The dull stone house, by Kenner Deene, Volume 2; Volume 1051862 |
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... young girl , mounted on a fine horse . In her black hat , falling feather , and long , sweep- ing riding dress , this girl looked like the sweet vignette of some painter's fancy . Shaded by the drooping branches of the beech trees , B 5 ...
... young girl , mounted on a fine horse . In her black hat , falling feather , and long , sweep- ing riding dress , this girl looked like the sweet vignette of some painter's fancy . Shaded by the drooping branches of the beech trees , B 5 ...
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... young face before him . I think that it is not true that when one is in love it renders one indifferent to all the faces that one meets ; because , if the soul is engrossed with one image , if one name is ever trembling on the lips , if ...
... young face before him . I think that it is not true that when one is in love it renders one indifferent to all the faces that one meets ; because , if the soul is engrossed with one image , if one name is ever trembling on the lips , if ...
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... young , lovely , and highly born . Paul looked at her curiously . Abundance of fair hair fell profusely round the face , and it was a face like unto an angel's . Perhaps , if the fea- tures had been compared with those of Miss Percy ...
... young , lovely , and highly born . Paul looked at her curiously . Abundance of fair hair fell profusely round the face , and it was a face like unto an angel's . Perhaps , if the fea- tures had been compared with those of Miss Percy ...
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... young to know anything about love , " said Paul , decidedly . Albert blushed . " Great geniuses , " said he , diffidently , " experience love at an early age . Byron , you know , was in love at eight years old , and Danté - or was it ...
... young to know anything about love , " said Paul , decidedly . Albert blushed . " Great geniuses , " said he , diffidently , " experience love at an early age . Byron , you know , was in love at eight years old , and Danté - or was it ...
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... young Roggmoore did not notice it , and continued- " There's Margaret Percy - pretty enough and amiable enough , and a good girl after all , but I think I should like to address her in the words of Madame de Maintenon , - ' Je ne suis ...
... young Roggmoore did not notice it , and continued- " There's Margaret Percy - pretty enough and amiable enough , and a good girl after all , but I think I should like to address her in the words of Madame de Maintenon , - ' Je ne suis ...
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Popular passages
Page 131 - If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us; but if we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Page 109 - Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!
Page 106 - Ne'er tell me of glories serenely adorning The close of our day, the calm eve of our night: Give me back, give me back the wild freshness of morning, — Its smiles and its tears are worth evening's best light.
Page 156 - He was a good man and his loss will be deeply felt by a large circle of friends...
Page 210 - Towards the close of the last century, that is to say, about seventy years ago...