Temptation and Atonement, and Other Tales, Volumen1H. Colburn, 1847 |
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... rest or intermission ; distracted by the balls , operas , and masquerades of half the ca- pitals in Europe . In the joy of his release , the widower had probably made some secret vow that , being his own master again , nothing should ...
... rest or intermission ; distracted by the balls , operas , and masquerades of half the ca- pitals in Europe . In the joy of his release , the widower had probably made some secret vow that , being his own master again , nothing should ...
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... rest of their neighbours . She was forced , however , to limit her appeals for sympathy to letters to her married daugh- ters in London ; for , at Hartington , what au- ditor could she have found for grumblings against the rector or ...
... rest of their neighbours . She was forced , however , to limit her appeals for sympathy to letters to her married daugh- ters in London ; for , at Hartington , what au- ditor could she have found for grumblings against the rector or ...
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... so close upon the steps of midnight , -Jukes the wheelwright , who had repaired to his own house for a few hours ' rest , was astonished , on returning to the cottage , to find his friend 68 TEMPTATION AND ATONEMENT . CHAPTER IV. ...
... so close upon the steps of midnight , -Jukes the wheelwright , who had repaired to his own house for a few hours ' rest , was astonished , on returning to the cottage , to find his friend 68 TEMPTATION AND ATONEMENT . CHAPTER IV. ...
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... might have strength to confer with his son Luke , on his arrival at home . It would be a trying time . He wanted rest , that he might meet it with composure . " Reluctantly , ( for Jukes and his wife had little 78 TEMPTATION AND ATONEMENT .
... might have strength to confer with his son Luke , on his arrival at home . It would be a trying time . He wanted rest , that he might meet it with composure . " Reluctantly , ( for Jukes and his wife had little 78 TEMPTATION AND ATONEMENT .
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... rest . Not a stone , not a bank , nearer than the slopes of Warling Wood ; having entered which by an entangled footpath , I made for a jutting stump half hidden by sprouting un- derwood , to serve me as a seat . " " I do not see , sir ...
... rest . Not a stone , not a bank , nearer than the slopes of Warling Wood ; having entered which by an entangled footpath , I made for a jutting stump half hidden by sprouting un- derwood , to serve me as a seat . " " I do not see , sir ...
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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."