Everley [by miss Cornish].1855 |
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... heard several false notes . " " The piano was so stiff , " said Mary . " It wouldn't be so on our own . ' " " " And we have so much new music just now , " added Augusta , " but as mamma says , Mary , we must practise well . There are ...
... heard several false notes . " " The piano was so stiff , " said Mary . " It wouldn't be so on our own . ' " " " And we have so much new music just now , " added Augusta , " but as mamma says , Mary , we must practise well . There are ...
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... find her very backward , not at all equal to Augusta and Mary , of whose musical talents she had heard so much . " But we have no voices , " remarked Augusta , " at least Mary sings but little , and seldom EVERLEY . 19.
... find her very backward , not at all equal to Augusta and Mary , of whose musical talents she had heard so much . " But we have no voices , " remarked Augusta , " at least Mary sings but little , and seldom EVERLEY . 19.
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... heard any one play so well . " " Yes , she plays on the harp beautifully , " said Mary warmly . " Mr. Brent remarked to me the other night , Augusta , when you were playing ' Auld Robin Gray ' with variations , that he had never heard ...
... heard any one play so well . " " Yes , she plays on the harp beautifully , " said Mary warmly . " Mr. Brent remarked to me the other night , Augusta , when you were playing ' Auld Robin Gray ' with variations , that he had never heard ...
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... heard of such things among the companions with whom she was associated at Redbourn , she had imagined them as only existing amongst those who knew no better , and had never had things put before them in a true light , and thought them ...
... heard of such things among the companions with whom she was associated at Redbourn , she had imagined them as only existing amongst those who knew no better , and had never had things put before them in a true light , and thought them ...
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... heard and read of marriage being looked upon and made use of in a mere mercenary light , and for mercenary results ; but it appeared to her so sad and un- natural , that she could not believe it a thing of every day occurrence , or ...
... heard and read of marriage being looked upon and made use of in a mere mercenary light , and for mercenary results ; but it appeared to her so sad and un- natural , that she could not believe it a thing of every day occurrence , or ...
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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.