Young Hearts: A Novel by a Recluse. With a Preface by Miss Jane Porter, Volume 1Saunders and Otley, 1834 |
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... round the steep and rugged hills , now lost in the thick foliage of some hanging wood , then visible again on the open plain above it . The gradual rise of the opposite ground enabled those whose sight was not impaired by age , to ...
... round the steep and rugged hills , now lost in the thick foliage of some hanging wood , then visible again on the open plain above it . The gradual rise of the opposite ground enabled those whose sight was not impaired by age , to ...
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... round the apartment ; his curiosity was satisfied , and he glided silently into the room , closing the door after him , then stood with his eyes fixed on the ground , as if waiting for an invitation to advance . " Come hither , lad ...
... round the apartment ; his curiosity was satisfied , and he glided silently into the room , closing the door after him , then stood with his eyes fixed on the ground , as if waiting for an invitation to advance . " Come hither , lad ...
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... round the neck of her father , imprinted on his lips the kiss of fond affection , at the same time enquiring ten- derly after his health . The General assured her he was never better in his life . Turning to Henry with a fascinating ...
... round the neck of her father , imprinted on his lips the kiss of fond affection , at the same time enquiring ten- derly after his health . The General assured her he was never better in his life . Turning to Henry with a fascinating ...
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... round the smooth forehead of Mary , who rested on her knee , with her arms still clasped around her neck , as if she feared to lose a word that fell from the lips of her aged counsellor . For a moment the old woman gazed on her in ...
... round the smooth forehead of Mary , who rested on her knee , with her arms still clasped around her neck , as if she feared to lose a word that fell from the lips of her aged counsellor . For a moment the old woman gazed on her in ...
Page 108
... rounded by juvenile customers of the other sex , who would not have worn a moss - rose bud that had not been selected from Betty's basket , and divested of the thorns by her own fair and dimpled fingers , for the world . In any quarrel ...
... rounded by juvenile customers of the other sex , who would not have worn a moss - rose bud that had not been selected from Betty's basket , and divested of the thorns by her own fair and dimpled fingers , for the world . In any quarrel ...
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Page viii - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee; for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge. Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page vii - Intreat me not to leave thee. Whither thou goest, I will •go : thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Where thou diest will I die, and there be buried. Death alone shall part thee and me.
Page iii - WHO IN THE WORLD, IS NOT OF THIS WORLD; TO THE WOMAN OF TASTE, AND THE CHRISTIAN MATROX: THIS WORK iS DEDICATED, BY THE RESPECT, AND STILL DEEPER SENTIMENT OF THE AUTHOR.
Page 161 - He would have had the opportunity of beholding some of the most beautiful women in the world, and if he...