Nepenthe: A NovelCarleton, 1864 - 323 Seiten |
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... strange she should stop so near that particular house , and look up into that man's face with such an eager , curious expression . Her nose was long and prominent , her eyes deep set , yet full and piercing . As he entered the door ...
... strange she should stop so near that particular house , and look up into that man's face with such an eager , curious expression . Her nose was long and prominent , her eyes deep set , yet full and piercing . As he entered the door ...
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... strange coincidence had fallen from out his other papers and was lying beside the one just signed " Caroline Stuart . " CHAPTER II . PRUDENCE POTTER'S DISCOVERIES - THE DOCTOR'S COMMENTS " Through the closed blinds the setting sun ...
... strange coincidence had fallen from out his other papers and was lying beside the one just signed " Caroline Stuart . " CHAPTER II . PRUDENCE POTTER'S DISCOVERIES - THE DOCTOR'S COMMENTS " Through the closed blinds the setting sun ...
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... strange face , placed a bottle on the mantlepiece . Child as she was , she noticed her mother's pale face , and wished the stranger would go down stairs or somewhere else , and let her mother rest . But looking down significantly on ...
... strange face , placed a bottle on the mantlepiece . Child as she was , she noticed her mother's pale face , and wished the stranger would go down stairs or somewhere else , and let her mother rest . But looking down significantly on ...
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... strange Jewish names . If Mrs. Stuart warnt so examplarous I should think it was some heathenish name ; but it can't be , for she's a professor , and I'm sure there's names enough , without going to forrin parts for one . Nepenthe ...
... strange Jewish names . If Mrs. Stuart warnt so examplarous I should think it was some heathenish name ; but it can't be , for she's a professor , and I'm sure there's names enough , without going to forrin parts for one . Nepenthe ...
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... " was this a piece of that rope I fastened to the pail ? " " Yes , " said she , taking it and examining it , " yes , it was a piece of the clothes line with that very knot on the end " " Tis strange , " said Mr. Pridefit , " 54 NEPENTHE .
... " was this a piece of that rope I fastened to the pail ? " " Yes , " said she , taking it and examining it , " yes , it was a piece of the clothes line with that very knot on the end " " Tis strange , " said Mr. Pridefit , " 54 NEPENTHE .
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Seite 158 - And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor: And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted — nevermore...
Seite 261 - Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind, Sight, riches, healing of the mind, Yea, all I need, in Thee to find, O Lamb of God, I come ! 5 Just as I am, Thou wilt receive, Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve.
Seite 275 - Then they rode back, but not, Not the six hundred. Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon behind them Volleyed and thundered...
Seite 252 - In she plunged boldly, No matter how coldly The rough river ran, Over the brink of it, — Picture it, think of it, Dissolute Man ! Lave in it, drink of it, Then, if you can ! Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care ; Fashioned so slenderly, Young, and so fair!
Seite 3 - We get no good By being ungenerous, even to a book, And calculating profits . . so much help By so much reading. It is rather when We gloriously forget ourselves, and plunge Soul-forward, headlong, into a book's profound, Impassioned for its beauty and salt of truth — 'Tis then we get the right good from a book.
Seite 256 - The light of smiles shall fill again The lids that overflow with tears ; And weary hours of woe and pain '. Are promises of happier years.
Seite 261 - Just as I am (Thy love unknown Has broken every barrier down), Now to be Thine, yea, Thine alone, O Lamb of God, I come...
Seite 307 - New mercies, each returning day, Hover around us while we pray ; New perils past, new sins forgiven, New thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven. If on our daily course our mind Be set to hallow all we find, New treasures still, of countless price, God will provide for sacrifice.
Seite 260 - The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee : but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
Seite 270 - Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die, Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.