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... mind to do 80. " " Do you really think so , aunt ? " said Lady Augusta , brightening up . " I am sure of it , my dear . Mine was a marriage of affection , as I have already , I think , informed you . The late Colonel Veneer , who died ...
... mind to do 80. " " Do you really think so , aunt ? " said Lady Augusta , brightening up . " I am sure of it , my dear . Mine was a marriage of affection , as I have already , I think , informed you . The late Colonel Veneer , who died ...
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James McGrigor Allan. make him happy , I had made up my mind to marry him , and I did . " " Yes , aunt , " said Lady Augusta , who had heard all this often before , but who felt too grateful to her relative on the present occa- sion , to ...
James McGrigor Allan. make him happy , I had made up my mind to marry him , and I did . " " Yes , aunt , " said Lady Augusta , who had heard all this often before , but who felt too grateful to her relative on the present occa- sion , to ...
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... mind was just of that calibre , to be persuaded by her aunt's worldly - wise ad- vice . Alternately , she burned with curiosity to learn who her rival was , and trembled with apprehension , lest Gerald should have con- tracted a private ...
... mind was just of that calibre , to be persuaded by her aunt's worldly - wise ad- vice . Alternately , she burned with curiosity to learn who her rival was , and trembled with apprehension , lest Gerald should have con- tracted a private ...
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... mind . Within a brief period , he would thank us for rescuing him from perdition , and with his talents , when once fairly in the right path , what great things may we not hope to see him achieve ! " " Capital ! " cried the Baronet ...
... mind . Within a brief period , he would thank us for rescuing him from perdition , and with his talents , when once fairly in the right path , what great things may we not hope to see him achieve ! " " Capital ! " cried the Baronet ...
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... mind perfectly easy . Dr. Sted- man need know nothing of the matter . " " But Gerald is popular in Littleton , " said the Baronet ; " I fear none of our doctors will grant a certificate . " Covert checked a smile , as he said : " My ...
... mind perfectly easy . Dr. Sted- man need know nothing of the matter . " " But Gerald is popular in Littleton , " said the Baronet ; " I fear none of our doctors will grant a certificate . " Covert checked a smile , as he said : " My ...
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Page 324 - For mine own good, All causes shall give way : I am in blood Stepp'd in so far that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er : Strange things I have in head, that will to hand ; Which must be acted ere they may be scann'd.
Page 274 - In thrilling regions of thick-ribbed ice ; To be imprison'd in the viewless winds, And blown with restless violence round about The pendent world ; or to be worse than worst Of those, that lawless and incertain...
Page 329 - I was a fish, and I shall be a crow,' said Tancred to himself, when the hall door closed on him. ' What a spiritual mistress ! And yesterday, for a moment, I almost dreamed of kneeling with her at the Holy Sepulchre ! I must get out of this city as quickly as possible ; I cannot cope with its corruption.
Page 354 - Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world : now could I drink hot blood, And do such bitter business as the day Would quake to look on.
Page 327 - First, there was nothing, then there was something; then — forget the next— I think there were shells, then fishes; then we came— let me see — did we come next? Never mind that; we came at last. And the next change there will be something very superior to us — something with wings.
Page 328 - Nobody ever saw a star formed,' said Tancred. ' Perhaps not. You must read the " Revelations ;" it is all explained. But what is most interesting, is the way in which man has been developed. You know, all is development. The principle is perpetually going on. First, there was nothing, then there was something ; then, I forget the next, I think there were shells, then fishes ; then we came, let me see, did we come next ? Never mind that ; we came at last. And the next change there will be something...
Page 328 - You know, all is development. The principle is perpetually going on. First, there was nothing, then there was something; then - I forget the next - I think there were shells, then fishes; then we came - Let me see did we come next? Never mind that; we came at last. And the next change will be something very superior to us - something with wings. Ah! that's it: we were fishes, and I believe we shall be crows. But you must read it.
Page 3 - Her brow was white and low, her cheek's pure dye Like twilight rosy still with the set sun ; Short upper lip— sweet lips ! that make us sigh Ever to have seen such ; for she was one Fit for the model of a statuary, (A race of mere impostors, when all's done — I've seen much finer women, ripe and real, Than all the nonsense of their stone ideal).
Page 184 - We have, however, a plain precept to follow, which is, to do our duty in that state of life to which it has pleased God to call us.