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... hand , and eagerly gazing at the place where she had disappeared , till I could almost believe I again saw her before me . From this reverie I was at length roused by a gentle tap on the shoulder . Starting suddenly , I cast my eyes up ...
... hand , and eagerly gazing at the place where she had disappeared , till I could almost believe I again saw her before me . From this reverie I was at length roused by a gentle tap on the shoulder . Starting suddenly , I cast my eyes up ...
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... hand , she passively permitted it , but there was no kind pressure responsive to my own ; if 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 ...
... hand , she passively permitted it , but there was no kind pressure responsive to my own ; if 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 ...
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... hand , and with his other he grasped mine— “ Farewell , my kind aunt - farewell , my last - loved Florence . " His eye dimmed , his grasp relaxed to feebleness , his head drooped , and as he fell back he mourn- fully sighed , Bury me ...
... hand , and with his other he grasped mine— “ Farewell , my kind aunt - farewell , my last - loved Florence . " His eye dimmed , his grasp relaxed to feebleness , his head drooped , and as he fell back he mourn- fully sighed , Bury me ...
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... hand into his pocket to ascertain if the knife was there . It had fallen out , probably in his flight ; at least he could not find it at the place where he had deposited his clothes . This alarmed him still more , in conse- quence of ...
... hand into his pocket to ascertain if the knife was there . It had fallen out , probably in his flight ; at least he could not find it at the place where he had deposited his clothes . This alarmed him still more , in conse- quence of ...
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... hand into his wide side- pocket , drew out a bundle , took from off it a piece of brown paper , and begun to unroll a blood - stained shirt . Without uttering a word , the mother fixed her eye on the object so well known to her ...
... hand into his wide side- pocket , drew out a bundle , took from off it a piece of brown paper , and begun to unroll a blood - stained shirt . Without uttering a word , the mother fixed her eye on the object so well known to her ...
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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.