The Duke: A Novel, Volume 1Lea and Blanchard, 1840 |
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... less endowed of their fellow- creatures , who follow with moderation , and content- ment , the more private path , which that Providence has assigned to them . He feared the taunts of the shallow worldling ; and how much more intensely ...
... less endowed of their fellow- creatures , who follow with moderation , and content- ment , the more private path , which that Providence has assigned to them . He feared the taunts of the shallow worldling ; and how much more intensely ...
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... less he could raise money elsewhere ; and , deluded and sanguine as he was , he knew this would be an affair of difficulty . Scarcely able to repress the groans , which would burst from his fevered lips , as reflection came pressing on ...
... less he could raise money elsewhere ; and , deluded and sanguine as he was , he knew this would be an affair of difficulty . Scarcely able to repress the groans , which would burst from his fevered lips , as reflection came pressing on ...
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... less to you , my gentle sister . But now I must speak . It is weak it is unmanly , thus to shrink from looking into the evil which I fear threatens us . Evelyn , are you prepared to hear me ? " Herbert centinued , rising as he spoke ...
... less to you , my gentle sister . But now I must speak . It is weak it is unmanly , thus to shrink from looking into the evil which I fear threatens us . Evelyn , are you prepared to hear me ? " Herbert centinued , rising as he spoke ...
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... less faithful than her own . Much to the credit of the female sex , they are known to sustain , with praise - worthy fortitude , those reverses of fortune which have overwhelmed the minds of men ' with despair ; and it is no unusual ...
... less faithful than her own . Much to the credit of the female sex , they are known to sustain , with praise - worthy fortitude , those reverses of fortune which have overwhelmed the minds of men ' with despair ; and it is no unusual ...
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Page 83 - 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...
Page 165 - Nothing can be more imposing than the magnificence of English park scenery. Vast lawns that extend like sheets of vivid green, with here and there clumps of gigantic trees, heaping up rich piles of foliage : the solemn pomp of groves and woodland glades, with the deer, trooping in silent herds across them...
Page 34 - He prayed for Israel; and his voice went up Strongly and fervently. He prayed for those Whose love had been his shield; and his deep tones Grew tremulous. But, oh! for Absalom — For his estranged, misguided Absalom — The proud, bright being, who had burst away, In all his princely beauty, to defy The heart that...
Page 107 - 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 1 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!
Page 74 - If I climb up into -heaven, thou art there ; if I go down to hell, thou art there also. 8 If I take the wings of the morning, and remain in the uttermost parts of the sea ; 9 Even there also shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Page 34 - Oh! when the heart is full, when bitter thoughts Come crowding thickly up for utterance, And the poor common words of courtesy Are such a very mockery, how much The bursting heart may pour itself in prayer...
Page 151 - A woman moved is like a fountain troubled, Muddy, ill-seeming, thick, bereft of beauty; And while it is so, none so dry or thirsty Will deign to sip or touch one drop of it.
Page 196 - THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but him had fled; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm — A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though childlike form.