Agatha's Husband: A Novel, Volumen2Chapman and Hall, 1853 |
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... once felt his look of grave tenderness reading her very soul . She could not think why , in spite of all his efforts to the contrary , he should be at heart so serious , while she was quite ready to be happy and at ease . There was one ...
... once felt his look of grave tenderness reading her very soul . She could not think why , in spite of all his efforts to the contrary , he should be at heart so serious , while she was quite ready to be happy and at ease . There was one ...
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... Once , long ago . " And the fancy which Agatha had already confessed to her husband returned strongly ; until Anne smiled , and then the likeness entirely vanished . " Nay , I must teach you to admire our mag- nificent coast . On with ...
... Once , long ago . " And the fancy which Agatha had already confessed to her husband returned strongly ; until Anne smiled , and then the likeness entirely vanished . " Nay , I must teach you to admire our mag- nificent coast . On with ...
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... Agatha wrote you word - all idea of our settling at Montreal . It is necessary that I should at once find some employment in England . " " Not yet - not just yet , " said his wife . " I must , dear . It is right - 56 AGATHA'S HUSBAND .
... Agatha wrote you word - all idea of our settling at Montreal . It is necessary that I should at once find some employment in England . " " Not yet - not just yet , " said his wife . " I must , dear . It is right - 56 AGATHA'S HUSBAND .
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... once have applied for to any stranger ; poor Wilson's vacant post , as her overseer , land - agent , steward , or whatever the name may be . " " Steward ! " cried Mrs. Harper , perfectly horrified AGATHA'S HUSBAND . 57.
... once have applied for to any stranger ; poor Wilson's vacant post , as her overseer , land - agent , steward , or whatever the name may be . " " Steward ! " cried Mrs. Harper , perfectly horrified AGATHA'S HUSBAND . 57.
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... once do something . And in choos- ing one's work , it always seemed to me there was great wisdom in the rule- ' Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do , do it with thy might . ' Many things I could not do ; this I can , well and faithfully ...
... once do something . And in choos- ing one's work , it always seemed to me there was great wisdom in the rule- ' Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do , do it with thy might . ' Many things I could not do ; this I can , well and faithfully ...
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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,...