Friends and Fortune: A Moral TaleD. Appleton & Company, 1849 - 240 pages |
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... half that affection would do : what can they feel for an entire stranger ? What magnetic influence is there in my nature that I can win people's hearts without our ever meeting ? No , no , Martin , if I had arrived in London to earn my ...
... half that affection would do : what can they feel for an entire stranger ? What magnetic influence is there in my nature that I can win people's hearts without our ever meeting ? No , no , Martin , if I had arrived in London to earn my ...
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... half I have to do : and those girls will ne- ver get on , unless I look after them . " Away went the busy lady , driving housemaids and help- ers before her as a dog drives sheep , worrying their very lives out , all for their good ...
... half I have to do : and those girls will ne- ver get on , unless I look after them . " Away went the busy lady , driving housemaids and help- ers before her as a dog drives sheep , worrying their very lives out , all for their good ...
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... half a dozen books under his arm , crossed the hall at the very mo- ment that the fictitious Miss Armadale entered it . It needed no second glance at the two ladies inside the carriage , to tell Mrs. Crawford which was the heiress . The ...
... half a dozen books under his arm , crossed the hall at the very mo- ment that the fictitious Miss Armadale entered it . It needed no second glance at the two ladies inside the carriage , to tell Mrs. Crawford which was the heiress . The ...
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... half the doors and windows were open , the maids looked surlily at her , for be- ing down so soon ; and she was glad to retrace her steps . On her way , however , she passed a half open door , through which she perceived a bright fire ...
... half the doors and windows were open , the maids looked surlily at her , for be- ing down so soon ; and she was glad to retrace her steps . On her way , however , she passed a half open door , through which she perceived a bright fire ...
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... half price . " " Not if Roderick the Goth is one of them , as I suspect by the noise in the passage " retorted the voice , upon which Rory bounced in without further ceremony , and the rest of the party thought it time to follow ...
... half price . " " Not if Roderick the Goth is one of them , as I suspect by the noise in the passage " retorted the voice , upon which Rory bounced in without further ceremony , and the rest of the party thought it time to follow ...
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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..