Minna MontéJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1872 - 224 pages |
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... last they arrived safely at the end of their journey , Minna met a loving welcome from her old grandmother , who was gratified and pleased by Minna's ready desire to accept that which Eliza had so steadily 8 MINNA MONTÉ .
... last they arrived safely at the end of their journey , Minna met a loving welcome from her old grandmother , who was gratified and pleased by Minna's ready desire to accept that which Eliza had so steadily 8 MINNA MONTÉ .
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Mrs. N. C. Iron. ready desire to accept that which Eliza had so steadily refused ; she admired Eliza's unselfishness in choos- ing to share the poverty of the family , rather than to leave them for ease and comfort . She was quite satis ...
Mrs. N. C. Iron. ready desire to accept that which Eliza had so steadily refused ; she admired Eliza's unselfishness in choos- ing to share the poverty of the family , rather than to leave them for ease and comfort . She was quite satis ...
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... desire to im- part , then I will tell you something that annoys me excessively , and is too absurd to be laughed at , for it really is provoking and insulting . " " I promise , dear Minna , to guard your secret as in- violably as I ...
... desire to im- part , then I will tell you something that annoys me excessively , and is too absurd to be laughed at , for it really is provoking and insulting . " " I promise , dear Minna , to guard your secret as in- violably as I ...
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... desire to charm the eye and to alleviate mental or physical suffering . I again ask pardon . " A stately bow was the only reply made to this flat- tering speech ; then , having entirely exhausted his vocabulary , he rose to depart ...
... desire to charm the eye and to alleviate mental or physical suffering . I again ask pardon . " A stately bow was the only reply made to this flat- tering speech ; then , having entirely exhausted his vocabulary , he rose to depart ...
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... desire that Mr. Tape shall in future be denied admittance within these doors . But for the fear of giving notoriety to the ridiculous affair , I should give Tape a taste of my rattan , in lieu of the delicious beverage ' of which Mrs ...
... desire that Mr. Tape shall in future be denied admittance within these doors . But for the fear of giving notoriety to the ridiculous affair , I should give Tape a taste of my rattan , in lieu of the delicious beverage ' of which Mrs ...
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amiable amusement anath arrival aunt Bagby believe bestowed brother called CHAPTER charming child daughter dear Laura dear Mary dear Minna dearest deep delightful departure desire door Edward Tape entered Eunice exclaimed faithful fate feelings felt George Monté GIAOUR girl give good-by grandmother hand happiness heart hope hour husband incubus John Monté knew Laura Neville leave Leonora Flatté letter look Louisa Monté lover Madame D Madame Ruit maiden speech mamma Marlitt marriage married Mary Temple Merryvale mind Miss Clatter Miss Minna Miss Monté Miss Roberta morning mother nature never Neville's OUIDA Parkgate pass the day persons poor Pray received regard remarks remember replied returned home Ruit's seemed sister soul story suffering sunshine supposed Tape's Temple's thought tion uncle Vine Cottage weary wife William Temple Willie wish words wretched
Popular passages
Page 164 - For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires: The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.
Page 24 - Oh, Love! what is it in this world of ours Which makes it fatal to be loved? Ah why With cypress branches hast thou wreathed thy bowers, And made thy best interpreter a sigh? As those who dote on odours pluck the flowers, And place them on their breast — but place to die — Thus the frail beings we would fondly cherish Are laid within our bosoms but to perish.
Page 210 - Meantime I seek no sympathies, nor need ; The thorns which I have reap'd are of the tree I planted, — they have torn me — and I bleed : I should have known what fruit would spring from such a seed.
Page 36 - When forced the fair nymph to forego, What anguish I felt at my heart ! Yet I thought — but it might not be so — 'Twas with pain that she saw me depart. She gazed, as I slowly withdrew, My path I could hardly discern ; So sweetly she bade me adieu, I thought that she bade me return.
Page 217 - Oh ! there are looks and tones that dart An instant sunshine through the heart, — As if the soul that minute caught Some treasure it through life had sought...
Page 74 - Oh ! fair as the sea-flower close to thee growing, How light was thy heart till Love's witchery came, Like the wind of the south...
Page 20 - Try every winning way inventive love Can dictate, and in courtship to their mates Pour forth their little souls.
Page 118 - I SAW thee weep — the big bright tear Came o'er that eye of blue; And then methought it did appear A violet dropping dew...
Page 220 - thou blessed child ! When, young and haply pure as thou, I look'd and pray'd like thee ; but now — " He hung his head ; each nobler aim And hope and feeling, which had slept From boyhood's hour, that instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only sense Of guiltless joy that guilt can know.
Page 221 - The cold in clime are cold in blood, Their love can scarce deserve the name ; But mine was like the lava flood That boils in ^Etna's breast of flame. I cannot prate in puling strain Of ladye-love, and beauty's chain : If changing cheek, and scorching vein, Lips taught to writhe, but not complain, If bursting heart, and...