The Young Englishwoman1875 |
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... taken occasion to shoot off from the main road into an apparently little - used track , cut through a thick pine - barren at the left . He had made several lengths before his driver , taken at a disadvantage , could pull him up ...
... taken occasion to shoot off from the main road into an apparently little - used track , cut through a thick pine - barren at the left . He had made several lengths before his driver , taken at a disadvantage , could pull him up ...
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... taken it as a matter of course , had the whole spectacle suddenly melted into thin air . Yet , even in that case , he would have expected the masterful personage aforementioned to have remained , as the one tangible link between the ...
... taken it as a matter of course , had the whole spectacle suddenly melted into thin air . Yet , even in that case , he would have expected the masterful personage aforementioned to have remained , as the one tangible link between the ...
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... taken by an Eng- lishman , who was known as Doctor Mather , and was understood to be a very learned man and a writer . Mr. Grover and the rest of the neighbours believed him to be " a little cracked . " He used to go about the country ...
... taken by an Eng- lishman , who was known as Doctor Mather , and was understood to be a very learned man and a writer . Mr. Grover and the rest of the neighbours believed him to be " a little cracked . " He used to go about the country ...
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... the mantel . It was a portrait of the second daughter of the house , taken several years before , for it represented a girl of sixteen , kneeling beside a forest spring . She had just filled THE YOUNG ENGLISHWOMAN . 23.
... the mantel . It was a portrait of the second daughter of the house , taken several years before , for it represented a girl of sixteen , kneeling beside a forest spring . She had just filled THE YOUNG ENGLISHWOMAN . 23.
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... taken up by a settee heaped with cushions . She pouted and laughed as he laid her down among these . " I believe you imagine that I am losing moral volition as well as bodily strength ! I have taken my meals in this à la fairy princess ...
... taken up by a settee heaped with cushions . She pouted and laughed as he laid her down among these . " I believe you imagine that I am losing moral volition as well as bodily strength ! I have taken my meals in this à la fairy princess ...
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Popular passages
Page 2 - Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Page 538 - Like a mighty army Moves the Church of God ! Brothers, we are treading Where the saints have trod ; We are not divided, All one Body we, One in hope and doctrine, One in charity.
Page 478 - TELL me not, Sweet, I am unkind That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, Dear, so much, Loved I not Honour more.
Page 238 - But the beating of my own heart Was all the sound I heard. He came not, — no, he came not,— The night came on alone, — The little...
Page 159 - We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most — feels the noblest — acts the best.
Page 359 - I am thy God, and will still give thee aid; I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand, Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand.
Page 122 - Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you For every day. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever ; Do noble things, not dream them, all day long : And so make life, death, and that vast for-ever One grand, sweet song.
Page 538 - Crowns and thrones may perish. Kingdoms rise and wane, But the Church of Jesus Constant will remain ; Gates of hell can never 'Gainst that Church prevail ; We have Christ's own promise, And that cannot fail. Onward, etc. 5 Onward, then, ye people ! Join our happy throng ! Blend with ours your voices In the triumph song ! Glory, laud, and honor, Unto Christ the King ; This through countless ages Men and angels sing.
Page 50 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectared sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Page 159 - The friends who in our sunshine live, When winter comes, are flown ; And he who has but tears to give, Must weep those tears alone. But Thou wilt heal that broken heart, Which, like the plants that throw Their fragrance from the wounded part, Breathes sweetness out of woe.