'Recommended to mercy' [by M.C. Houstoun]. |
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الصفحة 50
... beauty formed so strong a contrast to his own scant personal gifts and many shortcomings . To a woman it is a great curse to know no ' natural fear ; ' and keenly did Helen feel this truth , when in after years she stood alone be- fore ...
... beauty formed so strong a contrast to his own scant personal gifts and many shortcomings . To a woman it is a great curse to know no ' natural fear ; ' and keenly did Helen feel this truth , when in after years she stood alone be- fore ...
الصفحة 51
... beauty of high thoughts clothed in immortal verse- feeding on the melody of poetry , as on sweet and intellectual music . But perhaps what the child enjoyed the most , were truthful records of perils encountered in wild wilder- nesses ...
... beauty of high thoughts clothed in immortal verse- feeding on the melody of poetry , as on sweet and intellectual music . But perhaps what the child enjoyed the most , were truthful records of perils encountered in wild wilder- nesses ...
الصفحة 54
... beauty was on the wane , and that a ten years ' warfare with adverse fate had told upon the roundness of her form , and produced angles where angles should not be . Under those circumstances , is it surprising that she had her moments ...
... beauty was on the wane , and that a ten years ' warfare with adverse fate had told upon the roundness of her form , and produced angles where angles should not be . Under those circumstances , is it surprising that she had her moments ...
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... beauty which Nature can lavish on her children , scarce one was wanting to make up the sum of loveliness that had fallen to the share of Helen Langton . The girl leant back against the tree , and her threaded needle hung idly from her ...
... beauty which Nature can lavish on her children , scarce one was wanting to make up the sum of loveliness that had fallen to the share of Helen Langton . The girl leant back against the tree , and her threaded needle hung idly from her ...
الصفحة 85
... word , and cast- ing a blight upon your beauty and your fair fame . ' · And pray who has given you a right to watch over my actions ? ' cried Helen . ' I am not alone in the world , I have a " Recommended to Mercy . " 85.
... word , and cast- ing a blight upon your beauty and your fair fame . ' · And pray who has given you a right to watch over my actions ? ' cried Helen . ' I am not alone in the world , I have a " Recommended to Mercy . " 85.
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Alice Alice's angry Archery Arthur asceticism asked beauty better Brandreth breast breath called cheek child cold Colonel Thorn Colonel Thornleigh comfort cousin creature comforts cried daugh dear Dormer dread duty Edward Ellerton eyes face fancy father fear feel felt fingers forgive gentle gentle touch Gertrude girl hand happy hard heard heart Heaven Helen Helen loved Herbert honour hope husband India knew labour Lady Thornleigh Langton laugh leave lips listen looked marriage Mary Owen mind mother Nellie never night once pain pardon passed passion perhaps Philip Thornleigh pity pleasant poor pray Rector rich seemed shillings sight silent Sir Edgar Sir Philip sister smile sorrow stood sure Talmash tears tell thing Thornleigh Abbey thought tion tone truth turned Vaughan voice Warminster whispered wife wish woman women words young
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الصفحة 43 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together : our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.
الصفحة 273 - THE flower that smiles to-day To-morrow dies; All that we wish to stay Tempts and then flies. What is this world's delight? Lightning that mocks the night, Brief even as bright.
الصفحة 277 - I should have found in some place of my soul A drop of patience : but, alas, to make me A fixed figure for the time of scorn To point his slow unmoving finger at...
الصفحة 1 - Lydia's monarch should the search descend, By Solon caution'd to regard his end, In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise? From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driv'ler and a show.
الصفحة 241 - Alas ! I have walked through life Too heedless where I trod ; Nay, helping to trample my fellow-worm, And fill the burial sod, Forgetting that even the sparrow falls Not unmarked of God...
الصفحة 68 - Twill ever stick, through malice of your own. Most hard! in pleasing your chief glory lies; And yet from pleasing your chief dangers rise : Then please the best; and know, for men of sense. Your strongest charms are native innocence.
الصفحة 241 - I drank the richest draughts ; And ate whatever is good — Fish, and flesh, and fowl, and fruit, Supplied my hungry mood ; But I never...
الصفحة 63 - To bear those labours, which our fathers bore, That crown withheld, which they in triumph wore? When with much pains this boasted learning's got, 'Tis an affront to those who have it not.
الصفحة 68 - When kind, most cruel ; when oblig'd the most, The least obliging; and by favours lost. Cruel by nature, they for kindness hate ; And scorn you for those ills themselves create. If on your fame our sex a blot has thrown, 'Twill ever stick, through malice of your own.