Agatha's Husband: A Novel, Volumen2Chapman and Hall, 1853 |
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... feel quite at home , and had laughed till she was fairly tired out he said , in a half whisper : " Now , dear , I think we ought to go and see Elizabeth . ” In the confusion of her arrival , Agatha had forgotten 26 AGATHA'S HUSBAND .
... feel quite at home , and had laughed till she was fairly tired out he said , in a half whisper : " Now , dear , I think we ought to go and see Elizabeth . ” In the confusion of her arrival , Agatha had forgotten 26 AGATHA'S HUSBAND .
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... Elizabeth . Mrs. Harper felt her cheeks tingle ner- vously , but still she put her arm in her hus- band's , and said , " I should much like to go . " Mary sent for lights , and prepared to ac- company them herself , the other two moving ...
... Elizabeth . Mrs. Harper felt her cheeks tingle ner- vously , but still she put her arm in her hus- band's , and said , " I should much like to go . " Mary sent for lights , and prepared to ac- company them herself , the other two moving ...
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... Elizabeth never quitted her room - made the young girl feel timid , even afraid . Her hand trembled so that her husband perceived it . " Nay , you need not mind , " he whispered . " You will see nothing to pain you . We all dearly love ...
... Elizabeth never quitted her room - made the young girl feel timid , even afraid . Her hand trembled so that her husband perceived it . " Nay , you need not mind , " he whispered . " You will see nothing to pain you . We all dearly love ...
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... Elizabeth could see her easily without turning round . " Here is my wife ! Is she like what you expected , sister ? " The head was half raised , but with dif ficulty ; and Agatha met the cheerful , smil- ing , loving eyes of her whom ...
... Elizabeth could see her easily without turning round . " Here is my wife ! Is she like what you expected , sister ? " The head was half raised , but with dif ficulty ; and Agatha met the cheerful , smil- ing , loving eyes of her whom ...
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... Elizabeth Harper . " She is just like what I thought , " said a voice , thin , but not unmusical . " You de- scribed her well . Come here and kiss me , dear new sister . " my Agatha knelt down and obeyed , with her whole heart in the ...
... Elizabeth Harper . " She is just like what I thought , " said a voice , thin , but not unmusical . " You de- scribed her well . Come here and kiss me , dear new sister . " my Agatha knelt down and obeyed , with her whole heart in the ...
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Página 105 - How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. I love thee to the level of every day's Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
Página 105 - Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. I love thee freely, as men strive for right. I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints.
Página 52 - Sad as the last which reddens over one That sinks with all we love below the verge; So sad, so fresh, the days that are no more.
Página 102 - So faithful that she can see all his little faults — though she takes care no one else shall see them — yet would as soon think of loving him the less for these, as of ceasing to look up to heaven because there are a few clouds in the sky. So true and so fond, that she needs neither to vex him with her constancy nor burden him with her love, since both are self-existent, and entirely independent of anything he gives or takes away. Thus she will marry neither from liking, esteem, nor gratitude...
Página 101 - ... the other, and thus my beaux jours will pass away, and my Ideal Lover will not then think me worth his while. Shall I never be at rest with him to love and understand me, to tell every thought and feeling, in far different scenes from these — under canvas before Rangoon — anywhere in Nature ? " I would have every woman marry ; not merely liking a man well enough to accept him for a husband, as some of our mothers teach us, and so cause many unhappy marriages, but loving him so holily that,...