Everley [by miss Cornish].1855 |
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... happy years here together , Georgy dear ; I can scarcely believe they are really over ! " 99 They will never be really over in one sense , ' remarked Georgina . " Their memory must always exist , always bind us together through life ...
... happy years here together , Georgy dear ; I can scarcely believe they are really over ! " 99 They will never be really over in one sense , ' remarked Georgina . " Their memory must always exist , always bind us together through life ...
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... happy years ? " Georgina passed a simple hair ring on her finger , and putting her arms round her , and imprinting one long kiss on her forehead , left the room . Evelyn Falconer was the youngest child of a gentleman of EVERLEY .
... happy years ? " Georgina passed a simple hair ring on her finger , and putting her arms round her , and imprinting one long kiss on her forehead , left the room . Evelyn Falconer was the youngest child of a gentleman of EVERLEY .
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... happy to her widowed father , and to endeavour to supply the place of her who had been such a loss to them both - this was to be her task , and although she did not look forward to it with the same nervous , anxious expectation , with ...
... happy to her widowed father , and to endeavour to supply the place of her who had been such a loss to them both - this was to be her task , and although she did not look forward to it with the same nervous , anxious expectation , with ...
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... happy ! " and Evelyn gazed at the faces she had not seen for so long , and tried to recall the old familiar features , while they could scarcely take their eyes from the bright , gentle face , and soft brown eyes , grown so much sweeter ...
... happy ! " and Evelyn gazed at the faces she had not seen for so long , and tried to recall the old familiar features , while they could scarcely take their eyes from the bright , gentle face , and soft brown eyes , grown so much sweeter ...
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... happy . And then it would be much pleasanter to ride about in the carriage , than to walk through the rain and mud as she had been accustomed to do at Red- bourn . And the ball and the musical soirée , -how nice it would be to go with ...
... happy . And then it would be much pleasanter to ride about in the carriage , than to walk through the rain and mud as she had been accustomed to do at Red- bourn . And the ball and the musical soirée , -how nice it would be to go with ...
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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.