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... head of Mr. Lyndsey , but that was before I had the pleasure of knowing his wife , to whom , however , the word ' gentle ' could never be applied with any degree of truth - she was , poor thing , both ungentle and unquiet ; a snappish ...
... head of Mr. Lyndsey , but that was before I had the pleasure of knowing his wife , to whom , however , the word ' gentle ' could never be applied with any degree of truth - she was , poor thing , both ungentle and unquiet ; a snappish ...
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... head , while his red hair matted round it ; and drawing his bridle up with a jerk , said , " Don't stop me , ma'am , if you please , the mistress is very bad intirely , and I'm going for a doctor . " I expressed my surprise and sorrow ...
... head , while his red hair matted round it ; and drawing his bridle up with a jerk , said , " Don't stop me , ma'am , if you please , the mistress is very bad intirely , and I'm going for a doctor . " I expressed my surprise and sorrow ...
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... head , and said , " It depended on the disposition , he must take his chance . " This was all that passed below ; presently Mrs. Lyndsey's own maid , a poor , scared , heart- broken looking creature , requested I would go to her ...
... head , and said , " It depended on the disposition , he must take his chance . " This was all that passed below ; presently Mrs. Lyndsey's own maid , a poor , scared , heart- broken looking creature , requested I would go to her ...
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... head , she twisted them all into one ; though she felt assured a girl would come to vex her , still she would prepare only for a boy - that was what she would do ; she would get ready a basketful of blue , white , and pink cockades ...
... head , she twisted them all into one ; though she felt assured a girl would come to vex her , still she would prepare only for a boy - that was what she would do ; she would get ready a basketful of blue , white , and pink cockades ...
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... heads a little higher , and talked of our neighbour's ' pre- sentation ' or or dress ' at the Drawing - room with a borrowed consequence . There were individuals in our own circle who panted eagerly to be received , or even noticed by ...
... heads a little higher , and talked of our neighbour's ' pre- sentation ' or or dress ' at the Drawing - room with a borrowed consequence . There were individuals in our own circle who panted eagerly to be received , or even noticed by ...
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Page 1 - The Clouds that gather round the setting sun Do take a sober colouring from an eye That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality ; Another race hath been, and other palms are won. Thanks to the human heart by which we live, Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears ; To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
Page 189 - Thus star by star declines Till all are passed away, As morning high and higher shines To pure and perfect day : Nor sink those stars in empty night ; They hide themselves in heaven's own light.
Page 31 - We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
Page 210 - Forlorn ! the very word is like a bell To toll me back from thee to my sole self ! Adieu ! the fancy cannot cheat so well As she is famed to do, deceiving elf.
Page 59 - As if round thy hush'd infant's bed ! And when thou speak'st, thy melting tone. That tells thy heart is all my own, Sounds sweeter, from the lapse of years, With the wife's love, the mother's fears ! By thy glad youth, and tranquil prime Assured, I smile at hoary time ! For thou art doom'd in age to know The calm that wisdom steals from woe ; The holy pride of high intent, The glory of a life well spent.
Page 168 - The breaking of the summer's morn — The tinge on house and tree — The billowy clouds — the beauty born Of that celestial sea, The freshness of the faery land Lit by the golden gleam .... It is my youth that where I stand Comes back as in a dream.
Page 239 - And all the glow of beaming sympathy ; Anxious to watch the cold averted ray That speaks no more to the fond meeting eye Enchanting tales of love, and tenderness, and joy. Too faithful heart ! thou never canst retrieve Thy withered hopes : conceal the cruel pain...
Page 261 - ... its flow, to be Like candour, peace, and piety. When life began its brilliant dream, His heart was like his native stream ; The wave-shrined gems could scarcely seem Less hidden than each wish it knew : Its life flow'd on as calmly, too ; And heaven shielded it from sin, To see itself reflected in. He stood beside that stream again, When years had fled in strife and pain ; He look'd for its calm course in vain, — For storms profaned its peaceful flow, And clouds o'erhung its crystal brow ;...
Page 11 - Lyndsey evinced some interest in a stout-built, heavy cob, ' equal to sixteen stone,' that had never warmed into a gallop in its life, and spent much of his time in the stable — always observing to Jerry Leary, an old Irish groom who had lived with his father, that he would ' back Brown Bob against any ' bit of blood