Everley [by miss Cornish].1855 |
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... sure , of course , but I cannot help fearing . You know , Georgy , one of my favourite plans is to lead a useful life , visiting the poor , and teaching in the schools . " " There are other ways of leading a useful life besides doing ...
... sure , of course , but I cannot help fearing . You know , Georgy , one of my favourite plans is to lead a useful life , visiting the poor , and teaching in the schools . " " There are other ways of leading a useful life besides doing ...
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... sure she has done her best to make us value higher things . " " Yes , and I hope we shall carry out her training . She has been a real friend to us , and I feel as if I were parting with an aunt instead of a school- mistress . But now ...
... sure she has done her best to make us value higher things . " " Yes , and I hope we shall carry out her training . She has been a real friend to us , and I feel as if I were parting with an aunt instead of a school- mistress . But now ...
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... sure Evelyn mentioned having been to some there . " " Yes , parties of thirty or forty , with a sit - down tea , and supper at nine , " replied Augusta , " but that is a very different thing from a ball such as the Kynastons ' will be ...
... sure Evelyn mentioned having been to some there . " " Yes , parties of thirty or forty , with a sit - down tea , and supper at nine , " replied Augusta , " but that is a very different thing from a ball such as the Kynastons ' will be ...
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... sure to go off well . " " Only , my love , you must practise , " observed Mrs. Falconer . " I was quite nervous when you were playing Thalberg the other night , I heard several false notes . " " The piano was so stiff , " said Mary ...
... sure to go off well . " " Only , my love , you must practise , " observed Mrs. Falconer . " I was quite nervous when you were playing Thalberg the other night , I heard several false notes . " " The piano was so stiff , " said Mary ...
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... sure you don't mind , love . " " Oh ! no , " said Evelyn , hastily arranging her dress , and giving a discomfited glance at her sisters ' elegant evening dresses . Those glacé silks seemed to come between her and them in some mysterious ...
... sure you don't mind , love . " " Oh ! no , " said Evelyn , hastily arranging her dress , and giving a discomfited glance at her sisters ' elegant evening dresses . Those glacé silks seemed to come between her and them in some mysterious ...
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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.