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... sure of it ? ' ' We will go out to - day to my coun- try seat , and you can convince your- self . What I know of your stay in Vienna , I have learned from my sister- in - law , not from my daughter , who , perhaps , hardly remembers ...
... sure of it ? ' ' We will go out to - day to my coun- try seat , and you can convince your- self . What I know of your stay in Vienna , I have learned from my sister- in - law , not from my daughter , who , perhaps , hardly remembers ...
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... sure you will get particular fits all over the house . If she blushes when found at the washtub , with her sleeves rolled up , be sure she is of the dishrag aristocracy - little breeding and a great deal less sense . If you marry a girl ...
... sure you will get particular fits all over the house . If she blushes when found at the washtub , with her sleeves rolled up , be sure she is of the dishrag aristocracy - little breeding and a great deal less sense . If you marry a girl ...
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... sure of my company on Wednesday even- ing , the 9th January , at eight o'clock , ' was requested . Mr and Mrs- looked forward to that pleasure for three weeks . Of course I knew well that the prospect of such a gratification was too ...
... sure of my company on Wednesday even- ing , the 9th January , at eight o'clock , ' was requested . Mr and Mrs- looked forward to that pleasure for three weeks . Of course I knew well that the prospect of such a gratification was too ...
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... sure each must live in the grateful affections of his tailor ; for the efforts of that useful tradesman's art were displayed to the best advantage , and that with a zeal that was too ardent not to be apparent . The dress coats ...
... sure each must live in the grateful affections of his tailor ; for the efforts of that useful tradesman's art were displayed to the best advantage , and that with a zeal that was too ardent not to be apparent . The dress coats ...
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... sure eye . ' ' Allow me to remark that such manly employments hardly seem fitting for a young lady . ' |. I gave wings to my feet , in order to get out of the vicinity of this strange being as speedily as possible . ' Have I got into ...
... sure eye . ' ' Allow me to remark that such manly employments hardly seem fitting for a young lady . ' |. I gave wings to my feet , in order to get out of the vicinity of this strange being as speedily as possible . ' Have I got into ...
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Page 20 - Through sunny May, through sultry June, I loved her with a love eternal ; I spoke her praises to the moon, I wrote them to the Sunday Journal...
Page 18 - Tis a murderous knife to toast muffins upon. Long, long, through the hours, and the night and the chimes, Here we talk of old books, and old friends, and old times ; As we sit in a fog made of rich Latakie, This chamber is pleasant to you, friend, and me.
Page 20 - She smiled on many just for fun ; I knew that there was nothing in it ; I was the first — the only — one Her heart had thought of for a minute : I knew it, for she told me so In phrase which was divinely moulded.
Page 20 - She sketched ; the vale, the wood, the beach, Grew lovelier from her pencil's shading : She botanized; I envied each Young blossom in her boudoir fading : She warbled Handel ; it was grand ; She made the Catalani jealous : She touched the organ; I could stand For hours and hours to blow the bellows.
Page 10 - What d'ye think of that, my cat? What d'ye think of that, my dog ? My Susan's taste was superfine.
Page 10 - At times we had a spar, and then Mamma must mingle in the song — The sister took a sister's part — The maid declared her master wrong — The parrot learned to call me
Page 16 - I believe, Sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild prospects ; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England !" (') This unexpected and pointed sally produced a roar of applause.
Page 20 - Our love was like most other loves ; — A little glow, a little shiver, A rose-bud, and a pair of gloves, And " Fly not yet " — upon the river ; Some jealousy of some one's heir, Some hopes of dying broken-hearted, A miniature, a lock of hair, The usual vows, — and then we parted. We parted ; months and years...
Page 9 - Flat flattery was my only chance, I acted deep devotion, Found magic in her every glance, Grace in her every motion ; I wasted all a stripling's lore, Prayer, passion, folly, feeling, And wildly looked upon the floor. And wildly on the ceiling ; I envied gloves upon her arm, And shawls upon her shoulder ; And when my worship was most warm, She "never found it colder.
Page 20 - And then she danced, — oh, heaven, her dancing! Dark was her hair, her hand was white; Her voice was exquisitely tender; Her eyes were full of liquid light; I never saw a waist so slender; Her every look, her every smile, Shot right and left a score of arrows; I thought...