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Page 45
... called my name ; it was your father . Before I could think , he was gone , and my agony awoke me . It was long before I fell asleep again ; then I seemed to stand in a wide , low building , where many were lying with faces like death ...
... called my name ; it was your father . Before I could think , he was gone , and my agony awoke me . It was long before I fell asleep again ; then I seemed to stand in a wide , low building , where many were lying with faces like death ...
Page 46
... called to her- " Where is my father ? " Then she knelt beside me and put the letter into my hand . " Open it ; I cannot , " she said . I broke the black seal , and , as I gave it to her , I knew it was not my father's writing . She read ...
... called to her- " Where is my father ? " Then she knelt beside me and put the letter into my hand . " Open it ; I cannot , " she said . I broke the black seal , and , as I gave it to her , I knew it was not my father's writing . She read ...
Page 47
... called coldness by the more impulsive Southern people amongst whom she had made her home ; but those who knew her well , loved her for her steadfastness and truth , her gentle , unassuming goodness . I know not why she preferred , after ...
... called coldness by the more impulsive Southern people amongst whom she had made her home ; but those who knew her well , loved her for her steadfastness and truth , her gentle , unassuming goodness . I know not why she preferred , after ...
Page 57
... called my friendship for him ; that time would develop the feeling to a deeper affec- tion than any I had known . He could wait . " My mother was overwhelmed with surprise and dismay as she listened to his declaration of love for me ...
... called my friendship for him ; that time would develop the feeling to a deeper affec- tion than any I had known . He could wait . " My mother was overwhelmed with surprise and dismay as she listened to his declaration of love for me ...
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... called hus- band . That for this love alone was the holy sacra- ment of marriage . I knew it was not mine ; it was beyond me . I awakened to a consciousness that without it marriage was false , its joys turned to bit- terness , its holy ...
... called hus- band . That for this love alone was the holy sacra- ment of marriage . I knew it was not mine ; it was beyond me . I awakened to a consciousness that without it marriage was false , its joys turned to bit- terness , its holy ...
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Page 40 - And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, . And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor: And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted — nevermore...
Page 40 - This is the state of man : in prosperous fortune A shadow, passing light, throws to the ground Joy's baseless fabric : in adversity Comes malice with a sponge moistened in gall, And wipes each beauteous character away : More than the first this melts my soul to pity.
Page 176 - Künstler — denn der Weltmensch schaut nur oberflächlich oder selbstsüchtig, und der Verliebte verfälscht, nur zu sehr am irdischen Geschöpfe hangend ; aber der reine , einfältige Meister , in seiner Werkstätte tagelang denselben zwei Augen gegenüber, die er bildet und rundet — der sieht den Finger Gottes aus den todten Farben wachsen, und was er doch selber gemacht hat, scheint ihm nun nicht...
Page 294 - Before leaving, he stated his intention of travelling far and wide for the space of three years, at the expiration of which time he said he should surely return to visit his child.
Page 308 - I hope you will do me the honor to make my house your home during your stay. — Our frontiers are still infested by parties of Indians from whom I was so unfortunate as to receive two wounds on the 24th. Ult°. — My left arm is very much shattered and a slight wound in the right. — We suppose they were Creeks. — A report has circulated here that your Government...
Page 270 - European population constantly pouring upon yon, — there is no question in my mind that the government of the United States will be entirely in the hands of the mob in a few years