Dauntless, by the author of 'Hands not hearts'.1858 |
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... looked at her small white fingers , and then actually clenched them in a sort of despair at their uselessness . One thing only they could do , and that was to smooth away from her cousin's path the household briers which beset it , in ...
... looked at her small white fingers , and then actually clenched them in a sort of despair at their uselessness . One thing only they could do , and that was to smooth away from her cousin's path the household briers which beset it , in ...
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... looked earnestly at her cousin . ' Dear Mordaunt , ' she cried , coming up to him quickly , and laying her hand on his arm beseechingly , don't try and be mysterious . Let us share your good news . You have got a situation ...
... looked earnestly at her cousin . ' Dear Mordaunt , ' she cried , coming up to him quickly , and laying her hand on his arm beseechingly , don't try and be mysterious . Let us share your good news . You have got a situation ...
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... looked out , and then Mr. Carisbroke laughed , and I was so ashamed - but it was all nothing- nonsense - pray go on . ' ' I certainly shall , not being much enlight- ened by your explanation . I heard yesterday from Miss Desborough ...
... looked out , and then Mr. Carisbroke laughed , and I was so ashamed - but it was all nothing- nonsense - pray go on . ' ' I certainly shall , not being much enlight- ened by your explanation . I heard yesterday from Miss Desborough ...
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... looked around , and saw Mrs. Cuthbert's smoothed brow , as she poured out for him that long expectant coffee — still more as the ruddy glow of the fire fell upon Eve's beaming face , upturned to him so lovingly . ' Jane said she knew ...
... looked around , and saw Mrs. Cuthbert's smoothed brow , as she poured out for him that long expectant coffee — still more as the ruddy glow of the fire fell upon Eve's beaming face , upturned to him so lovingly . ' Jane said she knew ...
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... looked upon him differently from others . Something in the tone , the glance , the manner , impossible to define , yet intuitively perceived , marked that difference . He owed , perhaps , a little of it to Jane's introduction , but more ...
... looked upon him differently from others . Something in the tone , the glance , the manner , impossible to define , yet intuitively perceived , marked that difference . He owed , perhaps , a little of it to Jane's introduction , but more ...
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Page 66 - I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER. I REMEMBER, I remember The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn : He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day, But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away ! I remember, I remember...
Page 14 - It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity; The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the Sea: Listen!
Page 21 - Do but look on her eyes, they do light All that Love's world compriseth. Do but look on her hair, it is bright As Love's star when it riseth. Do but mark, her forehead's smoother Than words that soothe her.
Page 116 - Mortimer! who talks of Mortimer? Who wounds me with the name of Mortimer, That bloody man? — Good father, on thy lap Lay I this head, laden with mickle care. O, might I never ope these eyes again, Never again lift up this drooping head, O, never more lift up this dying heart!
Page 167 - For my heart was hot and restless, And my life was full of care, And the burden laid upon me Seemed greater than I could bear. But now it has fallen from me, It is buried in the sea ; And only the sorrow of others Throws its shadow over me.
Page 77 - Retirement then might hourly look Upon a soothing scene, Age steal to his allotted nook Contented and serene ; With heart as calm as lakes that sleep, In frosty moonlight glistening ; Or mountain rivers, where they creep Along a channel smooth and deep, To their own far-off murmurs listening.
Page 1 - My life is dreary, He cometh not,' she said; She said, 'I am aweary, aweary, I would that I were dead!
Page 257 - And fortune's favour fills the swelling sails ; But would forsake the ship, and make the shore, When the winds whistle, and the tempests roar ? No, Henry, no : one sacred oath has tied Our loves ; one destiny our life shall guide ; Nor wild nor deep our common way divide.
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