Who are the happy ones? or, Home sketches. By the author of 'Quiet thughts for quiet hours'.1875 |
De dentro do livro
Resultados 6-10 de 37
Página 29
... Thornton , and said , " Now , my good lady , you must allow me to speak plainly with you . You will never rear that child , unless you pursue a totally different course with her . You must leave her alone , and let her follow where ...
... Thornton , and said , " Now , my good lady , you must allow me to speak plainly with you . You will never rear that child , unless you pursue a totally different course with her . You must leave her alone , and let her follow where ...
Página 31
... Thornton's brain in connection with Flora's soft , white , delicate little hands , and she felt it impossible to agree to this ; so , to avoid the pain of a direct refusal , she proposed that Flora should ride the pony every day for an ...
... Thornton's brain in connection with Flora's soft , white , delicate little hands , and she felt it impossible to agree to this ; so , to avoid the pain of a direct refusal , she proposed that Flora should ride the pony every day for an ...
Página 80
... Thornton is expected home . " “ Indeed ! oh , I am so glad ! ” " And so am I ; though I am quite asto- nished at myself for caring about it as I do . But in this quiet life every little thing becomes of importance , I suppose ; and , be ...
... Thornton is expected home . " “ Indeed ! oh , I am so glad ! ” " And so am I ; though I am quite asto- nished at myself for caring about it as I do . But in this quiet life every little thing becomes of importance , I suppose ; and , be ...
Página 81
... Thornton , aunt ? " 66 Very little ; she was here for a short time about five years ago , when she left the two . elder girls with their grandmother . " " And what sort of person is she ? " " Not at all agreeable , to my mind . She has ...
... Thornton , aunt ? " 66 Very little ; she was here for a short time about five years ago , when she left the two . elder girls with their grandmother . " " And what sort of person is she ? " " Not at all agreeable , to my mind . She has ...
Página 82
... Thornton was ill . " Yes , it is on account of her health she is coming home ; but the doctors think the voyage will do wonders ; they say it always does . She is coming by the overland route . Helen , I don't quite understand about ...
... Thornton was ill . " Yes , it is on account of her health she is coming home ; but the doctors think the voyage will do wonders ; they say it always does . She is coming by the overland route . Helen , I don't quite understand about ...
Outras edições - Ver todos
Who Are the Happy Ones? Or, Home Sketches. by the Author of 'Quiet Thughts ... Who Prévia não disponível - 2016 |
Termos e frases comuns
afraid aunt beautiful BEETON'S BOOK better blessing bright Charlie Stuart child Coloured Plates comfort Cookery cottage cousin dear Dictionary duty Effie Effie's Ellen Engravings evil feel felt Flora garden gilt edges girl give glad God's grandmama hand happy HARRISON WEIR heard heart Helen Herbert Illustrated kind King of Prussia knew lady lesson Lester live look mama Maria Marsden mind Minnie Miss Burnet Miss Marsh Miss Willis Miss Wilson morning mother nature never Oakhurst pain Percy perhaps pleasure poor prayer Published by Ward quiet racter remember ROBERT SCOTT BURN rose rose-tree Roses and Thorns seemed selfishness sitting soon sorrow spirit sure sweet tell thee things Thornton thou thought timately tion to-day Tyler unto Victoria Cross village wait walk wish wonder workhouse young
Passagens mais conhecidas
Página 132 - For I have learned To look on Nature not as in the hour Of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity, Nor harsh, nor grating, though of ample power To chasten and subdue. And I have felt A presence that disturbs me with the joy Of elevated thoughts...
Página 81 - O Lady! we receive but what we give And in our life alone does Nature live: Ours is her wedding garment, ours her shroud! And would we aught behold of higher worth, Than that inanimate cold world allowed To the poor loveless ever-anxious crowd, Ah! from the soul itself must issue forth A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud Enveloping the Earth And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element!
Página 132 - That time is past, And all its aching joys are now no more, And all its dizzy raptures. Not for this Faint I, nor mourn nor murmur; other gifts Have followed; for such loss, I would believe, Abundant recompense.
Página 77 - I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins : return unto me ; for I have redeemed thee.
Página 237 - O what a glory doth this world put on For him who, with a fervent heart, goes forth Under the bright and glorious sky, and looks On duties well performed, and days well spent ! For him the wind, ay, and the yellow leaves Shall have a voice, and give him eloquent teachings. He shall so hear the solemn hymn, that Death Has lifted up for all, that he shall go To his long resting-place without a tear.