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... whole heart thus pours itself out , I cannot help expecting - it may be vanity , perhaps - that my affection shall be as warmly returned . I must be loved ; I must know and perceive that I am loved . My mistress must trust in me with ...
... whole heart thus pours itself out , I cannot help expecting - it may be vanity , perhaps - that my affection shall be as warmly returned . I must be loved ; I must know and perceive that I am loved . My mistress must trust in me with ...
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... whole world except Ellen , and my first love rushed upon me with overpowering violence . I renewed my vows to her ; I told her , that , look- ing on the past as a troubled dream , we would yet be happy ; and I painted the future happi ...
... whole world except Ellen , and my first love rushed upon me with overpowering violence . I renewed my vows to her ; I told her , that , look- ing on the past as a troubled dream , we would yet be happy ; and I painted the future happi ...
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... whole world for relief from the gnawing worm within , and this one cause kept him in the torture which nature was doing her best to relieve him from . The scuffle was not finished , the thumping came loud and louder , and the trailing ...
... whole world for relief from the gnawing worm within , and this one cause kept him in the torture which nature was doing her best to relieve him from . The scuffle was not finished , the thumping came loud and louder , and the trailing ...
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... whole , good - hearted and gene- rous . He thrashed the son of Mr Hunter of Lothian Hut ; and , because he understood there was punishment waiting at home , he told a com- panion that he was afraid to return . " " Was the boy Hunter cut ...
... whole , good - hearted and gene- rous . He thrashed the son of Mr Hunter of Lothian Hut ; and , because he understood there was punishment waiting at home , he told a com- panion that he was afraid to return . " " Was the boy Hunter cut ...
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... whole fleet that didn't love him like a brother ; nor a luff , that when there was hard duty to do , didn't favour him all he could ; for Merry had a delicate constitution , and couldn't stand the rough and tumble of the sarvice as well ...
... whole fleet that didn't love him like a brother ; nor a luff , that when there was hard duty to do , didn't favour him all he could ; for Merry had a delicate constitution , and couldn't stand the rough and tumble of the sarvice as well ...
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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.