The English Fireside: A Tale of the Past, Volume 2Saunders and Otley, 1844 |
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... Ellen's attention from her absorbing thoughts , " sing one of your cheerful songs . It will sound here quite as musical as in the fields and woods at home . " " Do , dear Grace , " added her sister THE ENGLISH FIRESIDE . 3.
... Ellen's attention from her absorbing thoughts , " sing one of your cheerful songs . It will sound here quite as musical as in the fields and woods at home . " " Do , dear Grace , " added her sister THE ENGLISH FIRESIDE . 3.
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... an under tone , seeing the cause of his daughter's bewilderment . " I have no doubt , " added he , smiling , " that the gentleman was anything but displeased with the sounds forced upon his attention THE ENGLISH FIRESIDE . 5.
... an under tone , seeing the cause of his daughter's bewilderment . " I have no doubt , " added he , smiling , " that the gentleman was anything but displeased with the sounds forced upon his attention THE ENGLISH FIRESIDE . 5.
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A Tale of the Past John Mills. anything but displeased with the sounds forced upon his attention . " " There can be little fear of that , " replied Ellen , turning her head towards the stranger . " But , " continued she , " give me your ...
A Tale of the Past John Mills. anything but displeased with the sounds forced upon his attention . " " There can be little fear of that , " replied Ellen , turning her head towards the stranger . " But , " continued she , " give me your ...
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... sound was heard , it was the throbbing of their hearts beating against their bosoms . " Pull , " cried Ned , twining his fingers in the strong meshes of a fisherman's net , and leaping like an antelope against the side of the cliff ...
... sound was heard , it was the throbbing of their hearts beating against their bosoms . " Pull , " cried Ned , twining his fingers in the strong meshes of a fisherman's net , and leaping like an antelope against the side of the cliff ...
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... sound met his ear , still he was not disappointed . And why should he be ? The hand which he held in his was not withdrawn ; and if it trembled a little , still there appeared to be a slight return of his firm pressure . " Speak ...
... sound met his ear , still he was not disappointed . And why should he be ? The hand which he held in his was not withdrawn ; and if it trembled a little , still there appeared to be a slight return of his firm pressure . " Speak ...
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Page 27 - If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions : I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.
Page 257 - Cowards die many times before their deaths ; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.
Page 180 - There's nothing in this world can make me joy : Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man ; And bitter shame hath spoil'd the sweet world's taste, That it yields nought but shame and bitterness.
Page 128 - Men will wrangle for religion; write for it, fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it.
Page 160 - Kidlywink's progress in his work, the ratcatcher rose softly from his seat, and, unobserved, crept towards a heap of old iron in a dark corner of the shop.