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Page 21
Approach me not , man of cold , steadfast eye and com . pressed lips . At thy
coming nature shrouds herself in ... Interpret me rather to our common mother ; let
her not avert her eyes from a younger child . I know I can never be dear to her as
...
Approach me not , man of cold , steadfast eye and com . pressed lips . At thy
coming nature shrouds herself in ... Interpret me rather to our common mother ; let
her not avert her eyes from a younger child . I know I can never be dear to her as
...
Page 26
His eye was bent in the direction of the town , as if upon some figure approaching
or receding ; but its inward turned expression showed that he was , in fact , no
longer looking , but lost in thought . “ Happiness ! ” thus said his musing mind , " it
...
His eye was bent in the direction of the town , as if upon some figure approaching
or receding ; but its inward turned expression showed that he was , in fact , no
longer looking , but lost in thought . “ Happiness ! ” thus said his musing mind , " it
...
Page 27
But all this grace and dignity of the man of the world was in him subordinated to
that of the man , for in his eye , and in the brooding sense of all his countenance ,
was felt the life of one who , while he deemed that his present honour lay in ...
But all this grace and dignity of the man of the world was in him subordinated to
that of the man , for in his eye , and in the brooding sense of all his countenance ,
was felt the life of one who , while he deemed that his present honour lay in ...
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Such an one advances like a vision , and the eye must steady itself before a
spiritual light , to recognize him as a reality . ... Not many , I think , in the eyes of
such a critic , ” said George , as they seated themselves in the spot his brother
had ...
Such an one advances like a vision , and the eye must steady itself before a
spiritual light , to recognize him as a reality . ... Not many , I think , in the eyes of
such a critic , ” said George , as they seated themselves in the spot his brother
had ...
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But this is not the case with me ; for , while the common boons of life ' s game
have been too easily attained , to hold high value in my eyes , the goal which my
secret mind , from earliest infancy , prescribed , has been high enough to task all
my ...
But this is not the case with me ; for , while the common boons of life ' s game
have been too easily attained , to hold high value in my eyes , the goal which my
secret mind , from earliest infancy , prescribed , has been high enough to task all
my ...
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