Agatha's Husband: A Novel, Volumen2Chapman and Hall, 1853 |
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... Mary , its head and housekeeper , being only " Miss Mary . " She noticed that as Nathanael spoke , the other three looked at him and herself doubtfully , as if to inquire how much she knew - and anxiously , as though there were ...
... Mary , its head and housekeeper , being only " Miss Mary . " She noticed that as Nathanael spoke , the other three looked at him and herself doubtfully , as if to inquire how much she knew - and anxiously , as though there were ...
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... Mary opened a door , and they passed from the dark staircase into a large , well - lighted , pleasant room— made scrupulously pleasant , Agatha thought . It was filled with all sorts of pretty things , engravings , statuettes , vases ...
... Mary opened a door , and they passed from the dark staircase into a large , well - lighted , pleasant room— made scrupulously pleasant , Agatha thought . It was filled with all sorts of pretty things , engravings , statuettes , vases ...
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... Mary Harper made the breakfast , and Eulalie cu- riously examined Agatha's dress , supposed to be the latest bridal fashion from London . Nathanael sat writing letters until breakfast was ready , and then took his father's place at the ...
... Mary Harper made the breakfast , and Eulalie cu- riously examined Agatha's dress , supposed to be the latest bridal fashion from London . Nathanael sat writing letters until breakfast was ready , and then took his father's place at the ...
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... Mary - not now . If necessary , I will read part of it to Elizabeth myself . " Agatha , who had before vainly asked the same question , was annoyed by her husband's His silence in all his affairs , espe- cially those relating to his ...
... Mary - not now . If necessary , I will read part of it to Elizabeth myself . " Agatha , who had before vainly asked the same question , was annoyed by her husband's His silence in all his affairs , espe- cially those relating to his ...
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... Mary stopped her . " I hope you will not mind it , but we always stay in the house until my father comes down - stairs . He likes to see us before he begins the day . " Agatha submitted — with a good grace , of course ; though she ...
... Mary stopped her . " I hope you will not mind it , but we always stay in the house until my father comes down - stairs . He likes to see us before he begins the day . " Agatha submitted — with a good grace , of course ; though she ...
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Página 105 - How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. I love thee to the level of every day's Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
Página 105 - 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 52 - Sad as the last which reddens over one That sinks with all we love below the verge; So sad, so fresh, the days that are no more.
Página 102 - So faithful that she can see all his little faults — though she takes care no one else shall see them — yet would as soon think of loving him the less for these, as of ceasing to look up to heaven because there are a few clouds in the sky. So true and so fond, that she needs neither to vex him with her constancy nor burden him with her love, since both are self-existent, and entirely independent of anything he gives or takes away. Thus she will marry neither from liking, esteem, nor gratitude...
Página 101 - ... the other, and thus my beaux jours will pass away, and my Ideal Lover will not then think me worth his while. Shall I never be at rest with him to love and understand me, to tell every thought and feeling, in far different scenes from these — under canvas before Rangoon — anywhere in Nature ? " I would have every woman marry ; not merely liking a man well enough to accept him for a husband, as some of our mothers teach us, and so cause many unhappy marriages, but loving him so holily that,...