Broomhill: Or, The County BeautiesColburn and Company, 1853 |
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... present profession . I spoke of our long attachment and engagement , though I saw by my father's expression of countenance how hopeless my cause was . He heard me calmly , but said he had quite made up his mind , and considered the ...
... present profession . I spoke of our long attachment and engagement , though I saw by my father's expression of countenance how hopeless my cause was . He heard me calmly , but said he had quite made up his mind , and considered the ...
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... present state with the feelings of the morning was almost un- bearable . Happily for me , my father had ridden to visit a distant farm , so I had time to nerve myself to meet him again at the dinner- table . The afternoon was passed in ...
... present state with the feelings of the morning was almost un- bearable . Happily for me , my father had ridden to visit a distant farm , so I had time to nerve myself to meet him again at the dinner- table . The afternoon was passed in ...
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... present to my mind had been accustomed to sit ; and fancy would picture scenes in which we might yet meet again . " This mode of life I led for month after month , but there were times when my wretch- edness seemed to overpass all ...
... present to my mind had been accustomed to sit ; and fancy would picture scenes in which we might yet meet again . " This mode of life I led for month after month , but there were times when my wretch- edness seemed to overpass all ...
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... to almost his old he was to the roud of a war- ed sigh , arising Why e , speak Le never -t think was of to live present give rise always . Why Meanwhile , neither Miss Heneage or Flora remarked Ellen's abstraction. 107.
... to almost his old he was to the roud of a war- ed sigh , arising Why e , speak Le never -t think was of to live present give rise always . Why Meanwhile , neither Miss Heneage or Flora remarked Ellen's abstraction. 107.
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... present allowance of five hundred a - year : heaven knows that some of your sisters are in as great need as yourself of an addition to their incomes . With so many younger children , a portion of twelve thousand pounds a - piece is ...
... present allowance of five hundred a - year : heaven knows that some of your sisters are in as great need as yourself of an addition to their incomes . With so many younger children , a portion of twelve thousand pounds a - piece is ...
Términos y frases comunes
Alwyn Conyers answer anxious Apsley House Arthur asked aunt ball barouche beauty better Brighton Broomhill brother Captain Tracy Captain Warde Caversham Cecil child Cleveland cousin dance dear dinner door dread dress Duke Earl expression eyes face fancied father fears feelings felt Ferdinand friends gentle George Warde girl gone grief hand happiness Harry hear heard heart Hill hope horse hour Jack Tracy knew Knowle Lady Ashurst Lady Osborne ladyship leave lips London look Lord Alwyn Lord Ashurst marriage marry mind Miss Flora Miss Heneage Miss Mulcaster Miss Tichborne morning mother never nieces Omichund Orrington Osborne's party passed passionate pause poor Ralph Heneage ride Sedgefield Shuttlefield sigh Sir Henry sister smile sorrow speak spirit spoke stairs Sybil talk tears tell thought tion told Trowbridge truth turned Uncle Ralph voice Whig wish words young lady
Pasajes populares
Página 93 - DEARLY beloved, we are gathered together here in the sight of God, and in the face of this congregation, to join together this Man and this Woman in holy Matrimony...
Página 203 - All things rejoice in youth and love, The fulness of their first delight ! And learn from the soft heavens above The melting tenderness of night. Maiden, that read'st this simple rhyme, Enjoy thy youth, it will not stay ; Enjoy the fragrance of thy prime, For...
Página 201 - Ah, how skilful grows the hand That obeyeth Love's command! It is the heart, and not the brain, That to the highest doth attain, And he who followeth Love's behest Far exceedeth all the rest!
Página 5 - The trivial round, the common task, Will furnish all we ought to ask; Room to deny ourselves; a road To bring us daily nearer God.
Página 123 - A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food, For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Página 179 - And woman's tears fell fast, and children wailed aloud. Then rose another hoary man and said, In faltering accents, to that weeping train, " Why mourn ye that our aged friend is dead ? Ye are not sad to see the gathered grain, Nor when their mellow fruit the orchards cast, Nor when the yellow woods shake down the ripened mast.
Página 301 - I fear, too early : for my mind misgives, Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars, Shall bitterly begin his fearful date With this night's revels...
Página 6 - A gem away, that thou hadst sworn Should ever in thy heart be worn. Come, if the love thou hast for me Is pure and fresh as mine for thee, — Fresh as the fountain under ground When first 'tis by the lapwing found.
Página 92 - Her much : fresh in our memory, as fresh As yesterday, is yet the day she died. It was an April day ; and blithely all The youth of nature leaped beneath the sun, And promised glorious manhood ; and our hearts Were glad, and round them danced the lightsome blood, In healthy merriment — when tidings came, A child was born ; and tidings came again, That she who gave it birth was sick to death. So swift...