The Duke, Volume 1R. Bentley, 1839 |
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... wife and children an asylum in any one of your houses , during my uncle's temporary absence - there would then have been no shame in the business , on your side at least . As it is , you have unnaturally refused them the support of your ...
... wife and children an asylum in any one of your houses , during my uncle's temporary absence - there would then have been no shame in the business , on your side at least . As it is , you have unnaturally refused them the support of your ...
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... wife , is her flimsy beauty ? particularly when I have views for him so every way splendid , and which it only rests with himself to realize . " Lady Clairville uttered these last words in an under tone ; but the precaution was unne ...
... wife , is her flimsy beauty ? particularly when I have views for him so every way splendid , and which it only rests with himself to realize . " Lady Clairville uttered these last words in an under tone ; but the precaution was unne ...
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... wife , had been the union of their son with the orphan niece of the former . Not that the gentle Blanche owed this preference to her own individual excellence , but to the circumstance of her great wealth , and because in her THE COUSIN ...
... wife , had been the union of their son with the orphan niece of the former . Not that the gentle Blanche owed this preference to her own individual excellence , but to the circumstance of her great wealth , and because in her THE COUSIN ...
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... wife of her unfortunate brother ; but each rejoiced in the happiness their constant meet- ings appeared to yield to the junior branches of the family . However , when Captain Cecil's embarrassments became the topic of general ...
... wife of her unfortunate brother ; but each rejoiced in the happiness their constant meet- ings appeared to yield to the junior branches of the family . However , when Captain Cecil's embarrassments became the topic of general ...
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... wife in tears , And his sweet babes grew sad with whisper'd fears . " Ir was the boast of the father of Captain Cecil , that he had once refused a peerage ; and had never , by any commercial undertaking , added to the fallen fortunes of ...
... wife in tears , And his sweet babes grew sad with whisper'd fears . " Ir was the boast of the father of Captain Cecil , that he had once refused a peerage ; and had never , by any commercial undertaking , added to the fallen fortunes of ...
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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!
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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...
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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...