The Ladies' CompanionBradbury and Evans, 1865 - Women's periodicals, English |
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... arm , and , saying in a voice of command , " Enough - silence , " that person instantly restrained his speech . Then Mr. Gray , with a reverential and elaborate but elegant bow , made his exit like a courtier leaving the presence of a ...
... arm , and , saying in a voice of command , " Enough - silence , " that person instantly restrained his speech . Then Mr. Gray , with a reverential and elaborate but elegant bow , made his exit like a courtier leaving the presence of a ...
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... arms round Vincent's neck , and kissed him , calling him " Mon Colonel ! now be grateful ; for , after all , there was hard work to get the promo- tion . You owe it entirely to my importu- nities . " His face flushed , and was averted ...
... arms round Vincent's neck , and kissed him , calling him " Mon Colonel ! now be grateful ; for , after all , there was hard work to get the promo- tion . You owe it entirely to my importu- nities . " His face flushed , and was averted ...
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... arm , and appropriated me with an air of ownership . I was about to decline his lord- ship's escort , had not Vincent , with a significant shrug and a bow , given place at once to his el- derly rival . Even the splendid sight afforded ...
... arm , and appropriated me with an air of ownership . I was about to decline his lord- ship's escort , had not Vincent , with a significant shrug and a bow , given place at once to his el- derly rival . Even the splendid sight afforded ...
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... arm encircled my waist , before I found breath to expostulate . " Isabella , dearest , beloved , you must have guessed my secret . Now I must know yours . Are you engaged yet to old Dornington ? " " Lord Dornington ! good heavens ! no ...
... arm encircled my waist , before I found breath to expostulate . " Isabella , dearest , beloved , you must have guessed my secret . Now I must know yours . Are you engaged yet to old Dornington ? " " Lord Dornington ! good heavens ! no ...
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... arms , and my lips were pressed by those which worlds would not have convinced me could ever breathe falsehood or treachery . He placed on my finger an emerald ring . emblem of hope , ” he whispered tenderly . shall hear from me as soon ...
... arms , and my lips were pressed by those which worlds would not have convinced me could ever breathe falsehood or treachery . He placed on my finger an emerald ring . emblem of hope , ” he whispered tenderly . shall hear from me as soon ...
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Page 268 - What is a man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more. Sure he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and god-like reason To fust in us unus'd.
Page 11 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet But hark!
Page 11 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men...
Page 11 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness ; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Page 156 - My dear good lady," replied the author, "do not be gulled by such stories; the book is like your young heir there (pointing to a child of three years old, who was rolling on the carpet in his white tunics), he shows at times a good deal that is usually concealed, but it is all in perfect innocence!
Page 11 - Brunswick's fated chieftain; he did hear That sound the first amidst the festival, And caught its tone with Death's prophetic ear, And when they smiled because he deemed it near, His heart more truly knew that peal too well Which stretched his father on a bloody bier, And roused the vengeance blood alone could quell; He rushed into the field, and, foremost fighting, fell.
Page 102 - At present, nothing is talked of, nothing admired, but what I cannot help calling a very insipid and tedious performance : it is a kind of novel, called " The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy ;" the great humour of which consists in the whole narration always going backwards. I can conceive a man saying that it would be droll to write a book in that manner, but have no notion of his persevering...
Page 268 - God, the Maker of all laws, Who hath commanded us we should not kill. And yet we say we must, for Reputation ! What honest man can either fear his own, Or else will hurt another's reputation? Fear to do base unworthy things is valour ; If they be done to us, to suffer them Is valour too.
Page 208 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith; these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Page 11 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star; While thronged the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering, with white lips - 'The foe! they come! they come!