Temptation and atonement, and other tales, Volúmenes1-3 |
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... Esther , a year younger than himself , who comforted him , by her overweening affection , for his troubles , past , present , or to come . The first great trouble , however , of which he was conscious , was his final banishment from ...
... Esther , a year younger than himself , who comforted him , by her overweening affection , for his troubles , past , present , or to come . The first great trouble , however , of which he was conscious , was his final banishment from ...
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... Esther , to a spot lacking all aid of womanly housewifery , was far from pleasant . He did not feel at home there ; he could not feel at home there ; and , when forced to be- come a witness of the furious altercations between his father ...
... Esther , to a spot lacking all aid of womanly housewifery , was far from pleasant . He did not feel at home there ; he could not feel at home there ; and , when forced to be- come a witness of the furious altercations between his father ...
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... Esther , on his return home , that he should obtain that of his brother ; and he had created a great joy to himself out of the endearments of brother - love . The rough entreatment of his harsh , hob - nailed , elder cousins , had often ...
... Esther , on his return home , that he should obtain that of his brother ; and he had created a great joy to himself out of the endearments of brother - love . The rough entreatment of his harsh , hob - nailed , elder cousins , had often ...
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... Esther tidings of the brighter prospects of his des- tiny , and the hopes it afforded that , some day or other , he might be able to earn a living and claim her for a wife ; John Downing , while sauntering hatless and coatless up and ...
... Esther tidings of the brighter prospects of his des- tiny , and the hopes it afforded that , some day or other , he might be able to earn a living and claim her for a wife ; John Downing , while sauntering hatless and coatless up and ...
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... Esther ; whom , on visiting the farm , Jack Downing beheld , and not unmoved , for the first time since they had been children together . And from the days of Cymon till now , the rural savage has been found more amenable to the ...
... Esther ; whom , on visiting the farm , Jack Downing beheld , and not unmoved , for the first time since they had been children together . And from the days of Cymon till now , the rural savage has been found more amenable to the ...
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afford Aldridge baronet Black Lion Boscawen brother Cecilia Church Lane Cissy coffin Colonel Garrett Colonel Larpent Colston family comfort cottage cousin cried daugh dear death door endeavoured Esther Harman eyes face fancied favour fortune funeral garden girl grave green Hams hand happy Hart Hartington Hall heart hurried Inner Temple Jack John Downing John Downing's justice knew lady late Sir Clement Laurence Donovan letter lips look Luke Downing Master Downing ment mercy mind Miss Colston morning mother murder neighbour never niece Norcroft old Downing parish perhaps person poor clerk poor Downing poor Jack poor Luke present reached rector rendered replied resumed scarcely Sir Cle Sir Henry Sir Henry Fletcher Sir Mark Colston sister smile Sophia soul spot stood stranger stream thing tion uncle vestry vidual village voice Warling Wood wife Wigswell Wigswell's word young
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Página 85 - Till thou applaud the deed. Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale! Light thickens; and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood: Good things of day begin to droop and drowse; Whiles night's black agents to their preys do rouse.
Página 166 - Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
Página 123 - Sweet is a legacy, and passing sweet The unexpected death of some old lady Or gentleman of seventy years complete, Who've made
Página 68 - THE SONG OF A FELON'S WIFE. THE brand is on thy brow, A dark and guilty spot ; 'Tis ne'er to be erased ! 'Tis ne'er to be forgot ! The brand is on thy brow ! Yet / must shade the spot : For who will love thee now, If...
Página 214 - t were na for my Jeanie. O why should fate sic pleasure have, Life's dearest bands untwining ? Or why sae sweet a flower as love Depend on Fortune's shining ? This warld's wealth when I think on, Its pride, and a' the lave o't ; Fie, fie on silly coward man, That he should be the slave o't.
Página 187 - ... the worm that dieth not, and the fire that is not quenched.
Página 243 - She lies upon her pillow, pale, And moans within her sleep, Or wakeneth with a patient smile, And striveth not to weep ! How gentle and how good a child She is, we know too well, And dearer to her parents' hearts, Than our weak words can tell.
Página 201 - I wanted to see you. I wanted to tell you that I had heard from him. A ship letter. He is well. It was a hint from him that urged me to the duty you found me executing.
Página 14 - By lovely forms, and silent weather, And tender sounds, yet you might see At once that Peter Bell and she Had often been together. 'A savage wildness round him hung As of a dweller out of doors; In his whole figure and his mien A savage character was seen Of mountains and of dreary moors.