The Lady's Friend, Volume 4Mrs. Henry Peterson Deacon & Peterson, 1864 - Clothing and dress |
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... Miss Laudersdale . By Louise Chandler Moulton , 565 Miss Meredith's New Year . By Gabrielle Lee , 17 Mother and Son . By Aunt Alice , ....... Murmurings . By E. Margaret Starr , ..... MUSIC : " I am Happy Now , ....... 203 ...
... Miss Laudersdale . By Louise Chandler Moulton , 565 Miss Meredith's New Year . By Gabrielle Lee , 17 Mother and Son . By Aunt Alice , ....... Murmurings . By E. Margaret Starr , ..... MUSIC : " I am Happy Now , ....... 203 ...
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... MISS MEREDITH'S NEW YEAR . BY GABRIELLE LEE . " You will wear these to please me , " said Miss | Belle as well . Say , birdie , shall it not be so ? ” Meredith to Mabel Grand , who stood at her Miss Meredith , stooping down to the child ...
... MISS MEREDITH'S NEW YEAR . BY GABRIELLE LEE . " You will wear these to please me , " said Miss | Belle as well . Say , birdie , shall it not be so ? ” Meredith to Mabel Grand , who stood at her Miss Meredith , stooping down to the child ...
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... Miss Meredith was rich , you say . If she had been poverty itself her heart would have been the same . Besides , it is your Dives ' who are the inevitable " screws . " It is the poor , be- lieve me , who are fabulously generous . " What ...
... Miss Meredith was rich , you say . If she had been poverty itself her heart would have been the same . Besides , it is your Dives ' who are the inevitable " screws . " It is the poor , be- lieve me , who are fabulously generous . " What ...
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... Miss Meredith's only reply was to beckon She played with rapidity , therefore , that the Mabel Grand to her side . that none might guess how little she cared for rising. and mortgages , been a merchant prince , had it so pleased him ...
... Miss Meredith's only reply was to beckon She played with rapidity , therefore , that the Mabel Grand to her side . that none might guess how little she cared for rising. and mortgages , been a merchant prince , had it so pleased him ...
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... Miss Meredith took her place at the instrument . You knew at once , even by the quiet ease of aspect with which she seated herself , that music was Miss Meredith's native element . She had the air always of being per- fectly at home ...
... Miss Meredith took her place at the instrument . You knew at once , even by the quiet ease of aspect with which she seated herself , that music was Miss Meredith's native element . She had the air always of being per- fectly at home ...
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Page 474 - Fair Quiet, have I found thee here, And Innocence, thy sister dear? Mistaken long, I sought you then In busy companies of men: Your sacred plants, if here below, Only among the plants will grow; Society is all but rude To this delicious solitude. No white nor red was ever seen So amorous as this lovely green. Fond lovers, cruel as their flame, Cut in these trees their mistress
Page 515 - I hang like a roof, — The mountains its columns be. The triumphal arch through which I march With hurricane, fire, and snow, When the Powers of the air are chained to my chair, Is the million-colored bow; The sphere-fire above its soft colours wove, While the moist Earth was laughing below.
Page 474 - What wondrous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head; The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine; The nectarine and curious peach Into my hands themselves do reach; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass.
Page 662 - When they see it they shall be troubled with terrible fear, and shall be amazed at the strangeness of his salvation, so far beyond all that they looked for.
Page 662 - What hath pride profited us? or what good hath riches with our vaunting brought us? All those things are passed away like a shadow...
Page 640 - These are the masters who instruct us without rods and ferules, without hard words and anger, without clothes or money. If you approach them, they are not asleep ; if investigating you interrogate them, they conceal nothing ; if you mistake them, they never grumble ; if you are ignorant, they cannot laugh at you.
Page 57 - Past, But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast And the days are dark and dreary. Be still, sad heart ! and cease repining ; Behind the clouds is the sun still shining ; Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary.
Page 492 - Next put it into a pitcher, and pour on it a pint or more of boiling water (according to the degree of strength you de.sire), and then, having covered it, let it set all night.
Page 74 - But are sailing to and fro. I have seen them in my sleep, Plunging through the shoreless deep, With tattered sails, and battered hulls, While around them screamed the gulls, Flying low — flying low. I have wondered why they stayed From me, sailing round the world ; And I've said, " I'm half afraid That their sails will ne'er be furled.
Page 74 - Ah ! each sailor in the port Knows that I have ships at sea, Of the waves and winds the sport, And the sailors pity me. Oft they come and with me walk, Cheering me with hopeful talk, Till I put my fears aside, And, contented, watch the tide Kise and fall, rise and fall.