins , knocked at her heart , Met the fire
smouldering there And overbore its lesser flame ; She gorged on bitterness
without a name : Ah ! fool , to choose such part Of soul - consuming care ! Sense
failed in the ...
Swift fire spread through her veins , knocked at her heart , Met the fire
smouldering there And overbore its lesser flame ; She gorged on bitterness
without a name : Ah ! fool , to choose such part Of soul - consuming care ! Sense
failed in the ...
Page 115
The world loves to see Great Artists , and expects them to do their duty . It is hard
to treat of this Fine Art hy the Art of Fine Writing . Its eloquent motions must be
seen . To skate Fine Art , you must have a Borly and a Soul , each of the First
Order ...
The world loves to see Great Artists , and expects them to do their duty . It is hard
to treat of this Fine Art hy the Art of Fine Writing . Its eloquent motions must be
seen . To skate Fine Art , you must have a Borly and a Soul , each of the First
Order ...
Page 134
Skate off , now , like an angel , and get it . Bring Fanny , too . She is restorative . ”
" Are you alive enough to admire that , Dick ? ” he continued , as she skimmed
away . 6 You see “ It would put a soul under 134 THEODORE WINTHROP .
Skate off , now , like an angel , and get it . Bring Fanny , too . She is restorative . ”
" Are you alive enough to admire that , Dick ? ” he continued , as she skimmed
away . 6 You see “ It would put a soul under 134 THEODORE WINTHROP .
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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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