The Works of Mary Russell Mitford: Prose and Verse, Viz. Our Village, Belford Regis, Country Stories, Finden's Tableaux, Foscari, Julian, Rienzi, Charles the FirstCrissy & Markley, 1846 - 672 pages |
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Page 18
... heart could desire . She blushed and bridled ; fidgeted with her mit- tens or her apron ; flirted a fan nearly as tall as herself , and held her head on one side with that peculiar air which I have noted in the shyer birds , and ladies ...
... heart could desire . She blushed and bridled ; fidgeted with her mit- tens or her apron ; flirted a fan nearly as tall as herself , and held her head on one side with that peculiar air which I have noted in the shyer birds , and ladies ...
Page 25
... heart leaps at the sight of the old place - and so , in good truth , does mine . What a pretty place it was , or rather , how pretty I thought it ! I suppose I should have thought any place so where I had spent eighteen happy years ...
... heart leaps at the sight of the old place - and so , in good truth , does mine . What a pretty place it was , or rather , how pretty I thought it ! I suppose I should have thought any place so where I had spent eighteen happy years ...
Page 26
... heart's - ease , formed a small part of the Flora of that wild hedge- row . How profusely they covered the sunny open slope under the weeping birch , " the lady of the woods , " and how often have I started to see the carly innocent ...
... heart's - ease , formed a small part of the Flora of that wild hedge- row . How profusely they covered the sunny open slope under the weeping birch , " the lady of the woods , " and how often have I started to see the carly innocent ...
Page 32
... heart and mind ! To inhabit such a scene of peace and sweetness is again to be fearless , gay and gentle as a child . Then it is that thought be- comes poetry , and feeling religion . - Then it is that we are happy and good . Oh that my ...
... heart and mind ! To inhabit such a scene of peace and sweetness is again to be fearless , gay and gentle as a child . Then it is that thought be- comes poetry , and feeling religion . - Then it is that we are happy and good . Oh that my ...
Page 35
... heart , that was every thing ; and whilst Char- lotte flourished and blossomed like a rose in the sunshine , Ellen sickened and withered like the same plant in the shade . Mr. Page lost much enjoyment by this un- fortunate partiality ...
... heart , that was every thing ; and whilst Char- lotte flourished and blossomed like a rose in the sunshine , Ellen sickened and withered like the same plant in the shade . Mr. Page lost much enjoyment by this un- fortunate partiality ...
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