Against wind and tide, by Holme Lee1862 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 43
Page 12
... Mary , in looking at her beautiful boys , sometimes felt ambitious for them - as what mother's heart does not feel for her darlings ? —she battled the proud impulse down and held her peace what had she , what had they , to do with pride ...
... Mary , in looking at her beautiful boys , sometimes felt ambitious for them - as what mother's heart does not feel for her darlings ? —she battled the proud impulse down and held her peace what had she , what had they , to do with pride ...
Page 13
... Mary Hawthorne was seen driving away from Chinelyn in a handsome carriage with Sir Philip Nugent by her side . She had been married to him that day by the parish priest at the altar of the parish church , and bitter - tongued scandal ...
... Mary Hawthorne was seen driving away from Chinelyn in a handsome carriage with Sir Philip Nugent by her side . She had been married to him that day by the parish priest at the altar of the parish church , and bitter - tongued scandal ...
Page 14
... Mary had extracted this confession from his own reluctant lips , and evading his watchfulness , she made her escape and fled from him to her father's protection . He pursued her ; he tried to win her back ; he offered to make upon her ...
... Mary had extracted this confession from his own reluctant lips , and evading his watchfulness , she made her escape and fled from him to her father's protection . He pursued her ; he tried to win her back ; he offered to make upon her ...
Page 15
... Mary's children inherited from him too much for their paternity ever to be ignored : Cyrus was his literal copy , personally , mentally , and morally ; and though Robert took of his mother's inner character and expression , he also had ...
... Mary's children inherited from him too much for their paternity ever to be ignored : Cyrus was his literal copy , personally , mentally , and morally ; and though Robert took of his mother's inner character and expression , he also had ...
Page 22
... Mary fondly cherished all his verses , and thought them beautiful ; she was a gentle critic , and his songs made music in her ears . How much of them was original , and how much was merely the reflection of other minds upon his , she ...
... Mary fondly cherished all his verses , and thought them beautiful ; she was a gentle critic , and his songs made music in her ears . How much of them was original , and how much was merely the reflection of other minds upon his , she ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
amongst asked Aunt Manuel beautiful began better blush boys brother by-and-by child Chinelyn cried Cyrus Hawthorne Cyrus's Dawson dear door Dorothea Sancton Eliotson eyes face father feel Félicie felt Ford friends garden George Sancton glance gone grave Hadley Royal hand happy Hawthorne's heard heart hope John Dawson Joshua Hawthorne Kibblewhite knew Lady Eleanor Lady Leigh Lady Nugent laughing Leasowes Lilian Carlton lips little Lola lived Lola's looked Lowther Lowther Castle Maiden Lane marriage Mary Master Scrope Millburn mind Minster Hill minutes Mistress morning mother never night passion perhaps Phyllis pleasant poor pretty racter Reuben Otley Robert Hawthorne Robin round Samuel Miles silent Sir Philip Nugent smile sorrow stood talk tears tell things thought told Tom Nugent took turned Uncle Manuel voice walk Walton Minster wife window woman word young
Popular passages
Page 5 - The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life ; which in their seeds, And weak beginnings lie intreasured. Such things become the hatch and brood of time...
Page 101 - We have not wings, we cannot soar ; But we have feet to scale and climb, By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time.
Page 7 - I remember the gleams and glooms that dart Across the school-boy's brain; The song and the silence in the heart, That in part are prophecies, and in part Are longings wild and vain. And the voice of that fitful song Sings on, and is never still: "A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.
Page 119 - There is a garden in her face, Where roses and white lilies grow; A heavenly paradise is that place, Wherein all pleasant fruits do flow. There cherries grow which none may buy Till 'Cherry-ripe
Page 381 - Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.
Page 288 - Let our unceasing, earnest prayer Be, too, for light, — for strength to bear Our portion of the weight of care, That crushes into dumb despair One half the human race.
Page 325 - O well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play ! O well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay ! And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill; But O for the touch of a...
Page 188 - MAIDEN ! with the meek, brown eyes, In whose orbs a shadow lies Like the dusk in evening skies ! Thou whose locks outshine the sun, Golden tresses, wreathed in one, As the braided streamlets run ! Standing, with reluctant feet, Where the brook and river meet, Womanhood and childhood fleet...
Page 173 - Trust no future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act, — act in the living present! Heart within, and GOD o'erhead!
Page 336 - Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all.