A Reed Shaken with the WindAdams, Victor, & Company, 1873 - 286 páginas |
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... Soon she appeared like a thick black post , which Wilfred watched until it grew fainter and fainter , and at last he could discern nothing at all . And yet he could not bear to leave the spot . He felt , while he stayed there , away ...
... Soon she appeared like a thick black post , which Wilfred watched until it grew fainter and fainter , and at last he could discern nothing at all . And yet he could not bear to leave the spot . He felt , while he stayed there , away ...
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... soon became a great favorite with both host and hostess , and when the time came for her mother's departure , she had decided ( for Tiny generally de- cided for herself ) on accepting Mrs. Wroughton's invitation to spend the rest of the ...
... soon became a great favorite with both host and hostess , and when the time came for her mother's departure , she had decided ( for Tiny generally de- cided for herself ) on accepting Mrs. Wroughton's invitation to spend the rest of the ...
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... soon fell violently in love with him , and believed he was equally so with her . Tiny Harewood was no ordinary girl , and per- versity was one of her chief characteristics . Making sure 20 A Reed Shaken with the Wind .
... soon fell violently in love with him , and believed he was equally so with her . Tiny Harewood was no ordinary girl , and per- versity was one of her chief characteristics . Making sure 20 A Reed Shaken with the Wind .
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... soon dancing with him , apparently the gayest and most light- hearted girl in the room ; and so well had she con- trolled her emotion , that when Captain Foy came up and spoke to her , she never even changed color , but answered him ...
... soon dancing with him , apparently the gayest and most light- hearted girl in the room ; and so well had she con- trolled her emotion , that when Captain Foy came up and spoke to her , she never even changed color , but answered him ...
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... soon have ex- pected a proposal from him to herself . It was some time before she could at all seize the idea , and when she had done so , half an hour did not suffice for the expression of her wrath and disapprobation . Accusing him of ...
... soon have ex- pected a proposal from him to herself . It was some time before she could at all seize the idea , and when she had done so , half an hour did not suffice for the expression of her wrath and disapprobation . Accusing him of ...
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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.