The Duke, Volume 1R. Bentley, 1839 |
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... expression of her countenance . In a distant corner of the extensive saloon , a young and interesting girl was seated at a table covered with draw- ing materials . She held the pencil in her hand ; but at that moment her attention was ...
... expression of her countenance . In a distant corner of the extensive saloon , a young and interesting girl was seated at a table covered with draw- ing materials . She held the pencil in her hand ; but at that moment her attention was ...
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... expressed her acknowledgments with graceful warmth and courtesy : encouraged by the mild and gentlemanly countenance of him she ad- dressed into a forgetfulness of his being so utter a stranger , she spoke of the manner in which she ...
... expressed her acknowledgments with graceful warmth and courtesy : encouraged by the mild and gentlemanly countenance of him she ad- dressed into a forgetfulness of his being so utter a stranger , she spoke of the manner in which she ...
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... to the minutest wishes she expressed , almost evinced the alacrity of a lover ; but all was too open- too undisguised , for that feeling which gene- rally seeks concealment . Still there was enough tenderness and 116 THE DUKE AND.
... to the minutest wishes she expressed , almost evinced the alacrity of a lover ; but all was too open- too undisguised , for that feeling which gene- rally seeks concealment . Still there was enough tenderness and 116 THE DUKE AND.
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... expressed such unqualified admiration and interest , that he must indeed have been insen- sibility itself , had he not felt flattered and softened by the involuntary homage . This Lady Florence's quick penetration soon discovered , and ...
... expressed such unqualified admiration and interest , that he must indeed have been insen- sibility itself , had he not felt flattered and softened by the involuntary homage . This Lady Florence's quick penetration soon discovered , and ...
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... expression of her countenance was truly that of a blessed spirit ; " Sweet silken primrose , fading timelessly . " But then the distressed Herbert thought of his mother . It was her child , and who but a mother knows what it is to lose ...
... expression of her countenance was truly that of a blessed spirit ; " Sweet silken primrose , fading timelessly . " But then the distressed Herbert thought of his mother . It was her child , and who but a mother knows what it is to lose ...
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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...