The Duke: A Novel, Volume 1Lea and Blanchard, 1840 |
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... object of unceasing interest to her ambitious aunt ; who , coveting the peeress for her son's bride , saw and felt nothing of the many virtues with which the high- born girl was crowned . Loving his fair relative with all the tenderness ...
... object of unceasing interest to her ambitious aunt ; who , coveting the peeress for her son's bride , saw and felt nothing of the many virtues with which the high- born girl was crowned . Loving his fair relative with all the tenderness ...
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... objects to cheat the mind of any inward grief ; indeed , the perturbation Captain Cecil had evinced the whole morning had filled her with a dark dread of evil , which every minute increased ; and at length retreating to a couch , in a ...
... objects to cheat the mind of any inward grief ; indeed , the perturbation Captain Cecil had evinced the whole morning had filled her with a dark dread of evil , which every minute increased ; and at length retreating to a couch , in a ...
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... object . She was the nurse who had been with them from their ear- liest infancy , and who cherished them with an affec- tion , the warmth of which could scarcely be equal- led by that of their mother . In prosperity , she had been a ...
... object . She was the nurse who had been with them from their ear- liest infancy , and who cherished them with an affec- tion , the warmth of which could scarcely be equal- led by that of their mother . In prosperity , she had been a ...
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... object of rude and inquisitive regard , -which , adding to her embarrassment and fear , gives her a sense of de- solation , though surrounded by her fellow - creatures , loneliness would fail to inflict . Poor Evelyn Cecil , with a mind ...
... object of rude and inquisitive regard , -which , adding to her embarrassment and fear , gives her a sense of de- solation , though surrounded by her fellow - creatures , loneliness would fail to inflict . Poor Evelyn Cecil , with a mind ...
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... objects and promoters of pleasure ; while the near approach of the first of September gave an inter- est to each passing day , that any who have witnessed the assumed or natural engouement of our English de- nizens for field sports ...
... objects and promoters of pleasure ; while the near approach of the first of September gave an inter- est to each passing day , that any who have witnessed the assumed or natural engouement of our English de- nizens for field sports ...
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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.