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... asking for admittance . Gerald started up when he heard the soft voice , and in an agitated manner I heard him exclaim , " Florence ! " When I opened the door , a young lady entered , dressed in deep mourning . She was , I think 20 ...
... asking for admittance . Gerald started up when he heard the soft voice , and in an agitated manner I heard him exclaim , " Florence ! " When I opened the door , a young lady entered , dressed in deep mourning . She was , I think 20 ...
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... asked why his shirt was amissing , he re- plied , ' I winna , I canna , I daurna tell . " " This looks worst of all , " said the father . The mother made no remark , but sat still , and , as it would almost have seemed , composed . The ...
... asked why his shirt was amissing , he re- plied , ' I winna , I canna , I daurna tell . " " This looks worst of all , " said the father . The mother made no remark , but sat still , and , as it would almost have seemed , composed . The ...
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... asking — for as yet she felt no weakness , though she had been confined to the house for a month previously - how her limbs were to carry her . She came to the Palace , passed its south end , got into the Duke's Walk . All the time the ...
... asking — for as yet she felt no weakness , though she had been confined to the house for a month previously - how her limbs were to carry her . She came to the Palace , passed its south end , got into the Duke's Walk . All the time the ...
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... asked Jack for a yarn , ) his business for the day was finished ; the grog had been served ; the bull stowed away in the spirit - room , and the key of the hatch returned to the master . It was a pleasant evening , too , and as it was ...
... asked Jack for a yarn , ) his business for the day was finished ; the grog had been served ; the bull stowed away in the spirit - room , and the key of the hatch returned to the master . It was a pleasant evening , too , and as it was ...
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... asked the young creole , in a sympathising voice . " Am I not your friend ? and have I not told you all my little plans and cares , and asked for your advice and your help ? " Saise pressed the hand of her mistress , and looked for a ...
... asked the young creole , in a sympathising voice . " Am I not your friend ? and have I not told you all my little plans and cares , and asked for your advice and your help ? " Saise pressed the hand of her mistress , and looked for a ...
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Page 237 - Fortune, that with malicious joy Does man her slave oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless: Still various and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades, delights in strife, And makes a lottery of life. I can enjoy her while she's kind ; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes her wings and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away...
Page 240 - Let Fate do her worst, there are relics of joy, Bright dreams of the past, which she cannot destroy ; Which come in the night-time of sorrow and care, And bring back the features that joy used to wear.
Page 223 - When Britain first, at Heaven's command, Arose from out the azure main ; This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sung this strain : " Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves!
Page 240 - Like the vase in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Page 129 - How ill this taper burns ! Ha ! who comes here ? I think it is the weakness of mine eyes That shapes this monstrous apparition.
Page 121 - For over all there hung a cloud of fear ; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted...
Page 223 - THE stars are with the voyager Wherever he may sail ; The moon is constant to her time ; The sun will never fail ; But follow, follow round the world, The green earth and the sea ; So love is with the lover's heart, Wherever he may be.