Minna MontéJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1872 - 224 pages |
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... replied Mrs. Ruit . " It is more than palatable ! Ah , madam , had I a beauteous fairy to preside over my humble board , I should not be trespassing so frequently as I now am upon your elegant hospitality . " Just at that moment a note ...
... replied Mrs. Ruit . " It is more than palatable ! Ah , madam , had I a beauteous fairy to preside over my humble board , I should not be trespassing so frequently as I now am upon your elegant hospitality . " Just at that moment a note ...
Page 21
... replied . " I say , " repeated Mary , " Minna is with me . " " Indeed ! I am delighted to hear it ! When did Miss Minna arrive , and who escorted her up from the river ? Ask her ; but perhaps she will condescend to speak for herself ...
... replied . " I say , " repeated Mary , " Minna is with me . " " Indeed ! I am delighted to hear it ! When did Miss Minna arrive , and who escorted her up from the river ? Ask her ; but perhaps she will condescend to speak for herself ...
Page 35
... replied Mr. Ruit , " I 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 ...
... replied Mr. Ruit , " I 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 ...
Page 51
... replied , ' That's a good joke ; believe it if you will . ' Then , with a significant shrug and a wink , would walk off , —leaving his brother to speak openly , which he did on every opportunity that offered . " One day a gentleman ...
... replied , ' That's a good joke ; believe it if you will . ' Then , with a significant shrug and a wink , would walk off , —leaving his brother to speak openly , which he did on every opportunity that offered . " One day a gentleman ...
Page 58
... replied , " Ah , yes , a new carriage to drive to the ' Golden Gates . ' Why not take wing ? — that would be the swiftest way of reaching the Holy Land . " These bitter remarks were distasteful to Mrs. Ruit ; as she communed with ...
... replied , " Ah , yes , a new carriage to drive to the ' Golden Gates . ' Why not take wing ? — that would be the swiftest way of reaching the Holy Land . " These bitter remarks were distasteful to Mrs. Ruit ; as she communed with ...
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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...