Many were the tears which followed his recital. Not one of his auditors was an indifferent listener: all had individually partaken of the tender Marion's benevolence. Their sick-beds had been comforted by her charity ; her voice had often administered... The Scottish Chiefs: A Romance - Page 51by Jane Porter - 1842Full view - About this book
| Jane Porter - Scotland - 1827 - 282 pages
...burn-side. Ah, well caw I so«e VvtnAo her murder. The night being f ar id-»»nccd, \U\\wrt- ts** Many were the tears which followed his recital. Not...Marion's benevolence. Their sick-beds had been comforted b;* her charity : her voice had often administered consolation to their sorrows ; her hand had smoothed... | |
| Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - Anthologies - 1893 - 516 pages
...to ask a circumstantial account of the disaster which had filled all with so much horror. Many tears followed his recital ; not one of his auditors was an indifferent listener ; all had individually, or in persons dear to them, partaken of the tender Marion's benevolence. Their sick-beds had been comforted... | |
| Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - Literature - 1898 - 558 pages
...to ask a circumstantial account of the disaster which had filled all with so much horror. Many tears followed his recital; not one of his auditors was an indifferent listener ; all had individually, or in persons dear to them, partaken of the tender Marion's benevolence. Their sick beds had been comforted... | |
| Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 450 pages
...to ask a circumstantial account of the disaster which had filled all with so much horror. Many tears followed his recital; not one of his auditors was an indifferent listener ; all had individually, or in persons dear to them, partaken of the tender Marion's benevolence. Their sick beds had been comforted... | |
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