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... her jestingly of your devotion . Thus were my thoughts drawn to you through Amy ; and as in my heart an affection de- veloped for her , a bitter feeling sprung up against 10 QUEST . Amy Rose did, indeed, try to allure me ...
... her jestingly of your devotion . Thus were my thoughts drawn to you through Amy ; and as in my heart an affection de- veloped for her , a bitter feeling sprung up against 10 QUEST . Amy Rose did, indeed, try to allure me ...
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Mrs. J. C. Bates. veloped for her , a bitter feeling sprung up against you . Two weeks passed thus - slowly for me , swiftly for the happy when there came a day which must stand in my past " a landmark for ... feeling sprung up against ...
Mrs. J. C. Bates. veloped for her , a bitter feeling sprung up against you . Two weeks passed thus - slowly for me , swiftly for the happy when there came a day which must stand in my past " a landmark for ... feeling sprung up against ...
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... feeling of calm repose . The heavens were aglow , the sea a quivering sheet of flame , the fisher- men's cottages were golden in splendor ; every grain of sand on the white beach glittered a gem . Every change in our position revealed ...
... feeling of calm repose . The heavens were aglow , the sea a quivering sheet of flame , the fisher- men's cottages were golden in splendor ; every grain of sand on the white beach glittered a gem . Every change in our position revealed ...
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... feeling of terror seized me , but , child as I was , I could not un- derstand her fears . I will not linger on the days that followed ; one came , bringing the postman . I snatched the letter from his hand , nor paused to look at it ...
... feeling of terror seized me , but , child as I was , I could not un- derstand her fears . I will not linger on the days that followed ; one came , bringing the postman . I snatched the letter from his hand , nor paused to look at it ...
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... feeling in the compositions of our favorite masters . My mother sang English and Italian songs delight- fully ; her voice - pure soprano - was sweet , clear and full toned . Music was our only real joy ; it entered into our lives as a ...
... feeling in the compositions of our favorite masters . My mother sang English and Italian songs delight- fully ; her voice - pure soprano - was sweet , clear and full toned . Music was our only real joy ; it entered into our lives as a ...
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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