Everley [by miss Cornish].1855 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 64
Page 14
... Wortley . " " No ; I hear Evelyn's voice ! " exclaimed Mary , opening the door . In an instant Evelyn was in her sisters ' arms , and the warmth and affection with which she was greeted , satisfied even her warm , loving nature . Her ...
... Wortley . " " No ; I hear Evelyn's voice ! " exclaimed Mary , opening the door . In an instant Evelyn was in her sisters ' arms , and the warmth and affection with which she was greeted , satisfied even her warm , loving nature . Her ...
Page 19
... Wortley this morning to order a dress for Evelyn to wear to Morley Hall , and I think afterwards we will go on to the Grange and inquire for Mr. Phillipson . " Oh ! thank you , dear mamma , " exclaimed Eve- lyn , " but I have a dress ...
... Wortley this morning to order a dress for Evelyn to wear to Morley Hall , and I think afterwards we will go on to the Grange and inquire for Mr. Phillipson . " Oh ! thank you , dear mamma , " exclaimed Eve- lyn , " but I have a dress ...
Page 21
... Wortley and reads the papers at the reading room , " replied Mary . " In the after- noon he generally rides somewhere , into Crayford very often on business , because , you know , he is a magistrate . " 66 Now , Evelyn , fetch your ...
... Wortley and reads the papers at the reading room , " replied Mary . " In the after- noon he generally rides somewhere , into Crayford very often on business , because , you know , he is a magistrate . " 66 Now , Evelyn , fetch your ...
Page 22
... Wortley , she sat down by the window and pondered over the morning . How much pleasanter it had been than she had expected . How wrongly she had judged her mamma to sup- pose she would care so much about her music , or criticise her so ...
... Wortley , she sat down by the window and pondered over the morning . How much pleasanter it had been than she had expected . How wrongly she had judged her mamma to sup- pose she would care so much about her music , or criticise her so ...
Page 23
... Wortley to search out cases of misery and want , in a carriage with a pair of prancing grey horses ? Would a ball overnight be a good preparation for teaching or district visiting in the morning ? How could she enter a dirty , miserable ...
... Wortley to search out cases of misery and want , in a carriage with a pair of prancing grey horses ? Would a ball overnight be a good preparation for teaching or district visiting in the morning ? How could she enter a dirty , miserable ...
Common terms and phrases
amusement Annie asked Evelyn Augusta and Mary Bishop of Brechin bonnet Brent Cambridge Camden Society Captain Kynaston carriage Christian Church cloth colour comfort coner Crayford dance daughter dear mamma dearest delight dress duty Eaton Square Edgar Ethelstone Evelyn felt Evelyn thought Everley exclaimed Evelyn eyes face Fairy Bower Fcap feel flowers friends Georgina Georgy girl give glad hand happy Harriet Harry Haughton hear heard heart Holy Holy Communion hope kissed knew Lady Trevor laughed leave letter live look Lynwood Park Lyttleton married mind Miss Falconer morning morocco mother never nice papa parish pleasant pleased poor Prayers quiet Raymond Redbourn remarked replied Evelyn Rolph scarcely seemed Sir Charles sister smile sure talk tell thank things told tone voice W. F. Hook walk week wish wonder Wortley young
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.