Friends and Fortune: A Moral TaleD. Appleton & Company, 1849 - 240 pages |
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... chair , and merely observing , " When you have written your letter , let me see it , " began to amuse herself with a favorite periodical . Full ten minutes elapsed without a word on either side . Miss Martin at 10 FRIENDS AND FORTUNE .
... chair , and merely observing , " When you have written your letter , let me see it , " began to amuse herself with a favorite periodical . Full ten minutes elapsed without a word on either side . Miss Martin at 10 FRIENDS AND FORTUNE .
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... began to show symptoms of rebellion , when Miss Theodosia suddenly exclaimed , " I declare here are the Vicar and Mary coming to call , and he is in his old coat , and Mary has her parish basket on her arm , mamma ! " " Oh FRIENDS AND ...
... began to show symptoms of rebellion , when Miss Theodosia suddenly exclaimed , " I declare here are the Vicar and Mary coming to call , and he is in his old coat , and Mary has her parish basket on her arm , mamma ! " " Oh FRIENDS AND ...
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... began to think they could wait no longer , when the long expected roll of wheels was heard at last ; and in a few minutes , a carriage and four dashed through the lodge and round the drive , and up to the hall door , in as aristocra ...
... began to think they could wait no longer , when the long expected roll of wheels was heard at last ; and in a few minutes , a carriage and four dashed through the lodge and round the drive , and up to the hall door , in as aristocra ...
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... began to collect her patroness's shawls and books and baskets ; and Antoine , who was among his other numerous qualifications , a most consummate actor , threw all his soul into his part , and an- swered her utmost expectations . After ...
... began to collect her patroness's shawls and books and baskets ; and Antoine , who was among his other numerous qualifications , a most consummate actor , threw all his soul into his part , and an- swered her utmost expectations . After ...
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... began to recover , and ventured to look her in the face . thrill shot through his frame ; he colored , stammered , looked again - tried to apologize then hurriedly drawing her arm in his , led her into the dining - room . Miss Martin ...
... began to recover , and ventured to look her in the face . thrill shot through his frame ; he colored , stammered , looked again - tried to apologize then hurriedly drawing her arm in his , led her into the dining - room . Miss Martin ...
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Page 39 - O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art As glorious to this night, being o'er my head, As is a winged messenger of heaven Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him When he bestrides the lazy-pacing clouds And sails upon the bosom of the air.
Page 40 - Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself, An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill ; A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal To give the world assurance of a man : This was your husband.
Page 39 - Our revels now are ended... These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air, And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind: we are such stuff As dreams are made on; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep..