Everley [by miss Cornish].1855 |
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... mother . " " Yes , perhaps so , " said Evelyn , dreamily . " Oh ! Evelyn , if you knew how I have longed for a mother ; a tender , watchful , sympathising mother ! How light would all trials and sorrows have seemed , if I had had one to ...
... mother . " " Yes , perhaps so , " said Evelyn , dreamily . " Oh ! Evelyn , if you knew how I have longed for a mother ; a tender , watchful , sympathising mother ! How light would all trials and sorrows have seemed , if I had had one to ...
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... mother's face . But there was no disappointment written there . " You will do very well , my love , " said Mrs. Fal- coner , rising and kissing her . " I shall write to Mr. Lane to - day , and you must practise well , be- cause your ...
... mother's face . But there was no disappointment written there . " You will do very well , my love , " said Mrs. Fal- coner , rising and kissing her . " I shall write to Mr. Lane to - day , and you must practise well , be- cause your ...
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... mother with eight or ten starving , half clothed children , in an elegant dress like her sisters ' , and a delicate bonnet with feathers outside and flowers within ? Evelyn was frightened to find how much less attractive her schemes for ...
... mother with eight or ten starving , half clothed children , in an elegant dress like her sisters ' , and a delicate bonnet with feathers outside and flowers within ? Evelyn was frightened to find how much less attractive her schemes for ...
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... mother and sisters grew really fond of her . Mrs. Falconer said she was a sweet tem- pered , affectionate girl , so ready and obliging that everyone must love her . Augusta and Mary said , " home was quite a different thing with Evy ...
... mother and sisters grew really fond of her . Mrs. Falconer said she was a sweet tem- pered , affectionate girl , so ready and obliging that everyone must love her . Augusta and Mary said , " home was quite a different thing with Evy ...
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... mother kissed her and said what a comfort it was to have her at home again . But all these things took up a great deal of time , and she was rather disconcerted when she found that she had no leisure for reading , and that when she ...
... mother kissed her and said what a comfort it was to have her at home again . But all these things took up a great deal of time , and she was rather disconcerted when she found that she had no leisure for reading , and that when she ...
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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.