Henri: Or, the Web and Woof of LifeAbel Tompkins and B. B. Mussey, 1853 - 432 páginas |
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... sometimes gets low and sluggish in its course , so that the woof - threads of the mind are not shot through the warp with the quickness and uniformity which insures smoothness and perfection . Again , the stream rises and dashes on ...
... sometimes gets low and sluggish in its course , so that the woof - threads of the mind are not shot through the warp with the quickness and uniformity which insures smoothness and perfection . Again , the stream rises and dashes on ...
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... sometimes felt and used it as though it were our own . For all the materials I have used which belong to other authors , I offer , it being the very best I can do , my most unfeigned thanks . And , as the author of " Richard Edney " has ...
... sometimes felt and used it as though it were our own . For all the materials I have used which belong to other authors , I offer , it being the very best I can do , my most unfeigned thanks . And , as the author of " Richard Edney " has ...
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... But don't you despise the deacon , and all that belongs to him ? " " I do sometimes , for I cannot help it when he beats me so ; and then I think it may be wrong to hate and despise anybody . I fear I have hurt that boy THE RESCUE . 33.
... But don't you despise the deacon , and all that belongs to him ? " " I do sometimes , for I cannot help it when he beats me so ; and then I think it may be wrong to hate and despise anybody . I fear I have hurt that boy THE RESCUE . 33.
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... sometimes I fancy that his beautiful spirit , with white wings , is flitting near me . " We had now entered the sit- ting - room , and my mother had taken her accustomed seat . " For mercy's sake , Henri , do not speak 4 THE RESCUE . 37.
... sometimes I fancy that his beautiful spirit , with white wings , is flitting near me . " We had now entered the sit- ting - room , and my mother had taken her accustomed seat . " For mercy's sake , Henri , do not speak 4 THE RESCUE . 37.
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... Sometimes I would fall partly asleep , and a hideous being would come close to me , and I would awake with a start ; and just as I opened my eyes , this hideous - looking object would take the form and face of the boy from whom I ...
... Sometimes I would fall partly asleep , and a hideous being would come close to me , and I would awake with a start ; and just as I opened my eyes , this hideous - looking object would take the form and face of the boy from whom I ...
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Términos y frases comunes
abuse agony angel beautiful believe better bless brooklet cause cheeks child cold Columbia House daguerreotyped dark Deacon Webber dear death Dinneford dream Eaton Edgarton Ernest Ernest Brown eyes face father fear feel felt Flanders forgive friends gave gazed glad Good-morning hand happy head hear heard heart heaven Helen Means Henri Herbert Hezekiah holy kisses hope inquired Irene James Stewart Jane knew Lebanon Lelia light little girl little Katy live looked marriage marry Mary morning mother never night once pale parents passionate pharisaical Philip Austin pleasant poor prayed for death rapture replied returned seemed Shakers sick smile soon soul spirit Stewart strange suffered suppose sweet talk tears tell thankful things thought told trees truth uncle and aunt walked wicked wish woods words wrong
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Página 221 - With a soft cheek upon the lulling tide, Forgot the lifting winds; and the long stems, Whose flowers the water, like a gentle nurse, Bears on its bosom, quietly gave way, And leaned, in graceful attitudes, to rest. How strikingly the course of nature tells, By its light heed of human suffering, That it was fashioned for a happier world ! King David's limbs were weary.
Página 328 - COME LIFE, ETERNAL SHAKE, SHAKE OUT OF ME, ALL THAT IS CARNAL.
Página 312 - It has been truly said, that there is but a step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
Página 282 - They love me ! they love me ! Deeply, sincerely ; And more than aught else on earth, I love them dearly.
Página 285 - That very hour — when passion, turned to wrath, Resembled hatred most — when thy disdain Made my whole soul a chaos — in that hour The tempters found me a revengeful tool For their revenge ! Thou hadst trampled on the worm — It turn'd and stung thee ! PAULINE.
Página 170 - I care not how humble, for happy 'twould be, If one faithful heart will but share it with me. Our haunts shall be nature's own beautiful bowers, Our gems shall be nature's own beautiful flowers ; All woo'd by the sunshine, and kissed by the gale, The proudest might envy our home in the vale.
Página 282 - O, agony ! deep agony, For heart that's proud and high, To learn of fate how desolate It may be ere it die.
Página iv - more fur the good that might be wrought than for the approving smiles of those who ever walk with their backs to the sun and their faces to the past.
Página 262 - From the bent bush, as through the verdant maze Of sweetbriar hedges I pursue my walk ; Or taste the smell of dairy ; or ascend Some eminence, Augusta, in thy plains, And see the country, far diffused around, One boundless blush, one white empurpled shower Of mingled blossoms...