'Recommended to mercy' [by M.C. Houstoun]. |
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الصفحة 2
Her first resting - place was far removed from the scene of her short - lived
happiness ; for it was to a small seaport town in a northern county that she betook
herself , with her crushed fortunes and ruined hopes , for shelter and for privacy .
Her first resting - place was far removed from the scene of her short - lived
happiness ; for it was to a small seaport town in a northern county that she betook
herself , with her crushed fortunes and ruined hopes , for shelter and for privacy .
الصفحة 9
... rosy parted lips , and back to the dark lustrous eyes he glanced ; and then so
much of the offending Adam as Mrs . Fanshawe had not as yet whipped out of
him went near to angering that handsome Helen beyond all hope of future
pardon .
... rosy parted lips , and back to the dark lustrous eyes he glanced ; and then so
much of the offending Adam as Mrs . Fanshawe had not as yet whipped out of
him went near to angering that handsome Helen beyond all hope of future
pardon .
الصفحة 31
I have endeavoured to make them love work , and have told them - you do not
know how often — that it is not by striving after the attainment of a station above
their fathers , but by leading a useful , busy life that they can hope to be happy .
I have endeavoured to make them love work , and have told them - you do not
know how often — that it is not by striving after the attainment of a station above
their fathers , but by leading a useful , busy life that they can hope to be happy .
الصفحة 37
... preachers had failed to rouse me ; and the knowledge that the world would
condemn me had vanished from my thoughts ; but her charity did not and could
not fail ; and it was the light of hope that I might one day “ Recommended to
Mercy .
... preachers had failed to rouse me ; and the knowledge that the world would
condemn me had vanished from my thoughts ; but her charity did not and could
not fail ; and it was the light of hope that I might one day “ Recommended to
Mercy .
الصفحة 38
was the light of hope that I might one day be more worthy of her friendship , that
has led me to - day through the deep valley of humiliation . It is in your power to
shut out that light from the future of my life , but it will remain a bright star in my ...
was the light of hope that I might one day be more worthy of her friendship , that
has led me to - day through the deep valley of humiliation . It is in your power to
shut out that light from the future of my life , but it will remain a bright star in my ...
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الصفحة 220 - Meantime I seek no sympathies, nor need ; The thorns which I have reap'd are of the tree I planted, — they have torn me — and I bleed : I should have known what fruit would spring from such a seed.
الصفحة 246 - Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains.
الصفحة 86 - Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death, And all the sad variety of pain.
الصفحة 204 - Steadfast, serene, immovable, the same Year after year, through all the silent night Burns on for evermore that quenchless flame, Shines on that inextinguishable light...
الصفحة 178 - And the Poet, faithful and far-seeing, Sees, alike in stars and flowers, a part Of the self-same, universal being, Which is throbbing in his brain and heart. Gorgeous flowerets in the sunlight shining, Blossoms flaunting in the eye of day, Tremulous leaves, with soft and silver lining, Buds that open only to decay...
الصفحة 220 - The tree will wither long before it fall; The hull drives on, though mast and sail be torn; The roof-tree sinks, but moulders on the hall In massy hoariness; the...
الصفحة 202 - In some fair body thus th' informing soul With spirits feeds, with vigour fills the whole ; Each motion guides, and every nerve sustains, Itself unseen, but in th' effects remains. Some, to whom Heaven in wit has been profuse, Want as much more to turn it to its use ; For wit and judgment often are at strife, Though meant each other's aid, like man and wife.
الصفحة 152 - Heaven's Sovereign saves all beings, but himself, That hideous sight, a naked human heart.
الصفحة 178 - Flaunting gaily in the golden light ; Large desires, with most uncertain issues, Tender wishes, blossoming at night ! These in flowers and men are more than seeming Workings are they of the self-same powers, Which the Poet, in no idle dreaming, Seeth in himself, and in the flowers.