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... whole days . However , this had been the case , and Ann Settle had gone , early in the morning , to Shap . A broad stream of light fell from the casement window of the room in which Mrs. Gurnett was seated , on to the pile of snow which ...
... whole days . However , this had been the case , and Ann Settle had gone , early in the morning , to Shap . A broad stream of light fell from the casement window of the room in which Mrs. Gurnett was seated , on to the pile of snow which ...
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... whole blame of the sad tragedy that followed on his shoul- ders . " It's a heavy charge for a lone widow woman like myself , " sighed the widow , " to hev the custody o ' that poor demented wench ; it's more than I can bear , sometimes ...
... whole blame of the sad tragedy that followed on his shoul- ders . " It's a heavy charge for a lone widow woman like myself , " sighed the widow , " to hev the custody o ' that poor demented wench ; it's more than I can bear , sometimes ...
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... whole face of the country to look like one vast swamp , whilst water dripped and plashed incessantly from thatched roof - tops and gable ends , and from the hare , gaunt - looking branches of the trees . The streets of Penrith were full ...
... whole face of the country to look like one vast swamp , whilst water dripped and plashed incessantly from thatched roof - tops and gable ends , and from the hare , gaunt - looking branches of the trees . The streets of Penrith were full ...
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... whole , she was , as I have said , a decidedly nice little girl ; she was one of a family of ten , whose father was the vicar of the parish where the Turnpennys lived , and was so domes- ticated , such a sweet temper , so placid - in ...
... whole , she was , as I have said , a decidedly nice little girl ; she was one of a family of ten , whose father was the vicar of the parish where the Turnpennys lived , and was so domes- ticated , such a sweet temper , so placid - in ...
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... whole body into the sea . Revenge fell upon the old man's child ; Philotos was told his duty , and Dionysius left them . Instead of performing the orders he had received , Philotas , who had ever hated the spoiler , told Euphrasia the ...
... whole body into the sea . Revenge fell upon the old man's child ; Philotos was told his duty , and Dionysius left them . Instead of performing the orders he had received , Philotas , who had ever hated the spoiler , told Euphrasia the ...
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Page 240 - Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
Page 151 - Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy; For the apparel oft proclaims the man, And they in France of the best rank and station Are most select and generous, chief in that.
Page 445 - Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears ; and sometime voices, That, if I then had wak'd after long sleep, Will make me sleep again : and then, in dreaming, The clouds methought would open, and show riches Ready to drop upon me ; that, when I wak'd, I cried to dream again.
Page 519 - Grace was in all her steps, Heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love.
Page 279 - My former thoughts returned: the fear that kills; And hope that is unwilling to be fed; Cold, pain, and labour, and all fleshly ills; And mighty Poets in their misery dead. — Perplexed, and longing to be comforted, My question eagerly did I renew, "How is it that you live, and what is it you do?
Page 464 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it? No. Doth he hear it? No. Is it insensible then? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living ? No. Why? Detraction will not suffer it :— therefore I'll none of it : Honour is a mere scutcheon, and so ends my catechism.
Page 180 - Their glory disappear. A Power is passing from the earth To breathless Nature's dark abyss; But when the great and good depart What is it more than this — That Man, who is from God sent forth, Doth yet again to God return?
Page 522 - The Blessing of my later years Was with me when a boy : She gave me eyes, she gave me ears ; And humble cares, and delicate fears ; A heart, the fountain of sweet tears ; And love, and thought, and joy.
Page 459 - This land of such dear souls, this dear, dear land, Dear for her reputation through the world...
Page 95 - Genuine and innocent wit like this, is surely the flavour of the mind! Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food ; but God has given us wit, and flavour, and brightness, and laughter, and perfumes, to enliven the days of man's pilgrimage, and to " charm his pained steps over the burning marie.