Friends and Fortune: A Moral TaleD. Appleton & Company, 1849 - 240 pages |
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... spirit in mak- ing such a scheme ; no ordinary English brain would have thought of it . Only how I am to stand and see her carry what she calls ' parcels , ' is more than Antoine knows , and ra- ther more than he can promise . " Miss ...
... spirit in mak- ing such a scheme ; no ordinary English brain would have thought of it . Only how I am to stand and see her carry what she calls ' parcels , ' is more than Antoine knows , and ra- ther more than he can promise . " Miss ...
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... spirit , or your face would not look so bright and fair through it all . I hope you'll excuse my talking to you in this way , Miss : but I don't know , I warmed to you directly I saw you come in , looking so lovely and modest like : I ...
... spirit , or your face would not look so bright and fair through it all . I hope you'll excuse my talking to you in this way , Miss : but I don't know , I warmed to you directly I saw you come in , looking so lovely and modest like : I ...
Page 34
... spirits rose with every step ; and she felt quite sorry when nurse Wilton declared they must go Stop a bit , " said Nelson , as they came to a garden gate , with which he seemed very familiar , " we'll just show this lady the vicarage ...
... spirits rose with every step ; and she felt quite sorry when nurse Wilton declared they must go Stop a bit , " said Nelson , as they came to a garden gate , with which he seemed very familiar , " we'll just show this lady the vicarage ...
Page 39
... 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 that it inherit - shall ...
... 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 that it inherit - shall ...
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... spirit of a giant had possessed him : he held her in his arms , and half led , half carried her on ; pushing his way through every obstacle , and never pausing till he reached the door . The Vicar and Mary , both long since returned ...
... spirit of a giant had possessed him : he held her in his arms , and half led , half carried her on ; pushing his way through every obstacle , and never pausing till he reached the door . The Vicar and Mary , both long since returned ...
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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..