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... better how to drive a bargain than she did . Her house was a mirror of cleanliness , her clothes irreproachable in old - fashioned daintiness , her eyes basilisks for dirt and disorder , and she knew to a T all the daily proceedings of ...
... better how to drive a bargain than she did . Her house was a mirror of cleanliness , her clothes irreproachable in old - fashioned daintiness , her eyes basilisks for dirt and disorder , and she knew to a T all the daily proceedings of ...
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... better to do some - out - of - the - world quaint things stored up thing else than play and sing all day , " she there ; now that the queen was coming to suggested winningly to her niece , pointing look at them they acquired fresh ...
... better to do some - out - of - the - world quaint things stored up thing else than play and sing all day , " she there ; now that the queen was coming to suggested winningly to her niece , pointing look at them they acquired fresh ...
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... better his posi- me . At his wife's words , M. André stood. tion . It was so difficult , more difficult in the prosaic light of day even , than when dreaming over it pipe in mouth , in the soft summer evenings . Carving the letters of a ...
... better his posi- me . At his wife's words , M. André stood. tion . It was so difficult , more difficult in the prosaic light of day even , than when dreaming over it pipe in mouth , in the soft summer evenings . Carving the letters of a ...
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... better to unfold her plan , in which she did not mention the eventual dismissal of the young servant then in the house , but only ex- plained to Felix that he would lose nothing , and be a gainer , by the excellent services of Mrs ...
... better to unfold her plan , in which she did not mention the eventual dismissal of the young servant then in the house , but only ex- plained to Felix that he would lose nothing , and be a gainer , by the excellent services of Mrs ...
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... better dismiss it from your mind , aunt , " repeated Felix , turning and regard- ing her from the other side of the stile . " I cannot think about it till after to- morrow . Perhaps something will turn up . " Then the brothers proceeded ...
... better dismiss it from your mind , aunt , " repeated Felix , turning and regard- ing her from the other side of the stile . " I cannot think about it till after to- morrow . Perhaps something will turn up . " Then the brothers proceeded ...
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Page 300 - I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils ; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay ; Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
Page 302 - Leave to the nightingale her shady wood ; A privacy of glorious light is thine; Whence thou dost pour upon the world a flood Of harmony, with instinct more divine; Type of the wise who soar, but never roam; True to the kindred points of Heaven and Home...
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Page 209 - tis heard no more — Oh ! lyre divine, what daring spirit Wakes thee now? Though he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing with supreme dominion Through the azure deep of air...
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Page 150 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, Or my mouth hath kissed my hand; This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: For I should have denied the God that is above.
Page 302 - Leave to the Nightingale her shady wood; A privacy of glorious light is thine ; Whence thou dost pour upon the world a flood Of harmony, with rapture more divine ; Type of the wise who soar, but never roam ; True to the kindred points of Heaven and Home ! WORDSWORTH.
Page 11 - Westward the course of empire takes its way, The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Page 265 - Europe as being, for intellectual and spiritual purposes, one great confederation, bound to a joint action and working to a common result; and whose members have, for their proper outfit, a knowledge of Greek, Roman, and Eastern antiquity, and of one another.