An April Day: A NovelF. V. White, 1883 |
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Page 26
... round , and , the ground being uneven , the vehicle tilted over on one side , throwing its occupant out on the road . The horse half fell , but recover- ing itself , was about to dash forward , when Lord Norwich , who had sprung out ...
... round , and , the ground being uneven , the vehicle tilted over on one side , throwing its occupant out on the road . The horse half fell , but recover- ing itself , was about to dash forward , when Lord Norwich , who had sprung out ...
Page 31
... round his neck . " You dear old father , what has happened to you ? And what has become of the horse and car ? And oh , you are all covered with dust ! " And Miss Desmond stepped back and surveyed her father with an alarmed ex- pression ...
... round his neck . " You dear old father , what has happened to you ? And what has become of the horse and car ? And oh , you are all covered with dust ! " And Miss Desmond stepped back and surveyed her father with an alarmed ex- pression ...
Page 32
... near , " said Miss Desmond demurely , though her eyes were full of laughter , and a smile trembling round her lips . " Yes , very lucky , " answered Mr Des- mond laughing , " though it was the noise of 32 An April Day .
... near , " said Miss Desmond demurely , though her eyes were full of laughter , and a smile trembling round her lips . " Yes , very lucky , " answered Mr Des- mond laughing , " though it was the noise of 32 An April Day .
Page 67
... round the prim sitting- room , where chairs , in holland covers , were arranged against the wall in a symmetrical circle , as if intended for ornament , not use . Miss Wynne sighed once or twice , as if Kathleen's restless movements ...
... round the prim sitting- room , where chairs , in holland covers , were arranged against the wall in a symmetrical circle , as if intended for ornament , not use . Miss Wynne sighed once or twice , as if Kathleen's restless movements ...
Page 71
... - haired young man by her side . She wore a white woollen shawl wrapped round her head , from which her face looked forth as brightly as the moon behind a fleecy cloud . She was talking gaily to her com- panion An April Day . 71.
... - haired young man by her side . She wore a white woollen shawl wrapped round her head , from which her face looked forth as brightly as the moon behind a fleecy cloud . She was talking gaily to her com- panion An April Day . 71.
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66 Kathleen afternoon answer arms asked Lord Norwich beauty began Bertha Wynne boreen bough branch bright Captain Ashurst caught chaff cheeks child cloud colour cricket cried Kathleen dark daugh dead silence Denis O'Brien Denis's Dermot Astore Derrylinn dogcart door faint father fear fell FLORENCE MARRYAT followed frightened gazing girl glance glen Glencullin House grass grew hand haunted house heard heart hedge hedgerows hope horse hurt hussars impa Kath Kathleen felt Kathleen's eyes lane laughed leen light lips listened Miss Bayley Miss Desmond Miss Wynne mond moon moonlight never night papa paused pleasant quickly reached returned Kathleen road round sang seated side silence sing Kathleen Mavourneen smile soft song sound spoke stood strange suddenly Sutton tell thought told tone took turned voice walk watching wich wish wood nymph words young
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Page 7 - Kathleen Mavourneen, awake from thy slumbers! The blue mountains glow in the sun's golden light; Ah, where is the spell that once hung on my numbers? Arise in thy beauty, thou star of my night! Mavourneen, Mavourneen, my sad tears are falling, To think that from Erin and thee I must part!
Page 178 - O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, 458 And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted.
Page 13 - Her vest of gold Broidered with flowers, and clasped from head to foot: An emerald stone in every golden clasp; And on her brow, fairer than alabaster, A coronet of pearls. But then her face, So lovely, yet so arch, so full of mirth, — The overflowings of an innocent heart, — It haunts me still, though many a year has fled, Like some wild melody.
Page 6 - Ah, where is the spell that once hung on my numbers? Arise in thy beauty, thou star of my night ! Mavourneen, Mavourneen, my sad tears are falling, To think that from Erin and thee I must part ! It may be for years, and it may be forever ! Then why art thou silent, thou voice of my heart?
Page 225 - I and my love wont to gae ! 1 leaned my back unto an aik ; I thought it was a trusty tree ; But first it bowed, and syne it brak...
Page 67 - Good-night, good-night ! parting is such sweet sorrow. That I shall say — good-night, till it be morrow.
Page 88 - A something, light as air — a look, A word unkind or wrongly taken — Oh! love, that tempests never shook, A breath, a touch like this hath shaken.