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... char- acter of steadiness was more indebted to my face than to my manners . After going through the routine of school and college , I was sent to study law , previous to practising at the bar . I GERALD AYMER'S LOVES,
... char- acter of steadiness was more indebted to my face than to my manners . After going through the routine of school and college , I was sent to study law , previous to practising at the bar . I GERALD AYMER'S LOVES,
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... face , beam- ing with conscious love , I would fold her to my beating heart , and could scarce help wondering that such a being should think me worthy of her love . But this happiness was too much to last . Nature has given me a warm ...
... face , beam- ing with conscious love , I would fold her to my beating heart , and could scarce help wondering that such a being should think me worthy of her love . But this happiness was too much to last . Nature has given me a warm ...
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... face was the very opposite to Ellen's ; she wanted the blue eyes and gentle look of the latter , but there was a dignity about her , and yet a feminine sweetness , which more accorded with the ideas I had for- merly entertained of ...
... face was the very opposite to Ellen's ; she wanted the blue eyes and gentle look of the latter , but there was a dignity about her , and yet a feminine sweetness , which more accorded with the ideas I had for- merly entertained of ...
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... face and manner , which showed how tremblingly alive she was to every impulse of gentle affection . I returned home , charmed with the beauty and kindness of Florence Cecil , which I could not help contrasting with the coldness and ...
... face and manner , which showed how tremblingly alive she was to every impulse of gentle affection . I returned home , charmed with the beauty and kindness of Florence Cecil , which I could not help contrasting with the coldness and ...
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... face , as she named that day month , -the day on which she attained majority , and became the uncontrolled mistress of her actions . I heard her in silence ; in truth , I was deeply affected , for , by a strange and melan- choly ...
... face , as she named that day month , -the day on which she attained majority , and became the uncontrolled mistress of her actions . I heard her in silence ; in truth , I was deeply affected , for , by a strange and melan- choly ...
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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.