Belgravia, a London magazine, conducted by M.E. Braddon, Volume 121870 - 2 pages |
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... heart and soul - it was ten thousand times better that the knot should be cut in time , however roughly . Think what your misery would have been if you had discovered after your marriage that her heart had never been really yours ...
... heart and soul - it was ten thousand times better that the knot should be cut in time , however roughly . Think what your misery would have been if you had discovered after your marriage that her heart had never been really yours ...
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... heart's desire ever does bring perfect contentment ? I think not . There is always something wanting . And if a man comes by his wish basely , there is a taint of poison in the wine of life that neutralises all its sweetness . ' CHAPTER ...
... heart's desire ever does bring perfect contentment ? I think not . There is always something wanting . And if a man comes by his wish basely , there is a taint of poison in the wine of life that neutralises all its sweetness . ' CHAPTER ...
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... heart could not be won by so bright and gracious a creature . She spoke more than once , in a half - playful way , of Mr. Saltram's absence from London ; but the deeper feeling underneath the light- ness of her manner was very evident ...
... heart could not be won by so bright and gracious a creature . She spoke more than once , in a half - playful way , of Mr. Saltram's absence from London ; but the deeper feeling underneath the light- ness of her manner was very evident ...
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... heart to give any woman , John . And even if I were free , I would not give my heart to a woman whose affection had to be diverted from another channel before it could be bestowed upon me . I can't imagine what has put such a ...
... heart to give any woman , John . And even if I were free , I would not give my heart to a woman whose affection had to be diverted from another channel before it could be bestowed upon me . I can't imagine what has put such a ...
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... heart beat faster than it was wont to beat as he drew near his destination . Was it any touch of real feeling , or only selfish apprehension , that quickened its throbbing ? The man's life had been so utterly reckless of others , that ...
... heart beat faster than it was wont to beat as he drew near his destination . Was it any touch of real feeling , or only selfish apprehension , that quickened its throbbing ? The man's life had been so utterly reckless of others , that ...
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Page 68 - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Page 201 - It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log, at last, dry, bald, and sere: A lily of a day, Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall, and die that night; It was the plant, and flower of light. In small proportions, we just beauties see: And in short measures, life may perfect be.
Page 201 - His forehead was broad and high, light as if built of ivory, with large projecting eyebrows, and his eyes rolling beneath them like a sea with darkened lustre. "A certain tender bloom his face o'erspread," a purple tinge as we see it in the pale thoughtful complexions of the Spanish portrait-painters, Murillo and Velasquez.
Page 298 - Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
Page 227 - In a calm retirement the gay vanity of youth no longer fluttered in her bosom ; she listened to the voice of truth and passion, and I might presume to hope that I had made some impression on a virtuous heart.
Page 257 - Crosse he bore, The deare remembrance of his dying Lord, For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore, And dead, as living, ever him ador'd : Upon his shield the like was also scor'd, For soveraine hope which in his helpe he had.
Page 453 - There, when the sounds of flute and fiddle Gave signal sweet, in that old hall, Of hands across and down the middle, Hers was the subtlest spell by far Of all that...
Page 228 - After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate; I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son; my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life. My cure was accelerated by a faithful report of the tranquillity and cheerfulness of the lady herself, and my love subsided in friendship and esteem.
Page 449 - The turning of coats so common is grown, That no one would think to attack it ; But no case until now was so flagrantly known Of a schoolboy's turning his jacket.
Page 42 - And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant...