Everley [by miss Cornish].1855 |
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... Georgy , don't speak of it . I have been trying so hard to forget it . What shall I do with- out you , Georgy ? " The speaker , a young girl of about seventeen , covered her face with her hands ; her companion , who was apparently ...
... Georgy , don't speak of it . I have been trying so hard to forget it . What shall I do with- out you , Georgy ? " The speaker , a young girl of about seventeen , covered her face with her hands ; her companion , who was apparently ...
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... Georgy ! I never knew you felt the loss of your mother so much . Can you remember her ? " Scarcely ; only a soft gentle face , and bright long curls , and a voice so sweet and kind . I shall never forget the last time I saw her ; papa ...
... Georgy ! I never knew you felt the loss of your mother so much . Can you remember her ? " Scarcely ; only a soft gentle face , and bright long curls , and a voice so sweet and kind . I shall never forget the last time I saw her ; papa ...
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... Georgy , they will never join in mine as you have done . " " How can you tell , dear Evelyn ? " " I cannot be sure , of course , but I cannot help fearing . You know , Georgy , one of my favourite plans is to lead a useful life ...
... Georgy , they will never join in mine as you have done . " " How can you tell , dear Evelyn ? " " I cannot be sure , of course , but I cannot help fearing . You know , Georgy , one of my favourite plans is to lead a useful life ...
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... Georgy , if we were only going to begin home life together , with you to advise and direct me , how much I might do ! But when I am left to myself , with no one to guide and direct me " You never will be , " said Georgina quickly , “ if ...
... Georgy , if we were only going to begin home life together , with you to advise and direct me , how much I might do ! But when I am left to myself , with no one to guide and direct me " You never will be , " said Georgina quickly , “ if ...
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... Georgy , I will always remember that . Oh ! how can I thank you for not letting me shrink that first Sunday ? If I had not gone then , who knows when , or indeed whether I should ever have gone ? And think , if I had wilfully cast away ...
... Georgy , I will always remember that . Oh ! how can I thank you for not letting me shrink that first Sunday ? If I had not gone then , who knows when , or indeed whether I should ever have gone ? And think , if I had wilfully cast away ...
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Popular passages
Page 216 - Let us do our work as well, Both the unseen and the seen ; Make the house, where Gods may dwell, Beautiful, entire, and clean. Else our lives are incomplete, Standing in these walls of Time, Broken stairways, where the feet Stumble as they seek to climb. Build to-day, then, strong and sure, With a firm and ample base ; And ascending and secure Shall to-morrow find its place.
Page 474 - No one is so accursed by fate, No one so utterly desolate, But some heart, though unknown / Responds unto his own.
Page 268 - He needs must think of her once more, How in the grave she lies; And with his hard, rough hand he wipes A tear out of his eyes.
Page 336 - A servant with this clause makes drudgery divine; who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, makes that and the action fine.
Page 492 - Sweet is the smile of home ; the mutual look When hearts are of each other sure ; Sweet all the joys that crowd the household nook, The haunt of all affections pure...
Page 378 - If you have no power of giving: An arm of aid to the weak, A friendly hand to the friendless, Kind words, so short to speak, But whose echo is endless: The world is wide, — these things are small, They may be nothing, but they are All.
Page 455 - Abide with me from morn till eve, For without Thee I cannot live ; Abide with me when night is nigh, For without Thee I dare not die.
Page 11 - Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead thou me on ! The night is dark and I am far from home; Lead thou me on ! Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene; one step enough for me.