Kingsconnell: A Tale ...Newby, 1850 |
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... party of ladies collected in a sitting - room of that period , managed to find room for their hoop petticoats , there is no question that the highest class of society then to be found within the walls of the Good Town , was of a stamp ...
... party of ladies collected in a sitting - room of that period , managed to find room for their hoop petticoats , there is no question that the highest class of society then to be found within the walls of the Good Town , was of a stamp ...
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... parties connected with them , including Miss Violet and the gentleman's own parents : and Helen , as the affianced wife of a wealthy and well - born man , found herself invested with a degree of im- portance to which her previous life ...
... parties connected with them , including Miss Violet and the gentleman's own parents : and Helen , as the affianced wife of a wealthy and well - born man , found herself invested with a degree of im- portance to which her previous life ...
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... party at the Grange drew round the tea - table . Captain Lockhart was at this time absent with his ship ; but his three years were nearly expired , and in the course of a month or two at the farthest , he might be expected at home ...
... party at the Grange drew round the tea - table . Captain Lockhart was at this time absent with his ship ; but his three years were nearly expired , and in the course of a month or two at the farthest , he might be expected at home ...
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... party who occupied it . This parlour was a nondescript apartment , which all the year round performed the double duty of sitting and eating room , unless when visi- tors of ceremony happened to be in the house . A drawing - room there ...
... party who occupied it . This parlour was a nondescript apartment , which all the year round performed the double duty of sitting and eating room , unless when visi- tors of ceremony happened to be in the house . A drawing - room there ...
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... party within , and the proceedings of her old gardener and man - of - all - work , Lowry MacFyke , without , the latter being at that moment engaged in cutting grass for the use of her horses , close by the entrance to the court behind ...
... party within , and the proceedings of her old gardener and man - of - all - work , Lowry MacFyke , without , the latter being at that moment engaged in cutting grass for the use of her horses , close by the entrance to the court behind ...
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Alexander amongst Aunt Helen Aunt Penny Beatrice's beautiful Bertram blessing Captain Lockhart Captain Sempill Carmichael carriage church Clachan Colonel Ainslie connell House darling daughter David Bryce dear dearest door early earwigs exclaimed Beatrice eyes face father feeling felt George Sempill girls Glasgow grandmamma Grange happy heart Helen Alexander Henry Lockhart hour James Chalmers Jessy Julius Cæsar Kingsconnell Laird lassie leave little Helen lived Lockhart Clephane look mamma marriage michael mind Miss Carruthers Miss Grace Miss Lockhart Miss Menie Mark Miss Muirhead Miss Violet Miss Willie mother never night old lady once party phaeton poor recollect Reginald replied returned scarcely seat seemed Sempill's Sempilltower servants silent Sir Peter Sir Thomas sister smile sorrow soul spirit story tears tell thing thought tion voice walk William Bertram window words young Beatrice youth
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Page 218 - I love thee, and it is my love that speaks— There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond, And do a wilful stillness entertain, With purpose to be dressed in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit, As who should say, 'I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips let no dog bark'....
Page 380 - THE RAINY DAY. THE day is cold, and dark, and dreary; It rains, and the wind is never weary; The vine still clings to the mouldering wall, But at every gust the dead leaves fall,' And the day is dark and dreary.
Page 326 - Neebour's fauts and folly ! Whase life is like a weel-gaun mill, Supply'd wi' store o' water, The heapet happer's ebbing still, And still the clap plays clatter. Hear me, ye venerable Core, As counsel for poor mortals, That frequent pass douce Wisdom's door, For...
Page 62 - In youth we love the darksome lawn Brushed by the owlet's wing; Then, Twilight is preferred to Dawn, And Autumn to the Spring. Sad fancies do we then affect, In luxury of disrespect To our own prodigal excess Of too familiar happiness.
Page 364 - Be strong ; — be worthy of the grace Of God, and fill thy destined place : A soul, by force of sorrows high, Uplifted to the purest sky Of undisturbed humanity...
Page 282 - 1 mio bene, e per queste orme torno a vedere ond' al ciel nuda è gita lasciando in terra la sua bella spoglia. 1 4 CCCII. Levommi il mio penser in parte ov' era quella ch' io cerco e non ritrovo in terra; ivi, fra lor che '1 terzo cerchio serra, la rividi più bella e meno altera. Per man mi prese e disse: « In questa spera sarai ancor meco, se '1 desir non erra: i' so' colei che ti die tanta guerra e compie
Page 189 - And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them: "Verily I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: for all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.
Page 282 - 1 terzo cerchio serra La rividi più bella e meno altera. Per man mi prese e disse : In questa spera Sarai ancor meco, se '1 desir non erra. I* son colei che ti die' tanta guerra E compie
Page 15 - He was among the prime in worth, An object beauteous to behold ; Well born, well bred; I sent him forth Ingenuous, innocent, and bold : If things ensued that wanted grace, As hath been said, they were not base; And never blush was on my face.
Page 61 - Above, below, aerial murmurs swell, From hanging wood, brown heath, and bushy dell ! A thousand nameless rills, that shun the light, Stealing soft music on the ear of night.