Romance and reality, by L.E.L. |
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... woman's company . It was oppressively hot , and the nurse , drawing back the heavy curtains , opened one of the windows . Though the shutters still remained closed , a gleam of daylight came warm and crimson through each chink and ...
... woman's company . It was oppressively hot , and the nurse , drawing back the heavy curtains , opened one of the windows . Though the shutters still remained closed , a gleam of daylight came warm and crimson through each chink and ...
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... woman with whom it would be as weari- some to talk as it would be to perambulate long a straight gravel walk and neatly arranged flowers ; but the first approach was easy - nay , even inviting . Lady Adelaide was what the French term ...
... woman with whom it would be as weari- some to talk as it would be to perambulate long a straight gravel walk and neatly arranged flowers ; but the first approach was easy - nay , even inviting . Lady Adelaide was what the French term ...
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... woman . In the course of a few weeks the surprise ex- cited in his household was raised to its height ; for the housekeeper had orders to prepare a luncheon for a party coming to see the castle . The day arrived , and with it Lady ...
... woman . In the course of a few weeks the surprise ex- cited in his household was raised to its height ; for the housekeeper had orders to prepare a luncheon for a party coming to see the castle . The day arrived , and with it Lady ...
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... woman , and had never that she was a very As an only child , had her yanity gratified . she had enjoyed every indulgence but flattery . Her father and mother had been , after the fashion of their day , rather literary : the lady piqued ...
... woman , and had never that she was a very As an only child , had her yanity gratified . she had enjoyed every indulgence but flattery . Her father and mother had been , after the fashion of their day , rather literary : the lady piqued ...
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... and reformations ( now - a - days , we believe , the one word is synonymous with the other ) , which were to take place when her brother was master of Arundel Hall . There never was woman yet who had not some outlet ROMANCE AND REALITY .
... and reformations ( now - a - days , we believe , the one word is synonymous with the other ) , which were to take place when her brother was master of Arundel Hall . There never was woman yet who had not some outlet ROMANCE AND REALITY .
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Términos y frases comunes
Adelaide admiration Algernon amusement aunt beautiful Boyne Sillery brother called child Clarke cold coloured corn laws crimson dear death deep purple Delawarr delight dinner dress Edward Lorraine Emily Emily's enjoyment expression exquisite eyes face fairy favourite feelings Fitzroy Square flowers gave gentleman give grace green happiness heart hope human husband imagination indolent interest John Arundel Lady Lauriston Lady Mandeville Lady Mandeville's laugh light London look Lord Etheringhame Lord Mandeville Lorraine's lover Margaret Lindsay marriage married memory ment Merton mind Miss Arundel Morland morning natural ness never night once passed passion picture pleasant pleasure poet racter remember riston romantic rose round seemed sentiment shew smile soon sorrow Stanmore step sweet Swiss guards sympathy talk taste thing thought tion took Trevyllian truth turned uncle uncle's vanity walk wife window woman young youth
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Página 162 - For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass : for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Página 117 - I ought to do — and did my best — And each did well in his degree. The youngest, whom my father loved, Because our mother's brow was given To him — with eyes as blue as heaven...
Página 235 - Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food : For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Página 230 - But oft, in lonely rooms, and 'mid the din Of towns and cities, I have owed to them, In hours of weariness, sensations sweet, Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart ; And passing even into my purer mind, With tranquil restoration...
Página 51 - Thus death reigns in all the portions of our time; the autumn with its fruits provides disorders for us, and the winter's cold turns them into sharp diseases, and the spring brings flowers to strew our hearse, and the summer gives green turf and brambles to bind upon our graves.
Página 1 - High instincts before which our mortal Nature Did tremble like a guilty Thing surprised: But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain light of all our day, Are yet a master light of all our seeing...
Página 297 - Poor wretch ! the mother that him bare, If she had been in presence there, In his wan face, and sun-burn'd hair, She had not known her child.
Página 1 - What though the radiance which was once so bright Be now for ever taken from my sight, Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower; We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind; In the primal sympathy Which having been must ever be; In the soothing thoughts that spring Out of human suffering; In the faith that looks through death, In years that bring the philosophic mind.
Página 209 - The intelligible forms of ancient poets, The fair humanities of old religion, The power, the beauty, and the majesty, That had their haunts in dale, or piny mountain, Or forest by slow stream, or pebbly spring. Or chasms and wat'ry depths ; all these have vanished They live no longer in the faith of reason...
Página 296 - If there's a hole in a' your coats, I rede you tent it : A chield's amang you taking notes, And, faith, he'll prent it. If in your bounds ye chance to light Upon a fine, fat, fodgel wight, O...