The Morning call, by mrs. Ellis, Volume 4; Volume 411850 |
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... knew the secret of this wonderful occupation of time and thought ; and to some extent shared in it . Alice too would have assisted , if she could , but the intricacies of the law were far beyond her powers of comprehension . She ...
... knew the secret of this wonderful occupation of time and thought ; and to some extent shared in it . Alice too would have assisted , if she could , but the intricacies of the law were far beyond her powers of comprehension . She ...
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... knew nothing of what had transpired . She only felt that the poor woman whom she had known in better cir- cumstances , looked pitiable and abject - nay , absolutely hungry ; and , as such , she determined to relieve her most pressing ...
... knew nothing of what had transpired . She only felt that the poor woman whom she had known in better cir- cumstances , looked pitiable and abject - nay , absolutely hungry ; and , as such , she determined to relieve her most pressing ...
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... knew the world , too , and the weak points of human nature ; so much as she had profited in her worldly career by the consistent carrying out of her favourite system of flattering and encouraging every one she came in contact with , on ...
... knew the world , too , and the weak points of human nature ; so much as she had profited in her worldly career by the consistent carrying out of her favourite system of flattering and encouraging every one she came in contact with , on ...
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... knew her , that it could exist - a strange in- compatibility , which few people believed in , but which , in her own case , had given her higher ideas of religion than she had ever entertained before . In short , she summed up her ...
... knew her , that it could exist - a strange in- compatibility , which few people believed in , but which , in her own case , had given her higher ideas of religion than she had ever entertained before . In short , she summed up her ...
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... knew herself to possess . Many women could be sympathising ; but to be able to exhibit at once both tenderness and loftiness of soul ; this was , indeed , to be a character ; to fill a place in the world , and in the hearts of her ...
... knew herself to possess . Many women could be sympathising ; but to be able to exhibit at once both tenderness and loftiness of soul ; this was , indeed , to be a character ; to fill a place in the world , and in the hearts of her ...
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Page 95 - He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away; He recked not of the life he lost nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay: There were his young barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butchered to make a Roman holiday.
Page 96 - Were with his heart, and that was far away; He reck'd not of the life he lost nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay, There were his young barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butcher'd to make a Roman holiday — All this rush'd with his blood — Shall he expire And unavenged? Arise! ye Goths, and glut your ire!
Page 235 - Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support...
Page 39 - The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill : But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another still : Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath When they, pale captives,...
Page 325 - Her blossoms ; and luxuriant above all The jasmine, throwing wide her elegant sweets, The deep dark green of whose unvarnished leaf Makes more conspicuous, and illumines more The bright profusion of her scattered stars.
Page 95 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony ; And his droop'd head sinks gradually low ; And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder shower ; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won.
Page 476 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 325 - Here are sweet peas, on tip-toe for a flight: With wings of gentle flush o'er delicate white, And taper fingers catching at all things, To bind them all about with tiny rings.
Page 135 - Cant as we may, and as we shall to the end of all things, it is very much harder for the poor to be virtuous than it is for the rich ; and the good that is in them shines the brighter for it.
Page 135 - ... for the poor to be virtuous than it is for the rich; and the good that is in them, shines the brighter for it. In many a noble mansion lives a man, the best of husbands and of fathers, whose private worth in both capacities is justly lauded to the skies. But bring him here, upon this crowded deck. Strip from his fair young wife her silken dress and jewels, unbind her braided hair, stamp early wrinkles on her brow, pinch her pale cheek with care and much privation, array her faded form in coarsely...