Minna MontéJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1872 - 224 pages |
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... letter had been received from Mr John Monté , informing his mother of his bereavement . This sad news caused the old lady to hasten her departure . Her son resided on a small farm in one of the Middle States . He was a man of strong ...
... letter had been received from Mr John Monté , informing his mother of his bereavement . This sad news caused the old lady to hasten her departure . Her son resided on a small farm in one of the Middle States . He was a man of strong ...
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... letters to the young ladies at the board- ing - school in L-- : the students got the boy at the drug - store to carry their love - letters to their sweet- hearts when he went to the school with prescriptions ordered by the physician who ...
... letters to the young ladies at the board- ing - school in L-- : the students got the boy at the drug - store to carry their love - letters to their sweet- hearts when he went to the school with prescriptions ordered by the physician who ...
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... letters of the pre- vious day . If the poor boy had no letters the penalty was a sound whipping ; if he had a heavy mail , his reward was a handsome present . " At this moment Mr. Ruit entered . " I have arranged matters very ...
... letters of the pre- vious day . If the poor boy had no letters the penalty was a sound whipping ; if he had a heavy mail , his reward was a handsome present . " At this moment Mr. Ruit entered . " I have arranged matters very ...
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... letter was sent in to Mrs. Ruit . She was not familiar with the handwriting , but she hastily tore off the envelope , and to her amazement read as follows : " Mr. Edward Tape has the honor to present his best respects to Madame Ruit ...
... letter was sent in to Mrs. Ruit . She was not familiar with the handwriting , but she hastily tore off the envelope , and to her amazement read as follows : " Mr. Edward Tape has the honor to present his best respects to Madame Ruit ...
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... her niece were cosily seated , with books and work scattered around them , a basket of peaches and a letter were brought in . The address was in Tape's handwriting . The man's audacity was amusing and provoking ; but when MINNA MONTÉ . 33.
... her niece were cosily seated , with books and work scattered around them , a basket of peaches and a letter were brought in . The address was in Tape's handwriting . The man's audacity was amusing and provoking ; but when MINNA MONTÉ . 33.
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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...