An April Day: A NovelF. V. White, 1883 |
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... Miss Wynne looked at her stolidly . " You talk so much nonsense , Kathleen , I never know whether you are joking or in earnest , but I don't believe you have been swinging on a tree with an officer . " " Oh , Bertha , I have had such ...
... Miss Wynne looked at her stolidly . " You talk so much nonsense , Kathleen , I never know whether you are joking or in earnest , but I don't believe you have been swinging on a tree with an officer . " " Oh , Bertha , I have had such ...
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... Miss Wynne . " Some moonlight night , so that it may be romantic . " Miss Wynne made no answer . 66 Oh , by - the - bye , Denis O'Brien was here yesterday ; did he pay you a visit on An April Day . 51.
... Miss Wynne . " Some moonlight night , so that it may be romantic . " Miss Wynne made no answer . 66 Oh , by - the - bye , Denis O'Brien was here yesterday ; did he pay you a visit on An April Day . 51.
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... Miss Wynne flushed a little , it might have been from the suddenness of the question . " No , " she said slowly . " I did not see him . " " I wish he would divide his visits more equally , " said Miss Desmond demurely . " He comes here ...
... Miss Wynne flushed a little , it might have been from the suddenness of the question . " No , " she said slowly . " I did not see him . " " I wish he would divide his visits more equally , " said Miss Desmond demurely . " He comes here ...
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... Miss Desmond , glancing , as she spoke , signifi- cantly at Miss Wynne , " and Bertha is going to remain to dinner also . — No , Bertha , don't make any excuses , I won't let you go ; you said you were not in a hurry , and Denis will ...
... Miss Desmond , glancing , as she spoke , signifi- cantly at Miss Wynne , " and Bertha is going to remain to dinner also . — No , Bertha , don't make any excuses , I won't let you go ; you said you were not in a hurry , and Denis will ...
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... Miss Wynne a good substitute for the wilful beauty who , know- ing her power , used it so cruelly . This evening Kathleen seated herself between her father and Bertha at the dinner - table , addressing most of her con- versation to Mr ...
... Miss Wynne a good substitute for the wilful beauty who , know- ing her power , used it so cruelly . This evening Kathleen seated herself between her father and Bertha at the dinner - table , addressing most of her con- versation to Mr ...
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66 Kathleen afternoon answer arms asked Lord Norwich beauty began Bertha Wynne boreen bough branch bright Captain Ashurst caught chaff cheeks child cloud colour cricket cried Kathleen dark daugh dead silence Denis O'Brien Denis's Dermot Astore Derrylinn dogcart door faint father fear fell FLORENCE MARRYAT followed frightened gazing girl glance glen Glencullin House grass grew hand haunted house heard heart hedge hedgerows hope horse hurt hussars impa Kath Kathleen felt Kathleen's eyes lane laughed leen light lips listened Miss Bayley Miss Desmond Miss Wynne mond moon moonlight never night papa paused pleasant quickly reached returned Kathleen road round sang seated side silence sing Kathleen Mavourneen smile soft song sound spoke stood strange suddenly Sutton tell thought told tone took turned voice walk watching wich wish wood nymph words young
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Page 7 - Kathleen Mavourneen, awake from thy slumbers! The blue mountains glow in the sun's golden light; Ah, where is the spell that once hung on my numbers? Arise in thy beauty, thou star of my night! Mavourneen, Mavourneen, my sad tears are falling, To think that from Erin and thee I must part!
Page 178 - O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, 458 And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted.
Page 13 - Her vest of gold Broidered with flowers, and clasped from head to foot: An emerald stone in every golden clasp; And on her brow, fairer than alabaster, A coronet of pearls. But then her face, So lovely, yet so arch, so full of mirth, — The overflowings of an innocent heart, — It haunts me still, though many a year has fled, Like some wild melody.
Page 6 - Ah, where is the spell that once hung on my numbers? Arise in thy beauty, thou star of my night ! Mavourneen, Mavourneen, my sad tears are falling, To think that from Erin and thee I must part ! It may be for years, and it may be forever ! Then why art thou silent, thou voice of my heart?
Page 225 - I and my love wont to gae ! 1 leaned my back unto an aik ; I thought it was a trusty tree ; But first it bowed, and syne it brak...
Page 67 - Good-night, good-night ! parting is such sweet sorrow. That I shall say — good-night, till it be morrow.
Page 88 - A something, light as air — a look, A word unkind or wrongly taken — Oh! love, that tempests never shook, A breath, a touch like this hath shaken.