Marriage ...Little, Brown, & Company, 1893 - 324 páginas |
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... seemed a desirable thing , situated as they are with an entailed pro- perty ; and yet when I look around me , and see the way that sons go on , the dissipation and extravagance , and the VOL . I. D M. heartbreak they are to their ...
... seemed a desirable thing , situated as they are with an entailed pro- perty ; and yet when I look around me , and see the way that sons go on , the dissipation and extravagance , and the VOL . I. D M. heartbreak they are to their ...
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... seemed crowded together in a small space , and there was a " felt want " of breadth and repose for the eye . On entering the house I was however charmed with the rich imposing beauty of the hall , and admired the handsome antique ...
... seemed crowded together in a small space , and there was a " felt want " of breadth and repose for the eye . On entering the house I was however charmed with the rich imposing beauty of the hall , and admired the handsome antique ...
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... seemed literally to kindle , and even ( as some one has remarked ) to change their colour and become a sort of deep sapphire blue ; but , perhaps , from being close to him and in the open air , I was more struck with this peculiarity ...
... seemed literally to kindle , and even ( as some one has remarked ) to change their colour and become a sort of deep sapphire blue ; but , perhaps , from being close to him and in the open air , I was more struck with this peculiarity ...
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... seemed to me little else than a mockery of human life ; but rather than " dis- place the mirth , " I tried , but could not long remain a passive spectator ; the glee seemed forced and un- natural . It touched no sympathetic chord ; it ...
... seemed to me little else than a mockery of human life ; but rather than " dis- place the mirth , " I tried , but could not long remain a passive spectator ; the glee seemed forced and un- natural . It touched no sympathetic chord ; it ...
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... seemed , with deepening gloom . The first tran- sient glow of cheerfulness which had welcomed my arrival had passed away , and been succeeded by an air of languor and dejection which sank to deepest sadness when his eye rested for a ...
... seemed , with deepening gloom . The first tran- sient glow of cheerfulness which had welcomed my arrival had passed away , and been succeeded by an air of languor and dejection which sank to deepest sadness when his eye rested for a ...
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Abbotsford Adelaide admiration affection Alicia amusement assure Aunt Grizzy beauty Beech Park better brother Castle certainly CHAPTER character charms Colonel Lennox cousin cried daughter dear dear Mary declare delight dinner Downe Wright dress Duchess duty elegant exclaimed eyes father fear feelings felt Gawffaw girls give Glenfern Grizzy's hand happiness hear heard heart Henry Highland honour hope husband idea Lady Audley Lady Emily Lady Juliana Lady Maclaughlan Ladyship Laird length Lochmarlie look Lord Courtland Lord Lindore manner marriage married Mary Mary's mind Miss Douglas Miss Ferrier Miss Grizzy Miss Jacky Miss Nicky mother nature never niece Philistine pleasure poor Pray Redgill replied returned Rose Hall Scotland seemed sensible Shagg sigh Sir Sampson Sir Walter Scott sister smile soon soul spirit sure taste tears tell there's thing thought tion tone turned wish woman wonder young
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Página 83 - And overcome us like a summer's cloud, Without our special wonder ? You make me strange Even to the disposition that I...
Página 143 - Sweet Day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night ; For thou must die. Sweet Rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die.
Página 221 - I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
Página 51 - Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches : but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth Me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth : for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
Página 258 - And he. saw the lean dogs beneath the wall Hold o'er the dead their carnival...
Página 263 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Página 259 - In age, in infancy, from others' aid Is all our hope; to teach us to be kind: That Nature's first, last lesson to mankind. The selfish heart deserves the pain it feels : More generous sorrow, while it sinks exalts, And conscious virtue mitigates the pang.
Página 107 - For contemplation he and valour formed, For softness she and sweet attractive grace; He for God only, she for God in him.
Página 309 - My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go ! Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North, The birthplace of valour, the country of worth ; Wherever I wander, wherever I rove, The hills of the Highlands for ever I love. Farewell to the mountains high covered with snow ; Farewell to the straths and green valleys below; Farewell to the forests and wild-hanging woods ; Farewell to the torrents and loud-pouring floods.
Página 146 - ... full glory, either at the rising or setting of it, he would be so transported and amazed, and so admire the glory of it, that he would not willingly turn his eyes from that first ravishing object, to behold all the other various beauties this world could present to him.