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Page 11
... called his sisters ; they were preparing some of their lessons for the morrow , Mme . de Gontier said , but would come down when they had finished . A few moments after their steps and voices sounded in the hall , THE FORSTERS . 11.
... called his sisters ; they were preparing some of their lessons for the morrow , Mme . de Gontier said , but would come down when they had finished . A few moments after their steps and voices sounded in the hall , THE FORSTERS . 11.
Page 18
... called upon to take him like a child to the shelter of your arms , and hold him there and soothe his griefs , strengthen his infirmities , keep him from wandering away into dark and unknown tracks , where he would perish . I am ...
... called upon to take him like a child to the shelter of your arms , and hold him there and soothe his griefs , strengthen his infirmities , keep him from wandering away into dark and unknown tracks , where he would perish . I am ...
Page 45
... to give their frag- * A provincial name for sweet - briar , which has no distinguish- ing title in France , being called églantine , in common with the wild rose . rance to her room . She never knew that at THE FORSTERS . 45.
... to give their frag- * A provincial name for sweet - briar , which has no distinguish- ing title in France , being called églantine , in common with the wild rose . rance to her room . She never knew that at THE FORSTERS . 45.
Page 48
... whatever regime was ordered her . That time found her unable longer to struggle against the insidious malady , and she was compelled unresistingly to give in . Edith's physician , the same who had been called in 48 THE FORSTERS .
... whatever regime was ordered her . That time found her unable longer to struggle against the insidious malady , and she was compelled unresistingly to give in . Edith's physician , the same who had been called in 48 THE FORSTERS .
Page 49
Marguerite A. Power. Edith's physician , the same who had been called in on that frightfully memorable day that had thus altered the whole current of her exist- ence , attended her . M. Morand knew what it was to minister to a mind ...
Marguerite A. Power. Edith's physician , the same who had been called in on that frightfully memorable day that had thus altered the whole current of her exist- ence , attended her . M. Morand knew what it was to minister to a mind ...
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Page 52 - Be near me when my light is low, When the blood creeps, and the nerves prick And tingle ; and the heart is sick, And all the wheels of Being slow.
Page 251 - O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear ; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted!
Page 52 - Be near me when the sensuous frame Is rack'd with pangs that conquer trust; And Time, a maniac scattering dust, And Life, a Fury slinging flame. Be near me when my faith is dry, And men the flies of latter spring, That lay their eggs, and sting and sing And weave their petty cells and die. Be near me when I fade away, To point the term of human strife, And on the low dark verge of life The twilight of eternal day.
Page 42 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.
Page 180 - I withheld not my heart from any joy. ...Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit from them under the sun.
Page 70 - And fresh from the clear brook ; sweetly they slept On the blue fields of heaven, and then there crept A little noiseless noise among the leaves, Born of the very sigh that silence heaves : For not the faintest motion could be -seen Of all the shades that slanted o'er the green.
Page 1 - Not for idle contemplation of thyself, not for brooding over devout sensations; — no, for action art thou here; thine action, and thine action alone...
Page 30 - I am now thoroughly convinced that the human will is free, and that to be happy is not the purpose of our being, — but to deserve happiness.
Page 180 - ... he was great and increased more than all that were before him in Jerusalem. Then he looked on all his works that his hands had wrought, and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Page 29 - Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith; and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of heaven.