Life's Lesson: A TaleHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 398 páginas |
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... interest in him after this . " 66 song . 66 There must have been some history connected with the Like all women you are ready for a romance , I see ; but all your ideality could scarce make a hero of Mr. Leary ; not a name for a novel ...
... interest in him after this . " 66 song . 66 There must have been some history connected with the Like all women you are ready for a romance , I see ; but all your ideality could scarce make a hero of Mr. Leary ; not a name for a novel ...
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... interest , to pique your curiosity , to gratify your vanity ( and these are great auxiliaries to love ) , in the thought of winning him , through love of you , to love heaven ; the romance and poetry make it irresistible . " ¿ " " Thank ...
... interest , to pique your curiosity , to gratify your vanity ( and these are great auxiliaries to love ) , in the thought of winning him , through love of you , to love heaven ; the romance and poetry make it irresistible . " ¿ " " Thank ...
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... interest between persons who are unconscious of , or have not yet acknowledged it to them- selves . When Jane went to sing , George no longer sat quietly and listened , but bent over the piano and turned the leaves of the book ; it was ...
... interest between persons who are unconscious of , or have not yet acknowledged it to them- selves . When Jane went to sing , George no longer sat quietly and listened , but bent over the piano and turned the leaves of the book ; it was ...
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... interest , and , perhaps an attachment be- tween them . The want of out - door exercise and the unusual exertion she was making , was telling on Ellen , for she daily became thinner and paler . One day when riding out with George , the ...
... interest , and , perhaps an attachment be- tween them . The want of out - door exercise and the unusual exertion she was making , was telling on Ellen , for she daily became thinner and paler . One day when riding out with George , the ...
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... , and do not let her suspect you are jeal- ous , man , it is the very worst thing you can do , she knows her power , then , and will exercise it , it is the interest she I exacts for her love ; keep her in doubt so CHAPTER IX. ...
... , and do not let her suspect you are jeal- ous , man , it is the very worst thing you can do , she knows her power , then , and will exercise it , it is the interest she I exacts for her love ; keep her in doubt so CHAPTER IX. ...
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Página 246 - The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold Is full of blessings. Therefore let the moon Shine on thee in thy solitary walk ; And let the misty mountain winds be free To blow against thee...
Página 50 - The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Página 242 - The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun,— the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods— rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste,— Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.
Página 246 - For all sweet sounds and harmonies; oh! then, If solitude, or fear, or pain, or grief, Should be thy portion, with what healing thoughts Of tender joy wilt thou remember me, And these my exhortations! nor, perchance— If I should be where I no more can hear Thy voice...
Página 247 - Nor wilt thou then forget, That after many wanderings, many years Of absence, these steep woods and lofty cliffs, And this green pastoral landscape, were to me More dear, both for themselves and for thy sake!
Página 242 - TO him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Página 202 - He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.
Página 33 - All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame. Oft in my waking dreams do I Live o'er again that happy hour, When midway on the mount I lay, Beside the ruined tower.
Página 90 - twas a bashful art, That I might rather feel, than see, The swelling of her heart. I calmed her fears, and she was calm, And told her love with virgin pride; And so I won my Genevieve, My bright and beauteous Bride.
Página 246 - And these my exhortations'. Nor, perchance If I should be where I no more can hear Thy voice, nor catch from thy wild eyes these gleams Of past existence - wilt thou then forget That on the banks of this delightful stream We stood together...