A Reed Shaken with the WindAdams, Victor, & Company, 1873 - 286 páginas |
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... seemed like a moving black mass on the water . At last the young man walked rapidly off the pier , through the town , and , mounting the steep hill beyond , turned his face once again towards the sea . There was the " Queen of the Isles ...
... seemed like a moving black mass on the water . At last the young man walked rapidly off the pier , through the town , and , mounting the steep hill beyond , turned his face once again towards the sea . There was the " Queen of the Isles ...
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... seemed scarcely to notice any one save in a passing way ; everything and everybody appeared to give her pleasure for the moment , no one had power to arrest her for longer . The admiration of Captain Clutterbuck amused her and gratified ...
... seemed scarcely to notice any one save in a passing way ; everything and everybody appeared to give her pleasure for the moment , no one had power to arrest her for longer . The admiration of Captain Clutterbuck amused her and gratified ...
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... seemed more than likely to fulfil the amiable pro- phecies of her lady friends . It was in vain that Lady Harewood expostu- lated , in her feeble fretful way , at these unseemly proceedings , or that Tiny's sisters interfered . Tiny was ...
... seemed more than likely to fulfil the amiable pro- phecies of her lady friends . It was in vain that Lady Harewood expostu- lated , in her feeble fretful way , at these unseemly proceedings , or that Tiny's sisters interfered . Tiny was ...
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... seemed to lose With my dead Saints - I love thee with the breath , Smiles , tears , of all my life ! -- and , if God choose , I shall but love thee better after Death . " As Wilfred read these lines in a voice of sub- dued passion , the ...
... seemed to lose With my dead Saints - I love thee with the breath , Smiles , tears , of all my life ! -- and , if God choose , I shall but love thee better after Death . " As Wilfred read these lines in a voice of sub- dued passion , the ...
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... courage he requested a few minutes ' conversation with his aunt after luncheon on the following Sun- day ; but all the said courage seemed absolutely oozing out at his fingers ' ends as he followed 28 A Reed Shaken with the Wind .
... courage he requested a few minutes ' conversation with his aunt after luncheon on the following Sun- day ; but all the said courage seemed absolutely oozing out at his fingers ' ends as he followed 28 A Reed Shaken with the Wind .
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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
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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.