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... waiting in the damp churchyard , and you would not keep the bridegroom here . Come near me , come near me , sweet bird , and say Good- bye ; for the road is very cold , and no one must go with me . " As he thus raved , poor Florence ...
... waiting in the damp churchyard , and you would not keep the bridegroom here . Come near me , come near me , sweet bird , and say Good- bye ; for the road is very cold , and no one must go with me . " As he thus raved , poor Florence ...
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... waiting at home , he told a com- panion that he was afraid to return . " " Was the boy Hunter cut , so as to bleed ? " " Not at all - it was what they call a dry thrash- ing - not even a bloody nose . ' 66 33 Does he ever go among your ...
... waiting at home , he told a com- panion that he was afraid to return . " " Was the boy Hunter cut , so as to bleed ? " " Not at all - it was what they call a dry thrash- ing - not even a bloody nose . ' 66 33 Does he ever go among your ...
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... waited an answer . The letter was opened , and glanced over with an anxious eye . It is from Barbara , " he said . " She writes , " ( reading , ) " Bill has terrified me . He hasna opened his mouth , either to eat or speak , since you ...
... waited an answer . The letter was opened , and glanced over with an anxious eye . It is from Barbara , " he said . " She writes , " ( reading , ) " Bill has terrified me . He hasna opened his mouth , either to eat or speak , since you ...
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... waiting on the beach , and signified by an expressive nod that they must not speak . Silently and sorrowfully they followed their young officer to the water's edge , entered the boat after him , and commenced rowing back to the ship ...
... waiting on the beach , and signified by an expressive nod that they must not speak . Silently and sorrowfully they followed their young officer to the water's edge , entered the boat after him , and commenced rowing back to the ship ...
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... wait upon a descendant of the proud and insolent invaders , although by birth and right , herself the mistress of the territory in which she served ? Ah ! she would indeed have had good cause to sorrow over this ; and the two lovely ...
... wait upon a descendant of the proud and insolent invaders , although by birth and right , herself the mistress of the territory in which she served ? Ah ! she would indeed have had good cause to sorrow over this ; and the two lovely ...
Expressions et termes fréquents
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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.