Everley [by miss Cornish].1855 |
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... give me now in these long winter evenings over the fire ? Oh ! Georgy , what a blessing these talks have been to me , how I shall look back upon them all my life ! If ever I should be anything good or useful , it will be you that have ...
... give me now in these long winter evenings over the fire ? Oh ! Georgy , what a blessing these talks have been to me , how I shall look back upon them all my life ! If ever I should be anything good or useful , it will be you that have ...
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... gives dances sometimes , " replied her sister . " I am sure Evelyn mentioned having been to some there . " " Yes ... give one now in honour of Evelyn's return . " " Really , my love , they are so much trouble , and upset the house so ...
... gives dances sometimes , " replied her sister . " I am sure Evelyn mentioned having been to some there . " " Yes ... give one now in honour of Evelyn's return . " " Really , my love , they are so much trouble , and upset the house so ...
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... give us another hour on Tuesdays and Fridays . " " Where is papa ? " asked Evelyn , ringing the bell as she had been desired . " He always walks over the grounds and gives orders to the men directly after breakfast , and then he goes ...
... give us another hour on Tuesdays and Fridays . " " Where is papa ? " asked Evelyn , ringing the bell as she had been desired . " He always walks over the grounds and gives orders to the men directly after breakfast , and then he goes ...
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... give way to them . And so , even to the most blest and favoured , ( in a worldly sense ) life is a struggle . Especially so perhaps to them , for does not our Church direct us to pray that in the time of wealth as well as in the time of ...
... give way to them . And so , even to the most blest and favoured , ( in a worldly sense ) life is a struggle . Especially so perhaps to them , for does not our Church direct us to pray that in the time of wealth as well as in the time of ...
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... give it up . She could scarcely bear to think of all her favourite schemes for doing good , and a moment's reflection showed her that it would be wrong as well as foolish , to undertake any new duties and responsibilities , when she had ...
... give it up . She could scarcely bear to think of all her favourite schemes for doing good , and a moment's reflection showed her that it would be wrong as well as foolish , to undertake any new duties and responsibilities , when she had ...
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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.