Everley [by miss Cornish].1855 |
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... able to join in their Yes , in some of them , perhaps ; but , 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 ...
... able to join in their Yes , in some of them , perhaps ; but , 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 ...
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... able to go to the ball , love , only think ! " " But I am very strong , dear mamma ; I scarcely ever have a cold , and I will wear galoshes and a boa . " L " Evelyn , it is very perverse of you , " said Au- gusta . " If mamma , and Mary ...
... able to go to the ball , love , only think ! " " But I am very strong , dear mamma ; I scarcely ever have a cold , and I will wear galoshes and a boa . " L " Evelyn , it is very perverse of you , " said Au- gusta . " If mamma , and Mary ...
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... able to spend the mornings in working and talking , than to be preparing a French lesson for Mademoi- selle , or reading pages of dull history , to be ques- tioned upon them by Miss Templeman . It was pleasanter also to sing for the ...
... able to spend the mornings in working and talking , than to be preparing a French lesson for Mademoi- selle , or reading pages of dull history , to be ques- tioned upon them by Miss Templeman . It was pleasanter also to sing for the ...
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... able advocate in his cause , but at the same time , I don't give you leave to dance with him whenever he asks you , or to offend Mr. Lyttleton in his cause . " " Not his cause , dear papa , the cause of justice ! " . Mr. Falconer ...
... able advocate in his cause , but at the same time , I don't give you leave to dance with him whenever he asks you , or to offend Mr. Lyttleton in his cause . " " Not his cause , dear papa , the cause of justice ! " . Mr. Falconer ...
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... able since my return home . After I have completed the household business , I work till one o'clock , which is dinner time . Useful work now , Evy , not embroidery and Berlin - wool work , but hemming handkerchiefs for papa , and making ...
... able since my return home . After I have completed the household business , I work till one o'clock , which is dinner time . Useful work now , Evy , not embroidery and Berlin - wool work , but hemming handkerchiefs for papa , and making ...
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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.