'Recommended to mercy' [by M.C. Houstoun]. |
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الصفحة 3
But these things were beyond her reach , and therefore even as a fire dies out for
want of a draught to call forth and stimulate its vitality , so did she droop and fade
in the stagnant atmosphere that she was breathing . One long summer passed ...
But these things were beyond her reach , and therefore even as a fire dies out for
want of a draught to call forth and stimulate its vitality , so did she droop and fade
in the stagnant atmosphere that she was breathing . One long summer passed ...
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Pon my word , ' said the ci - devant army chaplain , after hearing her complaints ,
“ I believe I know of the very thing for you : that is , if you don ' t mind being bored .
' Bored ? nonsense , ' said Helen , with something of her old impetuosity .
Pon my word , ' said the ci - devant army chaplain , after hearing her complaints ,
“ I believe I know of the very thing for you : that is , if you don ' t mind being bored .
' Bored ? nonsense , ' said Helen , with something of her old impetuosity .
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I was sure you would not like it ; the confinement and the trouble of the children
would , I am convinced , never suit you . ' Indeed they would . I am certain that I
should even enjoy it of all things ; and then , ' she added , laughingly , ' wages ,
you ...
I was sure you would not like it ; the confinement and the trouble of the children
would , I am convinced , never suit you . ' Indeed they would . I am certain that I
should even enjoy it of all things ; and then , ' she added , laughingly , ' wages ,
you ...
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girl in some things still , and it was so long since she had even smiled ! There are
some men who seem to consider a woman ' s merry laugh as in some sort a
challenge ; and who are even wont to fancy that having so laughed , her arms are
...
girl in some things still , and it was so long since she had even smiled ! There are
some men who seem to consider a woman ' s merry laugh as in some sort a
challenge ; and who are even wont to fancy that having so laughed , her arms are
...
الصفحة 17
But for her previous experience , Helen might have ran some risk of being spoilt '
by the notice and admiration she excited , for she was too complete a woman not
to be something of a “ coquette ; ' but she was also that rare thing , a ' coquette ...
But for her previous experience , Helen might have ran some risk of being spoilt '
by the notice and admiration she excited , for she was too complete a woman not
to be something of a “ coquette ; ' but she was also that rare thing , a ' coquette ...
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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.
معلومات المراجع
| العنوان | 'Recommended to mercy' [by M.C. Houstoun]. المجلد 2 من 'Recommended to mercy' [by M.C. Houstoun], Matilda Charlotte Houstoun |
| المؤلف | Matilda Charlotte Houstoun |
| منشور | 1862 |
| أصلي من | جامعة أوكسفورد |
| الكتب ذات التنسيق الرقمي | 13 تموز (يوليو) 2006 |
| تصدير الاقتباس | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |