Everley [by miss Cornish].1855 |
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... their letters , " observed Georgina . " I have had very few , " replied Evelyn . Only two from Augusta all the time , and about a dozen from Mary . It was mamma who used to write ! " B " Yes , and you will have her ; no EVERLEY. ...
... their letters , " observed Georgina . " I have had very few , " replied Evelyn . Only two from Augusta all the time , and about a dozen from Mary . It was mamma who used to write ! " B " Yes , and you will have her ; no EVERLEY. ...
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... mamma's thin pale face . She held out her hand and smoothed my hair , and told me never to forget her , and to be a comfort to papa when she was gone . Papa held me up to kiss her , she was so weak she could not raise her head , and ...
... mamma's thin pale face . She held out her hand and smoothed my hair , and told me never to forget her , and to be a comfort to papa when she was gone . Papa held me up to kiss her , she was so weak she could not raise her head , and ...
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... mamma ? " " Well , my love , she shall please herself ; but I should not fancy her dancing master can have been anything very superior at a small town like Red- bourn . It may be necessary for her to take a few lessons first . " " I do ...
... mamma ? " " Well , my love , she shall please herself ; but I should not fancy her dancing master can have been anything very superior at a small town like Red- bourn . It may be necessary for her to take a few lessons first . " " I do ...
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... mamma says , Mary , we must practise well . There are several pieces by Mendelssohn that I should very much wish to play that night . " " Hark ! I hear wheels , " said Mary , listening . " Yes ! and there is the bell . " Mary walked to ...
... mamma says , Mary , we must practise well . There are several pieces by Mendelssohn that I should very much wish to play that night . " " Hark ! I hear wheels , " said Mary , listening . " Yes ! and there is the bell . " Mary walked to ...
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... mamma , but so happy to be at home again and with you all . " " How you are grown , Evy ! " said Mary , com- paring height with her in the glass . " Why you are taller than I am , and four years younger too ! " " Yes , you are very much ...
... mamma , but so happy to be at home again and with you all . " " How you are grown , Evy ! " said Mary , com- paring height with her in the glass . " Why you are taller than I am , and four years younger too ! " " Yes , you are very much ...
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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.