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... returning to town , I found that my friend , Mrs Noel , was to have a ball that very evening . Mrs Noel was a widow of large fortune . She had only one daughter , who had for many years past resided in England ; and to me she had almost ...
... returning to town , I found that my friend , Mrs Noel , was to have a ball that very evening . Mrs Noel was a widow of large fortune . She had only one daughter , who had for many years past resided in England ; and to me she had almost ...
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... returned . I must be loved ; I must know and perceive that I am loved . My mistress must trust in me with the same boundless confidence I trust in her , and the warm torrent of love which gushes from my heart would be chilled and frozen ...
... returned . I must be loved ; I must know and perceive that I am loved . My mistress must trust in me with the same boundless confidence I trust in her , and the warm torrent of love which gushes from my heart would be chilled and frozen ...
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... returned home , charmed with the beauty and kindness of Florence Cecil , which I could not help contrasting with the coldness and reserve of Ellen . From this time , there was scarcely a day in which I did not see Florence , and every ...
... returned home , charmed with the beauty and kindness of Florence Cecil , which I could not help contrasting with the coldness and reserve of Ellen . From this time , there was scarcely a day in which I did not see Florence , and every ...
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... returned , neither Florence nor Ellen was to be seen . Ellen must have recovered so as to leave the place with her friend . As for me , I was weighed down by that fatality which seemed B to hang about me ; I could stay no longer GERALD ...
... returned , neither Florence nor Ellen was to be seen . Ellen must have recovered so as to leave the place with her friend . As for me , I was weighed down by that fatality which seemed B to hang about me ; I could stay no longer GERALD ...
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... returned , Gerald was sitting with his 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 ...
... returned , Gerald was sitting with his 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 ...
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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.