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She had been at the house At these words of triumph the pret a great deal , for
her mother and his uncle ty widow's interruption was forgotten . were old friends ,
and the old man loved Something new stirred in the weary to have the girl about
...
She had been at the house At these words of triumph the pret a great deal , for
her mother and his uncle ty widow's interruption was forgotten . were old friends ,
and the old man loved Something new stirred in the weary to have the girl about
...
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... look at him . .. and he could not be called , in any sense Across the room the
girl's face had of the word known to the officiating min- settled into sober thought ,
the tears dryister , a religious man . ing on her cheeks where they had fallen .
... look at him . .. and he could not be called , in any sense Across the room the
girl's face had of the word known to the officiating min- settled into sober thought ,
the tears dryister , a religious man . ing on her cheeks where they had fallen .
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They smoked , wrapped in their stories about the dead man , of things they own
thoughts . . he thought of the girl's face as he had nical. had seen while they were
working for “ I wonder who was the joker who him , — his tricks of temper , whims
...
They smoked , wrapped in their stories about the dead man , of things they own
thoughts . . he thought of the girl's face as he had nical. had seen while they were
working for “ I wonder who was the joker who him , — his tricks of temper , whims
...
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he thought of the girl's face as he had nical school , he found that he had
stumseen it that day , utterly moved and trans- bled into something which really
interfixed with a strange emotion of tender ested him . For the first time in his life
sorrow ...
he thought of the girl's face as he had nical school , he found that he had
stumseen it that day , utterly moved and trans- bled into something which really
interfixed with a strange emotion of tender ested him . For the first time in his life
sorrow ...
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2 17 ment that burned in a flush of heightened “ It might be different , if one were
color on the girl's face . One of their an artist ; but even then I should think last
days they spent at the little village a man would want to carry back what of
Ravello ...
2 17 ment that burned in a flush of heightened “ It might be different , if one were
color on the girl's face . One of their an artist ; but even then I should think last
days they spent at the little village a man would want to carry back what of
Ravello ...
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Page 250 - But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain light of all our day, Are yet a master light of all our seeing; Uphold us, cherish, and have power to make Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence...
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Page 183 - ... sitting by their studious lamps, musing, searching, revolving new notions and ideas wherewith to present as with their homage and their fealty the approaching reformation, others as fast reading, trying all things, assenting to the force of reason and convincement.
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Page 698 - Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition, gliding in the dim afternoon light through the aisles of St. Mary's, rising into the pulpit, and then, in the most entrancing of voices, breaking the silence with words and thoughts which were a religious music, — subtle, sweet, mournful?
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Page 114 - We sat grown quiet at the name of love; We saw the last embers of daylight die, And in the trembling blue-green of the sky A moon, worn as if it had been a shell Washed by time's waters as they rose and fell About the stars and broke in days and years. I had a thought for no one's but your ears : That you were beautiful, and that I strove To love you in the old high way of love ; That it had all seemed happy, and yet we'd grown As weary-hearted as that hollow moon.
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Page 343 - ... ,"Go thy ways, and God bless thee, for it is not possible that the son of these tears should perish.