The Wedding Guest: A Friend of the Bride and BridegroomTimothy Shay Arthur H.C. Peck & Theo. Bliss, 1856 - 294 páginas |
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... face to face with her lover . Her eyes met his , in that calm , confiding look of an unbounded affection , and , as her hand rested on his arm , strength seemed to flow into her from him , and she looked serene and placid as pure water ...
... face to face with her lover . Her eyes met his , in that calm , confiding look of an unbounded affection , and , as her hand rested on his arm , strength seemed to flow into her from him , and she looked serene and placid as pure water ...
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... faces , that smiled again to them , and at Julius skittering the stones along the water , ( a magical rustic art ! ) That old bridge was a point of sight for pictures , lovelier than Claude painted . For many a year , the old lingered ...
... faces , that smiled again to them , and at Julius skittering the stones along the water , ( a magical rustic art ! ) That old bridge was a point of sight for pictures , lovelier than Claude painted . For many a year , the old lingered ...
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... face . What have they done to her ? When you were children , she was a robust , round little thing - and so strong and cheerful - you could hear her voice half a mile , ringing like a bell ; and now it's Hark from the tomb a doleful ...
... face . What have they done to her ? When you were children , she was a robust , round little thing - and so strong and cheerful - you could hear her voice half a mile , ringing like a bell ; and now it's Hark from the tomb a doleful ...
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... face intelligent , but so pale , so thin - her lips so colourless- her hands so transparent , that I cannot look at her with any pleasure . I declare to you , Anne , when I see a woman with a lively eye , a clear , healthy skin , that ...
... face intelligent , but so pale , so thin - her lips so colourless- her hands so transparent , that I cannot look at her with any pleasure . I declare to you , Anne , when I see a woman with a lively eye , a clear , healthy skin , that ...
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... face of the earth , that she would trust to starch and iron her fine linens and muslins , and laces . " Emily merely said that she was not in the habit of doing such things herself , and that she should expect her to do them . Deborah ...
... face of the earth , that she would trust to starch and iron her fine linens and muslins , and laces . " Emily merely said that she was not in the habit of doing such things herself , and that she should expect her to do them . Deborah ...
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affection Andrew Combe angel Arthur aunt beautiful better blessed bride bright bright eyes Burgess called charm cheek cheerful child cold comfort consociation countenance daugh dear Lizzie delight domestic happiness door dream duties earth Ellen Elma Emily endeavour exclaimed eyes face Faery Queen fairy family feud fancy Fannie father favourite feel felt gentle girl Gorton hand heart Heaven heavenly hope hour husband kind kiss knew Lady Lucy light lips little Eva live look Madame Marcelle marriage married Mary Mary Marvel mind morning mother muslin Nellie never pain parlour passed Paul Pedy perhaps PILGRIM'S PROGRESS pleasure racter replied Rosa seemed sister smile soon sorrow soul spirit sure sweet tears tell tenderness thee things thought tion Titania trifling truth voice Walcott wedded Winkleman wish woman wonder words Yale College young wife
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Página 19 - Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years ; and was gathered to his people.
Página 100 - Ay, go to the grave of buried love, and meditate ! There settle the account with thy conscience for every past benefit unrequited ; every past endearment unregarded, of that departed being, who can never — never — never return to be soothed by thy contrition!
Página 31 - There's a bliss beyond all that the minstrel has told, When two, that are link'd in one heavenly tie, With heart never changing and brow never cold, Love on through all ills, and love on till they die...
Página 276 - Here is the proper scene of piety and patience, of the duty of parents and the charity of relatives; here kindness is spread abroad, and love is united and made firm as a centre: marriage is the nursery of heaven...
Página 271 - Our modern celebrated clubs are founded upon eating and drinking, which are points wherein most men agree, and in which the learned and the illiterate, the dull and the airy, the philosopher and the buffoon, can all of them bear a part.
Página 277 - Marriage is the mother of the world, and preserves kingdoms, and fills cities and churches, and heaven itself. Celibate, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in a perpetual sweetness, but sits alone, and is confined and dies in singularity...
Página 108 - If health be firm — if friends be true — If self be well controlled, If tastes be pure — if wants be few — And not too often told — If reason always rule the heart...
Página 241 - Scarcely did she perceive the earth Which covered the bottom of her abode than she extended her wings, with some effort, bringing them before her head, crossing them in every direction, throwing them from side to side, and producing so many singular contortions, that all her four wings fell off at the same moment in my presence.
Página 57 - Tis noon — a calm, unbroken sleep Is on the blue waves of the deep ; A soft haze, like a fairy dream, Is floating over wood and stream ; And many a broad magnolia flower, Within its shadowy woodland bower, Is gleaming like a lovely star ; But I am sad— thou art afar!
Página 277 - ... of love, and the delicacies of friendship, the blessing of society, and the union of hands and hearts; it hath in it less of beauty, but more of safety, than the single life; it hath more care, but less danger ; it is more merry, and more sad ; is fuller of sorrows, and fuller of joys; it lies under more burdens, but is supported by all the strengths of love and charity, and those burdens are delightful.