A Reed Shaken with the WindAdams, Victor, & Company, 1873 - 286 páginas |
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... poor country clergyman , who had not even the grace to live more than six months after Wilfred's birth , but left his widow as sole legacy a delicate little son , who must in future share with her the income which had barely sufficed ...
... poor country clergyman , who had not even the grace to live more than six months after Wilfred's birth , but left his widow as sole legacy a delicate little son , who must in future share with her the income which had barely sufficed ...
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... poor to marry , and when he did commit that fatal act he intended it to be a stepping - stone to his interests , which a marriage with a Miss Hare- wood was not likely , in his opinion , to afford . Unfortunately poor Tiny mistook ...
... poor to marry , and when he did commit that fatal act he intended it to be a stepping - stone to his interests , which a marriage with a Miss Hare- wood was not likely , in his opinion , to afford . Unfortunately poor Tiny mistook ...
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... poor Tiny wondered why Captain Foy never called . Sometimes she fancied he would come on a particular afternoon , and then she would resolutely stay at home . Once , when she did this , she found her mother and sisters had met him at ...
... poor Tiny wondered why Captain Foy never called . Sometimes she fancied he would come on a particular afternoon , and then she would resolutely stay at home . Once , when she did this , she found her mother and sisters had met him at ...
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... Poor Tiny ! She felt as if all the brightness in her life had gone out , and that it would be im- possible for her to know another happy moment . Her pride rebelled against the feeling that Captain Foy had only trifled with her ...
... Poor Tiny ! She felt as if all the brightness in her life had gone out , and that it would be im- possible for her to know another happy moment . Her pride rebelled against the feeling that Captain Foy had only trifled with her ...
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... poor Tiny's heart ached enough below , and it was many a long day before it ceased to pain her . At first she took refuge in the most violent barefaced flir- tations with the numerous suitors who were only too eager to secure her notice ...
... poor Tiny's heart ached enough below , and it was many a long day before it ceased to pain her . At first she took refuge in the most violent barefaced flir- tations with the numerous suitors who were only too eager to secure her notice ...
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A Reed Shaken With the Wind: A Love Story (Classic Reprint) Emily Faithfull Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
Términos y frases comunes
A. C. SWINBURNE aunt beautiful believe Bellingham Castle breakfast Captain Foy CHAPTER Charlotte Chislehurst cousin darling daughters deck delight Drummond Dunoon eyes face feeling Fitzroy Somerset Foy's fred Lane friends gave girl give Grosvenor Crescent happiness heart Highflyer hope hour knew Lady Hare Lady Harewood Lady Isabella Lady Lothian Lane's leave letter London look Lord Lothian Lucy Scott Madeline mamma manner marriage ment mind miserable Miss Foy morning mother nature never night once pain passionate Philip Foy position present promised quiet Reginald Macnaghten Rome seemed Sir Anthony Claypole Sir Guy Sir Thomas Slade sisters soon spirit strong sure talk tell thee things thought Tiny Harewood Tiny's tion told took walked War Office week whole wife Wilfred Lane Wilfred's Windsor winter wishes wonderful words write Wroughton yacht young
Pasajes populares
Página 27 - 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 26 - The fountains mingle with the river And the rivers with the Ocean, The winds of Heaven mix for ever With a sweet emotion; Nothing in the world is single; All things by a law divine In one another's being mingle.
Página 40 - Love took up the harp of life, and smote on all the chords with might; Smote the chord of self, that, trembling, passed in music out of sight.
Página 63 - And even since, and now, fair Italy ! Thou art the garden of the world, the home Of all Art yields, and Nature (') can decree ; Even in thy desert, what is like to thee ? Thy very weeds are beautiful, thy waste ; More rich than other climes' fertility ; Thy wreck a glory, and thy ruin graced With an immaculate charm which cannot be defaced.
Página 121 - BETTER trust all, and be deceived. And weep that trust and that deceiving, Than doubt one heart that if believed Had blessed one's life with true believing.
Página 149 - Ah me! for aught that ever I could read. Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth: But, either it was different in blood; Her.
Página 40 - 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 118 - Though they bloom and look gay like the rose; Yet all our fond care to preserve them is vain, Time kills them as fast as he goes. Then I'll not be proud of my youth or my beauty, Since both of them wither and fade; But gain a good name by well doing my duty, This will scent like a rose when I'm dead.
Página 225 - The Sundays of man's life, Threaded together on time's string, Make bracelets to adorn the wife Of the eternal glorious King. On Sunday heaven's gate stands ope ; Blessings are plentiful and rife, More plentiful than hope.