Friends and Fortune: A Moral TaleD. Appleton & Company, 1849 - 240 pages |
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... mind , he was welcomed in the best circles ; but his principal delight was in the care of his daughter , on whose adornment in person and talent no money or pains were spared . It is not our intention here to discuss what was lacking or ...
... mind , he was welcomed in the best circles ; but his principal delight was in the care of his daughter , on whose adornment in person and talent no money or pains were spared . It is not our intention here to discuss what was lacking or ...
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... mind - for you must treat me as such - I meet with kindness and affection there , I may be sure it is owing to some intrinsic worth , either in myself , or them , and in either case , shall be gratified . Yield to my wishes , dear ...
... mind - for you must treat me as such - I meet with kindness and affection there , I may be sure it is owing to some intrinsic worth , either in myself , or them , and in either case , shall be gratified . Yield to my wishes , dear ...
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... mind , why not try and secure these advantages in the Crawford family ? " I flatter myself , " thought the lady , as she sat in her bedroom , performing one of her multitudinous tasks for the adornment of her house " I flatter myself ...
... mind , why not try and secure these advantages in the Crawford family ? " I flatter myself , " thought the lady , as she sat in her bedroom , performing one of her multitudinous tasks for the adornment of her house " I flatter myself ...
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... mind , mother , I'll go , " said Nelson , eagerly , and off he ran before she could interpose : stopped the unwelcome visitors , and was soon quietly walking between them down the lane , carrying the very basket that had excited his sis ...
... mind , mother , I'll go , " said Nelson , eagerly , and off he ran before she could interpose : stopped the unwelcome visitors , and was soon quietly walking between them down the lane , carrying the very basket that had excited his sis ...
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... mind her . " This will never do , " thought Miss Arma- dale , " the dear old soul has quite forgotten her part ; she is nodding already ; " and seeing she had dropped her handker- chief , she took the opportunity of gliding round , and ...
... mind her . " This will never do , " thought Miss Arma- dale , " the dear old soul has quite forgotten her part ; she is nodding already ; " and seeing she had dropped her handker- chief , she took the opportunity of gliding round , and ...
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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..