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... mother who loved me , but who died before I could appreci- ate her tenderness . As I was the only child , I was allowed , on all hands , to be a prodigy of learning , steadiness , and so forth ; but the truth is , the old folks were ...
... mother who loved me , but who died before I could appreci- ate her tenderness . As I was the only child , I was allowed , on all hands , to be a prodigy of learning , steadiness , and so forth ; but the truth is , the old folks were ...
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... mother , from my very infancy . Though tired by my journey , a ball at her house was too tempting to be rejected , so I at once re- solved to be a partaker in it . It was late before I arrived at the scene of action , and , still ...
... mother , from my very infancy . Though tired by my journey , a ball at her house was too tempting to be rejected , so I at once re- solved to be a partaker in it . It was late before I arrived at the scene of action , and , still ...
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... mother's house ! then she was all life and smiles , and as lovely as a seraph ; now , her eyes were dim , but their sweet expression still remained , and the delicate colour which used to flit about her cheeks had given place to a care ...
... mother's house ! then she was all life and smiles , and as lovely as a seraph ; now , her eyes were dim , but their sweet expression still remained , and the delicate colour which used to flit about her cheeks had given place to a care ...
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... mother , was written in printing ink on the side - gusset .. The circumstance I have now mentioned scared him from Leith , -a direction he had first taken with the intention of getting on board a vessel for America , —but there was an ...
... mother , was written in printing ink on the side - gusset .. The circumstance I have now mentioned scared him from Leith , -a direction he had first taken with the intention of getting on board a vessel for America , —but there was an ...
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... mother's brother , who was a late riser , was up . It was a long and pain- ful effort for him - unslept , exhausted , and torn by apprehension and remorse as he was - but he arrived before five . The night had been beauti- ful , and the ...
... mother's brother , who was a late riser , was up . It was a long and pain- ful effort for him - unslept , exhausted , and torn by apprehension and remorse as he was - but he arrived before five . The night had been beauti- ful , and 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.