Temptation and Atonement, and Other Tales, Volumen1H. Colburn, 1847 |
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... already devised means of adding to the comfort of the family . Though little more than twelve years old , Luke was an active and intelligent lad ; and the industrious habits in which he had been reared by the Harmans enabled him to turn ...
... already devised means of adding to the comfort of the family . Though little more than twelve years old , Luke was an active and intelligent lad ; and the industrious habits in which he had been reared by the Harmans enabled him to turn ...
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... Already , the shadow of the bearers was on its threshold . Already , the flesh of the poor father crept , and his hair stood up , as he knew himself to be in presence of the son whom , for some time past , he had not loved as a father ...
... Already , the shadow of the bearers was on its threshold . Already , the flesh of the poor father crept , and his hair stood up , as he knew himself to be in presence of the son whom , for some time past , he had not loved as a father ...
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... already once so heavily visited , would be able to stand against this new domestic calamity , -how soon the fatal news would reach poor Luke in London , -when the dead would be buried , and where , if detected , the murderer would be ...
... already once so heavily visited , would be able to stand against this new domestic calamity , -how soon the fatal news would reach poor Luke in London , -when the dead would be buried , and where , if detected , the murderer would be ...
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... already apparent on the face , no one had looked upon that fine young man , untimely cut off in his sin , but admitted that his coun- tenance was assuming in death an aspect of gentleness and serenity , such as , in his life- time , had ...
... already apparent on the face , no one had looked upon that fine young man , untimely cut off in his sin , but admitted that his coun- tenance was assuming in death an aspect of gentleness and serenity , such as , in his life- time , had ...
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... already started , he meets the poor fellow by the way ? What jury , what judge , but would see premeditation in the mere fact of his pre- sence at the Hams ? " A moan of horror issued from the lips of Downing , whose face was bowed down ...
... already started , he meets the poor fellow by the way ? What jury , what judge , but would see premeditation in the mere fact of his pre- sence at the Hams ? " A moan of horror issued from the lips of Downing , whose face was bowed down ...
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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 187 - ... the worm that dieth not, and the fire that is not quenched.
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 1 - She shineth and smileth on every thing. Where come the sheep ? To the rich man's moor. Where cometh sleep ? To the bed that's poor. Peasants must weep, And kings endure ; That is a fate that none can cure...
Página 68 - A FELON'S WIFE. THE brand is on thy brow, A dark and guilty spot ; 'T is ne'er to be erased ! 'T is ne'er to be forgot ! The brand is on thy brow, Yet I must shade the spot : For who will love thee now, If I love thee not...
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.
Página 292 - Gardens feed no fruits nor flowers, But childless seem, and in decay ; The traitor clock forsakes the hours, And points to times — oh, far away ! And the steed no longer neigheth, Nor paws the startled ground ; And the...
Página 201 - I was coming to visit you this morning, uncle," said she, in a broken voice, " even if we had not met in Warling Wood. 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."