Titan, Volume 26J. Hogg, 1858 - English literature |
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... dear mother would never have liked that shape . She always laughed at Hendrik's , and it is just like his . ' Indeed , dear , she would not , ' joined in another voice . Ned Garland shook on my arm per- ceptibly as he heard it , yet it ...
... dear mother would never have liked that shape . She always laughed at Hendrik's , and it is just like his . ' Indeed , dear , she would not , ' joined in another voice . Ned Garland shook on my arm per- ceptibly as he heard it , yet it ...
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... dear ! the centre seems taken out of this household now . I wish you had known her , Mr Garland , ' he added , turning to Ned . This speech , made to any one , was always a gauge and warrant of the highest favour in that family . And ...
... dear ! the centre seems taken out of this household now . I wish you had known her , Mr Garland , ' he added , turning to Ned . This speech , made to any one , was always a gauge and warrant of the highest favour in that family . And ...
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... dear fellow , I must tell you . I believe I shall be fiercely in love with Ellen Henderson before this time to - morrow . ' ' I know you are in love with her , ' I answered . ' Pax tecum . ' Ned soon learned every particular of the ...
... dear fellow , I must tell you . I believe I shall be fiercely in love with Ellen Henderson before this time to - morrow . ' ' I know you are in love with her , ' I answered . ' Pax tecum . ' Ned soon learned every particular of the ...
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... dear mamma loved it so , ' she answered . The answer struck Ned with a wound he was hurt at it . A little while after it began to please him . Every fresh discovery of this rich nature made him long the more to possess it . ' If such ...
... dear mamma loved it so , ' she answered . The answer struck Ned with a wound he was hurt at it . A little while after it began to please him . Every fresh discovery of this rich nature made him long the more to possess it . ' If such ...
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... dear Ellen . ' ' I don't she weighed if she should add it , and added , almost in a whisper -'with you . ' With me ? Am I anything to you , Nell ? ' ' You are . ' These are little words . Their force for the reader depends upon himself ...
... dear Ellen . ' ' I don't she weighed if she should add it , and added , almost in a whisper -'with you . ' With me ? Am I anything to you , Nell ? ' ' You are . ' These are little words . Their force for the reader depends upon himself ...
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Page 511 - Whose powers shed round him in the common strife, Or mild concerns of ordinary life, A constant influence, a peculiar grace; But who, if he be called upon to face Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined Great issues, good or bad for human kind, Is happy as a Lover; and attired With sudden brightness, like a Man inspired...
Page 511 - Tis, finally, the Man, who, lifted high, Conspicuous object in a Nation's eye, Or left unthought-of in obscurity, Who, with a toward or untoward lot, Prosperous or adverse, to his wish or not, Plays, in the many games of life, that one Where what he most doth value must be won...
Page 614 - This vine, which thy right hand hath planted in this nation, I have ever prayed unto thee, that it might have the first and the latter rain, and that it might stretch her branches to the seas and to the floods.
Page 290 - I cannot tell how long it took us to make the nine miles ; for we were in a strange sort of stupor, and had little apprehension of time. It was probably about four hours. We kept ourselves awake by imposing on each other a continued articulation of words ; they must have been incoherent enough. I recall these hours as among the most wretched I have ever gone through.
Page 612 - I loved you almost twenty years ago ; I thought of you as well as I do now ; better was beyond the power of conception ; or, to avoid an equivoque, beyond the extent of my ideas.
Page 614 - Remember, O Lord ! how Thy servant hath walked before Thee ; remember what I have first sought, and what hath been principal in my intentions. I have loved Thy assemblies, I have mourned for the divisions of Thy Church, I have delighted in the brightness of Thy sanctuary.
Page 614 - Thy creatures have been my books, but thy scriptures much more. I have sought thee in the courts, fields, and gardens, but I have found thee in thy temples.
Page 294 - It must have been an imposing sight, as he stood at this termination of his journey, looking out upon the great waste of waters before him. Not a "speck of ice," to use his own words, could be seen. There, from a height of four hundred and eighty feet, which commanded a horizon of almost forty miles, his ears were gladdened with the novel music of dashing waves; and a surf, breaking in among the rocks at his feet, stayed his farther progress.
Page 290 - Presently Hans was found nearly stiff under a drift, and Thomas, bolt upright, had his eyes closed, and could hardly articulate. At last John Blake threw himself on the snow, and refused to rise. They did not complain of feeling cold ; but it was in vain that I wrestled, boxed, ran, argued, jeered, or reprimanded, an immediate halt could not be avoided.
Page 244 - I have expected you, he replied, and had just risen to bid you welcome to my abode. She, whom you seek, passed here but a few days since, and being fatigued with her journey, rested herself here. Enter my lodge and be seated, and I will then satisfy your enquiries, and give you directions for your journey from this point.