Gleason's Monthly Companion, Volume 3F. Gleason, 1874 |
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... entered . " Do you suppose Ida listened to us purposely ? " he asked , dropping into a chair . " No indeed ; she is too high - minded for that . " " Then I'd like to know what she is crying for . " ' Crying ? what do you mean ? " 66 The ...
... entered . " Do you suppose Ida listened to us purposely ? " he asked , dropping into a chair . " No indeed ; she is too high - minded for that . " " Then I'd like to know what she is crying for . " ' Crying ? what do you mean ? " 66 The ...
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... entered the court yard . Sir Reginald de Courcy sat in his banquet hall , at the head of his retainers . Besides his own house- hold , there were present two reverend abbots , each of which presided over a neighboring monastery . The ...
... entered the court yard . Sir Reginald de Courcy sat in his banquet hall , at the head of his retainers . Besides his own house- hold , there were present two reverend abbots , each of which presided over a neighboring monastery . The ...
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... entered her new home she was taken very ill , the consequence of over exertioning on the scene without , his thoughts reverting to and exposure to cold , and remained sick for a long time . Pierre went out with his organ , and was able ...
... entered her new home she was taken very ill , the consequence of over exertioning on the scene without , his thoughts reverting to and exposure to cold , and remained sick for a long time . Pierre went out with his organ , and was able ...
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... entered the market town seven miles distant from his father's cottage , where the good folks were busily purchasing toys and goods of every description as Christmas pres ents for their families - a queer idea struck his brain ; and as ...
... entered the market town seven miles distant from his father's cottage , where the good folks were busily purchasing toys and goods of every description as Christmas pres ents for their families - a queer idea struck his brain ; and as ...
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... entered into con- versation with her sister Maria , who sat near me on the sofa . She seemed to be almost as bashful as I happy , happy days ! " My aunt paused and sighed , and I thought I saw a tear drop glistening upon her cheek . But ...
... entered into con- versation with her sister Maria , who sat near me on the sofa . She seemed to be almost as bashful as I happy , happy days ! " My aunt paused and sighed , and I thought I saw a tear drop glistening upon her cheek . But ...
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Page 228 - BE kind to each other! The night's coming on, When friend and when brother Perchance may be gone ! Then midst our dejection, How sweet to have earned The blest recollection Of kindness — returned!
Page 268 - ... vapour, which deprived him of the power of proceeding, or even calling aloud to their destroyers. He tottered back to where he had left his bride, and sinking down on the earth beside her, felt a horrid sense of despair weigh down his energies, like cowardice. Again he arose, and attempted to force his way through the entrance, and again he was compelled to relinquish the effort. He cried aloud to them — offered to surrender — and entreated that they would at least have mercy on his companion....
Page 95 - A sound economy is a sound understanding brought into action : it is calculation realized ; it is the doctrine of proportion reduced to practice : it is foreseeing consequences, and guarding against them ; it is expecting contingencies and being prepared for them.
Page 238 - ... they must be shown the door directly. 'We should dread to be born a Percy, or a Colonna, or a Bonaparte. We should not like to be the second Duke of Wellington, nor Charles Dickens, jr. It is a terrible thing, one would say, to a mind of honorable feeling, to be pointed out as somebody's son, or uncle, or granddaughter, as if the excellence were all derived. It must be a little humiliating to reflect that if your...
Page 90 - DUELLING, as a punishment, is absurd ; because it is an equal chance, whether the punishment fall upon the offender, or the person offended. Nor is it much better as a reparation : it being difficult to explain in what the satisfaction consists, or how it tends to undo the injury, or to afford a compensation for the damage already sustained. The truth is, it is not considered as either.
Page 94 - The trees shed their blossoms over our young heads, the flowers on the brink seem to offer themselves to our young hands; we are happy in hope, and we grasp eagerly at the beauties around us — but the stream hurries on, and still our hands are empty. Our course in youth and manhood is along a wider and deeper flood, amid objects more striking and magnificent.
Page 204 - A weak man in office, like a squirrel in a cage, is laboring eternally, but to no purpose, and in constant motion without getting on a jot; like a turnstile, he is in everybody's way, but stops nobody; he talks a great deal, but says very little; looks into everything, but sees into nothing; and has a hundred irons in the fire, but very few of them are hot, and with those few that are he only burns his fingers.
Page 264 - Three figures remained in a group near the door, as if listening for the sounds of pursuit ; while the revellers hurried together like startled fawns, and gazed, with countenances indicative of strong interest or wild alarm, upon the baffled warriors. " Cormac !" cried the Knight, perceiving the bridegroom among the company, " my good fellow, I missed you in an unlucky hour. These English dogs have worried us from our hold, and are still hot upon our scent. I have only time to bid my stout soldiers...
Page 90 - Other animals have neither notion nor ability to act in a similar manner, and therefore swim naturally. When a man falls into deep water, he will rise to the surface, and will continue there if he does not elevate his hands.
Page 144 - Many a child goes astray, not because there is a want of prayer or virtue at home, but simply because home lacks sunshine. A child needs smiles as much as flowers and sunbeams.