The Duke, Volume 1R. Bentley, 1839 |
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... which evidently exist- ed between them , encouraged the hopes Lady Clairville had formed for their future union , they were in fact , mutual confidants of the 8 deep and youthful affection , that beat in the bosom 14 THE DUKE AND.
... which evidently exist- ed between them , encouraged the hopes Lady Clairville had formed for their future union , they were in fact , mutual confidants of the 8 deep and youthful affection , that beat in the bosom 14 THE DUKE AND.
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... bosom of either , for their much - loved and pitied cousins , Herbert and Evelyn Cecil . Previous to the fatal involvements of Captain Cecil , and the almost utter destitution they occasioned , the two families had lived upon terms of ...
... bosom of either , for their much - loved and pitied cousins , Herbert and Evelyn Cecil . Previous to the fatal involvements of Captain Cecil , and the almost utter destitution they occasioned , the two families had lived upon terms of ...
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... bosom ; and she learned to look upon him as one for whom his country , his wife , and his children , had equal claims with herself . Shortly after obtaining his rank as com- mander , Captain Cecil married a young and lovely woman , who ...
... bosom ; and she learned to look upon him as one for whom his country , his wife , and his children , had equal claims with herself . Shortly after obtaining his rank as com- mander , Captain Cecil married a young and lovely woman , who ...
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... near the heart that it deceives , was fain to trust that all was right . As time went on , many were the mo- ments of uneasiness and thought with which her bosom was troubled ; and although there was a 28 THE DUKE AND.
... near the heart that it deceives , was fain to trust that all was right . As time went on , many were the mo- ments of uneasiness and thought with which her bosom was troubled ; and although there was a 28 THE DUKE AND.
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Elizabeth Caroline Grey, Mrs. Grey (Elizabeth Caroline). her bosom was troubled ; and although there was a degree of uncertainty in her apprehen- sions , yet there were circumstances which oc- curred to make her fear , that the gay ...
Elizabeth Caroline Grey, Mrs. Grey (Elizabeth Caroline). her bosom was troubled ; and although there was a degree of uncertainty in her apprehen- sions , yet there were circumstances which oc- curred to make her fear , that the gay ...
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admiration affection affliction anxi anxious apostacy apothecary appeared Baroness beautiful beloved Blanche bosom bright brother brow Captain Cecil Cecil family Charterhouse cheeks child Clairville's comfort confidence countenance cousin darling dear dearest deep Disney distress dread eau de Cologne Edwin endeavour Evelyn Cecil evinced exclaimed eyes fancied father fearful feelings felt fortune gaze gentle girl grief hand happy heart Honfleur honour hour indulgence interest Julian kind knew Lady Clair Lady Clairville Lady de Cressy Lady Florence lips looked manner marriage ment mind Monsieur Liot morning mother nature ness never nursling Oakwood once pale passed pleasure poor Evelyn portunity pride Rachael Regent's Park rence replied rience Riversdale rose scarcely seated seemed silent sister smile soon soothed sorbed sorrow speak spirit spoke stranger suffering sweet Evelyn tears tell tender thought tion unhappy walk watch wife wish woman words young youth
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Page 186 - Oh! when I am stricken, and my heart, Like a bruised reed, is waiting to be broken, How will its love for thee, as I depart, Yearn for thine ear to drink its last deep token!
Page 95 - Love knoweth every form of air, And every shape of earth, And comes, unbidden, everywhere, Like thought's mysterious birth. The moonlit sea and the sunset, sky Are written with Love's words, And you hear his voice unceasingly, Like song, in the time of birds. He peeps into the warrior's heart From the tip of a stooping plume, And the serried spears, and the many men. May not deny him room. He'll come to his...
Page 222 - O ye saints of His : and give thanks unto Him for a remembrance of His holiness. For His wrath endureth but the twinkling of an eye, and in His pleasure is life : heaviness may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Page 153 - If I climb up into heaven, thou art there: If I go down to hell, thou art there also. If I take the wings of the morning, and remain in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there also shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me.
Page 152 - The forehead of the beautiful child lay soft With the baptismal water. Then I thought That, to the eye of God, that mother's tears Would be a deeper covenant, which sin And the temptations of the world, and death, Would leave unbroken, and that she would know In the clear light of heaven, how very strong The prayer which...
Page 68 - They gathered round him on the fresh green bank, And spoke their kindly words; and, as the sun Rose up in heaven, he knelt among them there, And bowed his head upon his hands to pray.
Page 140 - ... withdraws from us, and while the shades of the evening darken upon our dwellings, the splendours of the firmament come forward to our view. In the moments when •earth is overshadowed, Heaven opens to our eyes the radiance of a sublimer being ; our hearts follow the successive splendours of the scene ; and while we forget, for a time, the obscurity of earthly concerns, we feel that there are " yet greater things than these," and that we " have a Father who dwelleth in the heavens, and who yet...
Page 51 - Was radiantly fair — This earth again may never see A loveliness so rare ! She glided up St. Mona's aisle That morning as a bride, And, full as was my heart the while, I bless'd her in my pride ! The fountain may not fail the less Whose sands are golden ore, And a sister for her loveliness, May not be loved the more ; But as, the fount's full heart beneath, Those golden sparkles shine, My sister's beauty seem'd to breathe Its brightness over mine ! St. Mona...
Page 170 - And he went forth — alone ! not one of all The many whom he loved, nor she whose name Was woven in the fibres of the heart Breaking within him now, to come and speak Comfort unto him. Yea — he went his way, Sick, and heart-broken, and alone — to die ! For God had cursed the leper ! It was noon, And...