The Morning call, by mrs. Ellis, Volume 4; Volume 411850 |
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... wonder that Arthur Grahame called at the cottage again before many days had passed over - in short , that he found repeated excuses for calling - sometimes in the borrowing of a book - sometimes in the lending of one ; and sometimes in ...
... wonder that Arthur Grahame called at the cottage again before many days had passed over - in short , that he found repeated excuses for calling - sometimes in the borrowing of a book - sometimes in the lending of one ; and sometimes in ...
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... to find the weak point of some really good people , better than Ella by many many degrees . No wonder , then , that she was overcome by flattery , so welcome , and so gratifying , as that which persuaded 6 SELF - DECEPTION ; OR ,
... to find the weak point of some really good people , better than Ella by many many degrees . No wonder , then , that she was overcome by flattery , so welcome , and so gratifying , as that which persuaded 6 SELF - DECEPTION ; OR ,
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... wonder ; but what to begin with , what points especially to place before you , or what to make of the subject as a whole , is indeed a question not easily decided ; for now that I have seen the Exhibition again and again , and have made ...
... wonder ; but what to begin with , what points especially to place before you , or what to make of the subject as a whole , is indeed a question not easily decided ; for now that I have seen the Exhibition again and again , and have made ...
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... look out again at the corner , down into the transept , and along both naves . These views are wonder- ful , beyond description , and can never tire . They never fail to astonish , either , though seen again and again ; THE EXHIBITION . 83.
... look out again at the corner , down into the transept , and along both naves . These views are wonder- ful , beyond description , and can never tire . They never fail to astonish , either , though seen again and again ; THE EXHIBITION . 83.
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... wonder and interest appears to me nothing more than a skilful touch of the chisel , which diverts the eye from the real beauty which it ought always to be the object of the sculptor to embody - a trick which robs it of that purity and ...
... wonder and interest appears to me nothing more than a skilful touch of the chisel , which diverts the eye from the real beauty which it ought always to be the object of the sculptor to embody - a trick which robs it of that purity and ...
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Alice Greyburn altogether amongst Arthur Grahame asked beautiful beneath better blessed called character Charles child circumstances cottage countenance Crystal Palace Cupid and Psyche dark door duty Elderfield Ella felt Ella's eyes face fancy feelings felt flowers garden gaze gentle gentleman girl hand happy heard heart honour hope hour human Inverurie kind knew lady Laurence Saunders Liddesdale light Lillie Cawthorne listen look Lorrimer manner Margaret Douglas marriage means mind Miss Cawthorne morning mother nature never night once painful passed Père La Chaise perhaps person pity pleasant poor present racter rectory replied scarcely seemed self-deception she-the silent smile sometimes soon soul speak spirit strange sure sweet tears tell tenderness thing thou thought tion told Tomlins truth voice walked wish woman wonder words young
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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...