Life's Aftermath: A Story of a Quiet PeopleSeeley, Jackson, & Halliday, 1876 - 371 pages |
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... dress was flecked with the light and shadow as the leaves played with the slanting sunbeams , and one or two of the white petals had fallen upon her hair and upon the book which lay upon her knee . One little sunbeam seemed to love to ...
... dress was flecked with the light and shadow as the leaves played with the slanting sunbeams , and one or two of the white petals had fallen upon her hair and upon the book which lay upon her knee . One little sunbeam seemed to love to ...
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... dress was unlike that of girls who were not in the Society ; nay , even that the Stackhouses and the Donnes , who were Friends , were less peculiar in appearance than she was . She was waking up to the instincts of womanhood , loving in ...
... dress was unlike that of girls who were not in the Society ; nay , even that the Stackhouses and the Donnes , who were Friends , were less peculiar in appearance than she was . She was waking up to the instincts of womanhood , loving in ...
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... dress , belonged to another world altogether , to that in which such people as Dulcibella Reynolds lived and moved . Then what a contrast there was between Richard and the fine athletic figure by Elsie's side . How different were the ...
... dress , belonged to another world altogether , to that in which such people as Dulcibella Reynolds lived and moved . Then what a contrast there was between Richard and the fine athletic figure by Elsie's side . How different were the ...
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... dress without making our- selves so very peculiar . Robert and Anna Pennington are quite of the old school ; but I am very fond of them . We will go and see them as soon as they return from Yearly meeting . " Here Cousin Eliza broke in ...
... dress without making our- selves so very peculiar . Robert and Anna Pennington are quite of the old school ; but I am very fond of them . We will go and see them as soon as they return from Yearly meeting . " Here Cousin Eliza broke in ...
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... dress - suit in my knapsack . Give me two minutes , and I will be ready . " Chrystie vanished , taking long strides up the wide staircase , leaving Winifred just within the threshold with her wild flowers in her hand . Richard was not ...
... dress - suit in my knapsack . Give me two minutes , and I will be ready . " Chrystie vanished , taking long strides up the wide staircase , leaving Winifred just within the threshold with her wild flowers in her hand . Richard was not ...
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Page 203 - THE night is come, but not too soon ; And sinking silently, All silently, the little moon Drops down behind the sky. There is no light in earth or heaven, But the cold light of stars ; And the first watch of night is given To the red planet Mars.
Page 111 - Is it too late then, Evelyn Hope? What, your soul was pure and true, The good stars met in your horoscope, Made you of spirit, fire and dew And, just because I was thrice as old And our paths in the world diverged so wide, Each was nought to each, must I be told? We were fellow mortals, nought beside?
Page 270 - And from her eyes and cheeks the light and bloom of the morning. Then there escaped from her lips a cry of such terrible anguish, That the dying heard it, and started up from their pillows.
Page 311 - I love her with a love as still As a broad river's peaceful might, Which, by high tower and lowly mill, Goes wandering at its own will, And yet doth ever flow aright. And, on its full, deep breast serene, Like quiet isles my duties lie ; It flows around them and between, And makes them fresh and fair and green, Sweet homes wherein to live and die.
Page 111 - No, indeed ! for God above Is great to grant, as mighty to make, And creates the love to reward the love, — I claim you still, for my own love's sake!
Page 270 - On the pallet before her was stretched the form of an old man. Long, and thin, and gray were the locks that shaded his temples...
Page 56 - Look not mournfully into the Past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the Present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy Future, without fear, and with a manly heart.
Page 45 - She has a face that just raises your attention at first sight ; it grows on you every moment, and you wonder it did no more than raise your attention at first. " Her eyes have a mild light, but they awe when she pleases ; they command, like a good man out of office, not by authority, but by virtue.
Page 185 - And thou, too, whosoe'er thou art, That readest this brief psalm, As one by one thy hopes depart, Be resolute and calm. O fear not in a world like this, And thou shalt know ere long, Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong.
Page 45 - To describe her body describes her mind ; one is the transcript of the other. Her understanding is not shown in the variety of matters it exerts itself on, but in the goodness of the choice she makes. " She does not display it so much in saying or doing striking things, as in avoiding such as she ought not to say or do.