Belgravia, a London magazine, conducted by M.E. Braddon, Volume 121870 - 2 pages |
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... Mrs. Branston . ' You must not wonder at anything that I do or say , Gilbert . It is my nature to do strange things - my destiny to take the wrong turning in life ! ' ' When shall I see you again ? ' Gilbert 16 FENTON'S QUEST.
... Mrs. Branston . ' You must not wonder at anything that I do or say , Gilbert . It is my nature to do strange things - my destiny to take the wrong turning in life ! ' ' When shall I see you again ? ' Gilbert 16 FENTON'S QUEST.
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... Strange to us , but very monotonous , is the life of the Arab douar , to which the traveller bends his steps to pass the night . The time of its greatest movement , however , is the hour of sunrise , when the great crimson crest of the ...
... Strange to us , but very monotonous , is the life of the Arab douar , to which the traveller bends his steps to pass the night . The time of its greatest movement , however , is the hour of sunrise , when the great crimson crest of the ...
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... strange language in a word , have to work hard for the desired in- formation ; a labour that necessarily implants all they acquire firmly in the memory . But it is far otherwise when we come to consider the history of the country in ...
... strange language in a word , have to work hard for the desired in- formation ; a labour that necessarily implants all they acquire firmly in the memory . But it is far otherwise when we come to consider the history of the country in ...
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... strange tales of his doings . She expected the hero of a brilliant and wicked romance ; and listened for the step of the truant Lovelace who was to fulfil her idea of manly beauty and fascination . She sustained a slight shock when he ...
... strange tales of his doings . She expected the hero of a brilliant and wicked romance ; and listened for the step of the truant Lovelace who was to fulfil her idea of manly beauty and fascination . She sustained a slight shock when he ...
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... strange ears . You may still see her snuggery in Mardykes Hall , though the housekeeper's room is now in a different part of the house . Mrs. Julaper's room was in the oldest quarter of that old house . It was wainscoted , in black ...
... strange ears . You may still see her snuggery in Mardykes Hall , though the housekeeper's room is now in a different part of the house . Mrs. Julaper's room was in the oldest quarter of that old house . It was wainscoted , in black ...
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Popular passages
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...