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... colouring . " If I am surly , it is because I am tired and vexed with walking five miles in the sun , and five miles back again in the rain , and all for nothing . There ! I have caught Miss Holland's eye now ! She beckons to me . I ...
... colouring . " If I am surly , it is because I am tired and vexed with walking five miles in the sun , and five miles back again in the rain , and all for nothing . There ! I have caught Miss Holland's eye now ! She beckons to me . I ...
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... colouring with alarm . Yes ; he told me the reason of his quitting you so abruptly . Poor fellow ! I was well disposed to pity him when I was suffering , myself . He was evidently feverish and far from well . I fear he caught cold that ...
... colouring with alarm . Yes ; he told me the reason of his quitting you so abruptly . Poor fellow ! I was well disposed to pity him when I was suffering , myself . He was evidently feverish and far from well . I fear he caught cold that ...
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... colouring . " I am glad to hear it , " said he , though in a voice that did not express much satisfaction . “ I should have thought you would hardly have re- covered so soon after your narrow escape from drowning . " " Oh , I am none ...
... colouring . " I am glad to hear it , " said he , though in a voice that did not express much satisfaction . “ I should have thought you would hardly have re- covered so soon after your narrow escape from drowning . " " Oh , I am none ...
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... colouring deeply , and seeking , she did not exactly know what , in her work basket . " I do think so , though , Rosina . ” " You think wrong . " 66 Come , now , Rosy , be candid . " Her mother's eyes were fixed on her , and Mat- thew's ...
... colouring deeply , and seeking , she did not exactly know what , in her work basket . " I do think so , though , Rosina . ” " You think wrong . " 66 Come , now , Rosy , be candid . " Her mother's eyes were fixed on her , and Mat- thew's ...
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... colouring , and looking towards her mother . Then hastily glancing over the songs , - " Rossini , Cimarosa , Carafa , -how very charming ! -A sister , have you , Mr. Huntley ? You never mentioned her , before —is she young ? " " Yes ...
... colouring , and looking towards her mother . Then hastily glancing over the songs , - " Rossini , Cimarosa , Carafa , -how very charming ! -A sister , have you , Mr. Huntley ? You never mentioned her , before —is she young ? " " Yes ...
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Page 124 - for whither thou goest, I will go; where thou diest, I will die, and there will I be buried.' Exquisite Ruth!— If my Ruth, now, would say as much to me!— I have a great mind,
Page 108 - like me, for a season, thy years will have an end: thou shalt sleep in the clouds, careless of the voice of the morning.
Page 121 - Abused mortals ! did you know Where joy, heart's-ease^ and comforts grow, You'd scorn proud towers, And seek them in these bowers, Where winds sometimes
Page 165 - roughness; and constrains the garb Quite from his nature: he cannot flatter, he! An
Page 124 - can surpass the book of Ruth ?" exclaimed he. " I am glad the idea struck me of illustrating it! How exquisite is the feminine devotedness of this speech !—' Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee, for whither thou goest, I will go; where thou diest, I will die, and there will I be buried.
Page 121 - our woods may shake, But blustering care can never tempest make, Nor murmurs e'er come nigh us, Save of fountains that glide by us.
Page 3 - the latter end of a fray and the beginning of a feast.'
Page 17 - sit upon the ground and tell strange stories of the deaths of kings.
Page 16 - Is there not rain enough in the sweet heaven* To wash it white as snow?'
Page 214 - better come to you to ask whether or no to fetch Mr. Good, not liking to be the 'sponsible person myself." "What!" said Mrs. Wellford hastily, "do you mean that he is delirious ?" " Perhaps that may be the word, ma'am—what we call light-headed." " What can be done for this poor young man ?