The Ladies' CompanionBradbury and Evans, 1854 - Women's periodicals, English |
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... looked out pleasantly into a little court gladdened by the evening sun . It was a little four - cornered court , with tall , dusky houses on two sides of it , and a high wall on the two others ; yet some ivy , that throve apace , and ...
... looked out pleasantly into a little court gladdened by the evening sun . It was a little four - cornered court , with tall , dusky houses on two sides of it , and a high wall on the two others ; yet some ivy , that throve apace , and ...
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... looked , and then at once you saw it was the trim little gentle- woman's son , by the extreme likeness between them . " Won't you go with us , my dear Grinling ? " she asked - for such was her son's name , given to him in honour of the ...
... looked , and then at once you saw it was the trim little gentle- woman's son , by the extreme likeness between them . " Won't you go with us , my dear Grinling ? " she asked - for such was her son's name , given to him in honour of the ...
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... looked from his thoughtful face once more upon those master - pieces which Homer had spiritually created , and to which Flaxman had given form . 66 My dear Grinling , " she said in her own gentle way , as your father told me yesterday ...
... looked from his thoughtful face once more upon those master - pieces which Homer had spiritually created , and to which Flaxman had given form . 66 My dear Grinling , " she said in her own gentle way , as your father told me yesterday ...
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... looked up into her face . " You are always thinking of a daughter , mo- ther ; and those treasures you say you are sav- ing for her in your deep old - fashioned drawers ; ancient lace , and wonderful linen , and things of that sort ...
... looked up into her face . " You are always thinking of a daughter , mo- ther ; and those treasures you say you are sav- ing for her in your deep old - fashioned drawers ; ancient lace , and wonderful linen , and things of that sort ...
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... staying for a minute by a cheerful open doorway that looked into one of the trimmest , prettiest kitchens imaginable , was met by a good- looking matronly young woman , the mother of five or The Hatton Garden Spoon . 5.
... staying for a minute by a cheerful open doorway that looked into one of the trimmest , prettiest kitchens imaginable , was met by a good- looking matronly young woman , the mother of five or The Hatton Garden Spoon . 5.
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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.