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And laughing heartily , and yet interested by the little adventure , he groped his
way back through the wood to where the other members of the party had
reassembled , after a fruitless chase . CHAPTER I I . “ And then her face , 12 An
April Day .
And laughing heartily , and yet interested by the little adventure , he groped his
way back through the wood to where the other members of the party had
reassembled , after a fruitless chase . CHAPTER I I . “ And then her face , 12 An
April Day .
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But Lord Norwich was not to be laughed out of his story . The little adventure had
impressed itself upon his mind , and he thought of it frequently . The moonlight
slanting down across the dark tree stems ; the slender white figure flying before ...
But Lord Norwich was not to be laughed out of his story . The little adventure had
impressed itself upon his mind , and he thought of it frequently . The moonlight
slanting down across the dark tree stems ; the slender white figure flying before ...
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A Novel Philippa Prittie Jephson. surveyed her father with an alarmed expression
on her dainty flower - like face . “ Oh , I ' m all right , ” returned Mr Desmond , with
a cheery laugh , “ at least I shall be when I get rid of this coat ; but I did come to ...
A Novel Philippa Prittie Jephson. surveyed her father with an alarmed expression
on her dainty flower - like face . “ Oh , I ' m all right , ” returned Mr Desmond , with
a cheery laugh , “ at least I shall be when I get rid of this coat ; but I did come to ...
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mond laughing , “ though it was the noise of his dogcart that frightened Betsy , I
think . I asked him to come and see us . ” “ You have not told me his name yet , ”
said the girl ; “ and - and - did he say he would come ? I should like to thank him
for ...
mond laughing , “ though it was the noise of his dogcart that frightened Betsy , I
think . I asked him to come and see us . ” “ You have not told me his name yet , ”
said the girl ; “ and - and - did he say he would come ? I should like to thank him
for ...
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A Novel Philippa Prittie Jephson. as mo followed me then ; and it was Lord
Norwich who caught me . ” “ Caught you , my dear ! ” laughed Mr Desmond ; “ that
sounds a very funny story . " “ Came up with me , I mean , ” amended Miss
Desmond .
A Novel Philippa Prittie Jephson. as mo followed me then ; and it was Lord
Norwich who caught me . ” “ Caught you , my dear ! ” laughed Mr Desmond ; “ that
sounds a very funny story . " “ Came up with me , I mean , ” amended Miss
Desmond .
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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.
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| Title | An April Day: A Novel Volume 1 of An April day, Philippa Prittie Jephson |
| Author | Philippa Prittie Jephson |
| Publisher | F.V. White, 1883 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 19 Jul 2006 |
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