Two Lives: Or, To Seem and to beD. Appleton, 1847 - 262 Seiten |
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... Elliot . Left a wid- ower in the prime of life , this gentleman had placed his household and his infant daughter under the matronly care of his elder sister , Miss Elliot , who had resided with him but a few months when the death of ...
... Elliot . Left a wid- ower in the prime of life , this gentleman had placed his household and his infant daughter under the matronly care of his elder sister , Miss Elliot , who had resided with him but a few months when the death of ...
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... Elliot , -was the very embodiment of all kindly and gentle feelings . The years which had changed the soft , rich brown of her luxuriant hair into gray , and destroyed the fine proportions of her once slender and graceful form , had not ...
... Elliot , -was the very embodiment of all kindly and gentle feelings . The years which had changed the soft , rich brown of her luxuriant hair into gray , and destroyed the fine proportions of her once slender and graceful form , had not ...
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... Elliot could not but feel a deeper love for the child of his own gentle wife , who smiled upon him with her soft eyes , and spoke to him in her very tones ; and Miss Elliot re- garded Grace with that peculiar tenderness felt by a mother ...
... Elliot could not but feel a deeper love for the child of his own gentle wife , who smiled upon him with her soft eyes , and spoke to him in her very tones ; and Miss Elliot re- garded Grace with that peculiar tenderness felt by a mother ...
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... Elliot accompanied her to her room , and dismissing her usual attendant , assisted her to undress . How many tender associations were connected with that simple act ! Memory pictured Grace as she lay , long years ago , a helpless infant ...
... Elliot accompanied her to her room , and dismissing her usual attendant , assisted her to undress . How many tender associations were connected with that simple act ! Memory pictured Grace as she lay , long years ago , a helpless infant ...
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... Elliot , painfully im- pressed by the strength of Isabel's language and the ear- nestness of her manner . " The promise is made , dear aunt , in the presence of God , to you and to the dead , " said Isabel , solemnly . She felt that a ...
... Elliot , painfully im- pressed by the strength of Isabel's language and the ear- nestness of her manner . " The promise is made , dear aunt , in the presence of God , to you and to the dead , " said Isabel , solemnly . She felt that a ...
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50 cents admiration affection agitating emotion already arms asked Aunt Elliot Aunt Nancy beautiful bosom Bourdier brow Captain Stuart carriage cheek child clasped coner cousin cravat dear Grace desire door dress earthly emotion entered exclaimed expression eyes face fair brow fair lady Falconer Falconer's father feeling felt gentle give glance Grace Elliot hand happy heard heart Heaven hope hour influence Isabel and Grace kissed ladies leave letter lips looked Marion Elliot Marquis de Villeneuve Maumer Miss Douglass Miss Elliot Monsieur de Villeneuve morning mother Nanine ness never Oakdale OLIVER GOLDSMITH pale parlor passed pleasure pray present promise received replied rose scarcely seemed silence smile soon sorrow soul speak spirit stood sympathy tears tell tender thing thought thousand dollars tion tone turned uncle voice Walter Stuart week whispered word young
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Seite 21 - Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys! Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies fond with gaudy shapes possess, As thick and numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, Or likest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus
Seite 44 - Mortals, that would follow me, Love virtue; she alone is free. She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heaven itself would stoop to her.
Seite 3 - THE LIFE OF MARTIN LUTHER, GATHERED FROM HIS OWN WRITINGS By M.
Seite 241 - There is a calm for those who weep, A rest for weary pilgrims found ; And while the mouldering ashes sleep Low in the ground...
Seite 209 - A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel 13 light. XV.— I WANDERED LONELY. 1804. I WANDERED lonely as a cloud...
Seite 17 - Are we not thus, under the guise of orthodoxy, mocked in our belief that we have a High Priest who can be touched with a feeling of our infirmities...
Seite 209 - With thee, my bark, I'll swiftly go Athwart the foaming brine ; Nor care what land thou bear'st me to, So not again to mine. Welcome, welcome, ye dark blue waves ! And when you fail my sight, Welcome, ye deserts, and ye caves ! My native land— Good Night !
Seite 3 - A volume of intrinsic worth to all who are desirous to behold a genuine picture of our ancestors prior to the changes made in our country by the Revolution and our subsequent independence ; therefore, to the women of the Republic, and especially the " American Lady," it is confidently recommended.
Seite 86 - Yet haply there will come a weary day When, overtasked at length, Both Love and Hope beneath the load give way. Then, with a statue's smile, a statue's strength, Stands the mute sister, Patience, nothing loth, And, both supporting, does the work of both.
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