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Page 57
... mind , we should say that Uncle Golorum wondered to see the increased bosom of its only comforter . rapidity of Amber's progress in all the branches of her education , from that momentous , fruit- bearing , and all - overshadowing ...
... mind , we should say that Uncle Golorum wondered to see the increased bosom of its only comforter . rapidity of Amber's progress in all the branches of her education , from that momentous , fruit- bearing , and all - overshadowing ...
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... mind that the call was by appointment -that the caller was J. L. He stood on the threshold - did J. L. , for it was he - refusing to enter until he had sent in his card , marked with the initials , to the Cap- tain's study . The door ...
... mind that the call was by appointment -that the caller was J. L. He stood on the threshold - did J. L. , for it was he - refusing to enter until he had sent in his card , marked with the initials , to the Cap- tain's study . The door ...
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... mind ? " " What is that , Amber , dear ? " " The time you first came up to the cottage , and threw your port - folio over the fence , and fol- lowed it . And found me crying , and comforted me , setting me on the old tree - roots with a ...
... mind ? " " What is that , Amber , dear ? " " The time you first came up to the cottage , and threw your port - folio over the fence , and fol- lowed it . And found me crying , and comforted me , setting me on the old tree - roots with a ...
Page 69
... mind asking questions now , Cæsar . Be quick , but gentle - your master is only sick for a little while , and will be better soon . " Thus allaying the consternation of the serv- ed when I was a young lad , going away to sea - ant as ...
... mind asking questions now , Cæsar . Be quick , but gentle - your master is only sick for a little while , and will be better soon . " Thus allaying the consternation of the serv- ed when I was a young lad , going away to sea - ant as ...
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... mind atrophied , and the whole race sinks into decay and effeteness . Go on : you are a fair specimen of ' select society , ' and I wish you joy of your grande partie . But , God save your progeny ! " " But what can a fellow do ? " " Do ...
... mind atrophied , and the whole race sinks into decay and effeteness . Go on : you are a fair specimen of ' select society , ' and I wish you joy of your grande partie . But , God save your progeny ! " " But what can a fellow do ? " " Do ...
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Page 280 - Past, But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast And the days are dark and dreary. Be still, sad heart ! and cease repining ; Behind the clouds is the sun still shining ; Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary.
Page 407 - The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
Page 414 - Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, and Great Steward of Scotland, Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester.
Page 265 - His virtues walked their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void; And sure the eternal Master found The single talent well employ'd.
Page 272 - ... the harpsichord. When he had finished, he knelt down and prayed aloud for her, and then for his family, and then for the nation, concluding with a prayer for himself, that it might please God to avert his heavy calamity from him, but if not, to give him resignation to submit. He then burst into tears, and his reason again fled.
Page 51 - Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
Page 272 - ... saw in it a little surprise, but by no means any displeasure, to see me of the party. The little princess went up to Mrs. Delany, of whom she is very fond, and behaved like a little angel to her. She then, with a look of inquiry and recollection, came behind Mrs. Delany to look at me.
Page 271 - ... the parade, and turning from side to side to see everybody as she passed ; for all the terracers stand up against the walls, to make a clear passage for the royal family the moment they come in sight. Then followed the King and Queen, no less delighted with the joy of their little darling.
Page 288 - A' made a finer end and went away an it had been any christom child; a' parted even just between twelve and one, even at the turning o' the tide: for after I saw him fumble with the sheets and play with flowers and smile upon his fingers...
Page 130 - ... merchant becomes in the course of his business the master and governor of large masses of men in a more direct, though less confessed way, than a military officer or pastor; so that on him falls, in great part, the responsibility for the kind of life they lead: and it becomes his duty, not only to be always considering how to produce what he sells, in the purest and cheapest forms, but how to make the various employments involved in the production, or transference of it, most beneficial to the...