Everley [by miss Cornish].1855 |
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... thought wise for Evelyn to spend them with an aunt who resided a short distance from Redbourn , where she was at school , and this arrangement was found to save so much trouble and expense , and Mrs. Layton was so glad to have her niece ...
... thought wise for Evelyn to spend them with an aunt who resided a short distance from Redbourn , where she was at school , and this arrangement was found to save so much trouble and expense , and Mrs. Layton was so glad to have her niece ...
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Cornish. home - sick thoughts had drawn the two girls to- gether , amongst the crowd of strange inquisitive faces ... thought , and the free mutual confidence they had so long enjoyed . And Georgina's life was to be changed also . She ...
Cornish. home - sick thoughts had drawn the two girls to- gether , amongst the crowd of strange inquisitive faces ... thought , and the free mutual confidence they had so long enjoyed . And Georgina's life was to be changed also . She ...
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... thought with affection of Georgina's brown merino gown and plain muslin collar . " How glad you must be to leave school , Evy , ” remarked Mary . 66 Weren't you enchanted when the day came ? " Evelyn thought of the sorrowful tears she ...
... thought with affection of Georgina's brown merino gown and plain muslin collar . " How glad you must be to leave school , Evy , ” remarked Mary . 66 Weren't you enchanted when the day came ? " Evelyn thought of the sorrowful tears she ...
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... thought crossed her mind that the wearers of those glacé silk dresses would be shocked at the idea of sitting in the centre of a circle of ignorant , poorly clothed children , or paying a visit to a poor woman in a mud cottage , and ...
... thought crossed her mind that the wearers of those glacé silk dresses would be shocked at the idea of sitting in the centre of a circle of ignorant , poorly clothed children , or paying a visit to a poor woman in a mud cottage , and ...
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... thought we used to be intimate with the Brents . " Why , you see , my dear Evelyn , " replied Au- gusta a little impatiently , " the Brents don't visit in our set . Mr. Brent is only a country surgeon , and as the Kynastons and ...
... thought we used to be intimate with the Brents . " Why , you see , my dear Evelyn , " replied Au- gusta a little impatiently , " the Brents don't visit in our set . Mr. Brent is only a country surgeon , and as the Kynastons and ...
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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.