The Ladies' CompanionBradbury and Evans, 1854 - Women's periodicals, English |
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... arm , where it hands within his own . and infant love , and took her dear maternal On these the sinking them pretty little old black Sweep purred out sun shed the sweet blessing of its light ; and to anew his song ! 66 " My dear ...
... arm , where it hands within his own . and infant love , and took her dear maternal On these the sinking them pretty little old black Sweep purred out sun shed the sweet blessing of its light ; and to anew his song ! 66 " My dear ...
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... arm - chairs , resting his feet on an exquisite ottoman ( which was professedly worked by the fair hands of Miss Morgan , but which was , in reality , the performance of a " distressed needlewoman " ) ; and that , while Mrs. Clayton and ...
... arm - chairs , resting his feet on an exquisite ottoman ( which was professedly worked by the fair hands of Miss Morgan , but which was , in reality , the performance of a " distressed needlewoman " ) ; and that , while Mrs. Clayton and ...
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... arms - she would gaze on its features with delight , and , observing the brightness of its eyes , would frequently ex- It was just about this time that the late Hon . Moss Kent , an intimate friend of Mrs. Davidson previous to her ...
... arms - she would gaze on its features with delight , and , observing the brightness of its eyes , would frequently ex- It was just about this time that the late Hon . Moss Kent , an intimate friend of Mrs. Davidson previous to her ...
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... arms , declaring that they all four must heard each evening the tinkling of a little bell immediately fly . The old quarter - master had warning everyone to keep out of the way , and great difficulty in making her comprehend that seen ...
... arms , declaring that they all four must heard each evening the tinkling of a little bell immediately fly . The old quarter - master had warning everyone to keep out of the way , and great difficulty in making her comprehend that seen ...
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... arms , crying at the same time , " Not a single step fur- ther , Marie ! we ought not to have come here even - mother has forbidden us . " Marie looked around her , and observed in her turn how far they were from the boundaries of their ...
... arms , crying at the same time , " Not a single step fur- ther , Marie ! we ought not to have come here even - mother has forbidden us . " Marie looked around her , and observed in her turn how far they were from the boundaries of their ...
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Page 177 - And, father cardinal, I have heard you say That we shall see and know our friends in heaven: If that be true, I shall see my boy again; For since the birth of Cain, the first male child, To him that did but yesterday suspire, There was not such a gracious creature born.
Page 90 - The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel was infirm and old; His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the bards was he Who sung of Border chivalry ; For, well-aday! their date was fled; His tuneful brethren all were dead; And he, neglected and oppressed, Wished to be with them, and at rest.
Page 10 - I do but say what she is. So delicate with her needle! An admirable musician! O! she will sing the savageness out of a bear. Of so high and plenteous wit and invention.!
Page 79 - I would have none in it, but some thickets made only of sweet-briar and honeysuckle, and some wild vine amongst ; and the ground set with violets, strawberries, and primroses. For these are sweet, and prosper in the shade. And these to be in the heath, here and there, not in any order.
Page 81 - And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells With a sweet kernel; to set budding more, And still more, later flowers for the bees, Until they think warm days will never cease ; For Summer has o'erbrimm'd their clammy cells.
Page 81 - My Lord of Ely, when I was last in Holborn, I saw good strawberries in your garden there : I do beseech you send for some of them.
Page 81 - Hickey's a capon, and by the same rule, Magnanimous Goldsmith a gooseberry fool. At a dinner so various, at such a repast, Who'd not be a glutton, and stick to the last? Here, waiter, more wine, let me sit while I'm able, Till all my companions sink under the table; Then, with chaos and blunders encircling my head, Let me ponder, and tell what I think of the dead.
Page 201 - AND the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day ; and he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him...
Page 236 - On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object: can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France? or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt?
Page 9 - Bra. Look to her, Moor; have a quick eye to see ; She has deceiv'd her father, and may thee.