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... I folded her in my arms , I felt no bosom clinging to mine ; if I snatched a parting kiss , a crimsoning blush was the only sign of emotion she betrayed . Her heart , in reality , was not cold , but it was 10 GERALD AYMER'S LOVES .
... I folded her in my arms , I felt no bosom clinging to mine ; if I snatched a parting kiss , a crimsoning blush was the only sign of emotion she betrayed . Her heart , in reality , was not cold , but it was 10 GERALD AYMER'S LOVES .
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... arms ; -I kissed her blanched lips , I pressed her to my heart , and gladly would I have purchased her life at the ransom of my own . At that mo- ment I saw Florence standing beside us ; -how she happened to be there I know not , -but ...
... arms ; -I kissed her blanched lips , I pressed her to my heart , and gladly would I have purchased her life at the ransom of my own . At that mo- ment I saw Florence standing beside us ; -how she happened to be there I know not , -but ...
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... arm round Florence's slender waist ; affection was beaming in both their eyes ; pale as he was , I never saw him looking more handsome than in that bright but fleeting moment ; and Florence seemed so happy in her love , that , old as I ...
... arm round Florence's slender waist ; affection was beaming in both their eyes ; pale as he was , I never saw him looking more handsome than in that bright but fleeting moment ; and Florence seemed so happy in her love , that , old as I ...
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... arms , and cast his eye upon the sea , as it lay calm and placid , under a clear , full , midnight moon . So strangely formed a being is man , that although he was certain he had killed a human being who never injured him , though only ...
... arms , and cast his eye upon the sea , as it lay calm and placid , under a clear , full , midnight moon . So strangely formed a being is man , that although he was certain he had killed a human being who never injured him , though only ...
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... arms , clutching her , and feeling her cold body all over , and kissing her stiff frozen lips . " You shall . " And he hurried along , estimating her weight as nothing . He felt as if he could , with nerves raised by affection to the ...
... arms , clutching her , and feeling her cold body all over , and kissing her stiff frozen lips . " You shall . " And he hurried along , estimating her weight as nothing . He felt as if he could , with nerves raised by affection to the ...
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Popular passages
Page 237 - Fortune, that with malicious joy Does man her slave oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless: Still various and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades, delights in strife, And makes a lottery of life. I can enjoy her while she's kind ; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes her wings and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away...
Page 240 - Let Fate do her worst, there are relics of joy, Bright dreams of the past, which she cannot destroy ; Which come in the night-time of sorrow and care, And bring back the features that joy used to wear.
Page 223 - When Britain first, at Heaven's command, Arose from out the azure main ; This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sung this strain : " Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves!
Page 240 - Like the vase in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Page 129 - How ill this taper burns ! Ha ! who comes here ? I think it is the weakness of mine eyes That shapes this monstrous apparition.
Page 121 - For over all there hung a cloud of fear ; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted...
Page 223 - THE stars are with the voyager Wherever he may sail ; The moon is constant to her time ; The sun will never fail ; But follow, follow round the world, The green earth and the sea ; So love is with the lover's heart, Wherever he may be.