Mary Seaham. A NovelChapman and Hall, 1884 - 415 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 84
Page 2
... look upon again , that we find her hastening . * ** * The history of Mary Seaham's present position was this . She was an orphan , and till the return of a brother from the colonies , where he had gone to examine into the state of some ...
... look upon again , that we find her hastening . * ** * The history of Mary Seaham's present position was this . She was an orphan , and till the return of a brother from the colonies , where he had gone to examine into the state of some ...
Page 2
... look of pleasure nevertheless lighting up the face which he again raised towards her . " But a self - imposed task may not yours at present be ? " persisted Miss Seaham . He shook his head , but with the same smile continued : " I never ...
... look of pleasure nevertheless lighting up the face which he again raised towards her . " But a self - imposed task may not yours at present be ? " persisted Miss Seaham . He shook his head , but with the same smile continued : " I never ...
Page 2
... look upon her calm , sweet , holy countenance one might have thought the sin of wordliness could scarcely cleave to the soul which seemed reflected thereupon . A silence again succeeded , broken by Mr. Temple . " Miss Seaham , do you ...
... look upon her calm , sweet , holy countenance one might have thought the sin of wordliness could scarcely cleave to the soul which seemed reflected thereupon . A silence again succeeded , broken by Mr. Temple . " Miss Seaham , do you ...
Page 21
... look of regret to the life of comparative drudgery which this choice of a husband had entailed upon her -a course of life to which sneerers may be ready to apply the slighting axiom of Iago , " To suckle fools and chronicle small beer ...
... look of regret to the life of comparative drudgery which this choice of a husband had entailed upon her -a course of life to which sneerers may be ready to apply the slighting axiom of Iago , " To suckle fools and chronicle small beer ...
Page 27
... look in less partial light upon the being who , by his kindness and other fascinating qualities , had so propitiated her sensitive , susceptible young heart . Must the little brooklet wonder if the heated traveller , passing fiercely on ...
... look in less partial light upon the being who , by his kindness and other fascinating qualities , had so propitiated her sensitive , susceptible young heart . Must the little brooklet wonder if the heated traveller , passing fiercely on ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
A. B. FROST amongst anxious appearance ARTEMUS WARD Arthur Seaham beautiful Bond Street BRET HARTE brother brow Burgh calm CHARLES LEVER cheek CHLORODYNE circumstances cloth gilt Coloured countenance course cousin dark dear Mary door E.C. New York earnest Engravings Eugene Aram Eugene Trevor Eugene's Eustace Trevor excited exclaimed expression eyes face fancy father fear feelings gaze gentle Glan Pennant glance hand happy heard heart hope husband idea Illustrations imagine interest JULES VERNE Lady Morgan letter lips London look Louis lover manner marriage Marryott Mary Seaham Mary's mind Miss Seaham Montrevor mother murmured nature never night Olivia once painful pale paused perhaps Poetical poor present replied Salisbury Square seemed silent Silverton sister smile sorrow soul speak spirit stood suppose tell Temple thing thought tone trembling turned voice whilst wife wonder words Wynne
Popular passages
Page 42 - But music for the time doth change his nature. The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils ; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted.
Page 281 - Both man and bird and beast. He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small; For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all." The Mariner, whose eye is bright, Whose beard with age is hoar, Is gone: and now the Wedding-Guest Turned from the bridegroom's door. He went like one that hath been stunned, And is of sense forlorn: A sadder and a wiser man, He rose the morrow morn.
Page 379 - Lo ! the death-shot of foemen outspeeding, he rode Companionless bearing destruction abroad ; But down let him stoop from his havoc on high ! Ah, home let him speed, — for the spoiler is nigh ! Why flames the far summit? Why shoot to the blast Those embers, like stars from the firmament cast ? 'Tis the fire-shower of ruin, all dreadfully driven From his eyrie, that beacons the darkness of heaven. Oh, crested Lochiel, the peerless in might, Whose banners arise on the battlements...
Page 295 - Be she meeker, kinder, than fhe turtle-dove or pelican : If she be not so to me, What care I how kind she be? Shall a woman's virtues move Me to perish for her love? Or, her well-deservings known, Make me quite forget mine own? Be she with that goodness blest Which may merit name of Best; If she be not such to me, What care I how good she be?
Page 142 - There lies the poet's native land. The river of life, that flows through streets tumultuous, bearing along so many gallant hearts, so many wrecks of humanity; the many homes and households, each a little world in itself, revolving round its fireside, as a central sun; all forms of human joy and suffering, brought into that narrow compass; and to be in this and be a part of this; acting, thinking, rejoicing, sorrowing, with his fellow-men; such, such should be the poet's life.
Page 272 - tis youth's frenzy— but the cure Is bitterer still, as charm by charm unwinds Which robed our idols, and we see too sure Nor Worth nor Beauty dwells from out the mind's Ideal shape of such ; yet still it binds — The fatal spell, and still it draws us on...
Page 255 - There is a tide in the affairs of men Which taken at the flood leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat, *M And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Page 417 - Last Days of Pompeii," and " Eugene Aram." 3 Marryat. Containing " Midshipman Easy," " Japhet in Search of a Father," "Jacob Faithful," and