Home and the WorldD. Appleton, 1857 - 408 sider |
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... gave the boy breath to reply . " Gran'mammy wants the key o ' your hen - us , sir . There's fresh eggs wantin ' at the kitchen , sir . " Uncle Tom always exacted this " sir " from his numerous descendants . " Well , chile , ain't she ...
... gave the boy breath to reply . " Gran'mammy wants the key o ' your hen - us , sir . There's fresh eggs wantin ' at the kitchen , sir . " Uncle Tom always exacted this " sir " from his numerous descendants . " Well , chile , ain't she ...
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... attire , suited for a walk in the country , gave to view but little of their charms , and hardly more could be seen than four of the brightest eyes , and occasionally , as the conversation became more 16 HOME AND THE WORLD .
... attire , suited for a walk in the country , gave to view but little of their charms , and hardly more could be seen than four of the brightest eyes , and occasionally , as the conversation became more 16 HOME AND THE WORLD .
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... gave to very prudent people the idea that they might , at some future day , without good management on the part of the proprietor , assist the house to " take the estate on its back , and fly away with it . " This , however , would have ...
... gave to very prudent people the idea that they might , at some future day , without good management on the part of the proprietor , assist the house to " take the estate on its back , and fly away with it . " This , however , would have ...
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... gave in these distin- guishing features a just idea of the occupants of the room . As we shall not perhaps again enjoy an opportunity of seeing to such singular advantage the inmates of this favored apartment , we shall for once , and ...
... gave in these distin- guishing features a just idea of the occupants of the room . As we shall not perhaps again enjoy an opportunity of seeing to such singular advantage the inmates of this favored apartment , we shall for once , and ...
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... inmost thoughts before her lips gave them speech ; yet it would have been a pity to deprive such lips of their office , for " coral and pearls , " so often brought up from their ocean depths for a 32 HOME AND THE WORLD .
... inmost thoughts before her lips gave them speech ; yet it would have been a pity to deprive such lips of their office , for " coral and pearls , " so often brought up from their ocean depths for a 32 HOME AND THE WORLD .
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acquaintance Almeria Antoine appeared Avonmore Beatrice beautiful Belmont beneath Bois de Boulogne bright brilliant Captain Delamere carriage charms cheek Clair companion Comte de Visconti conversation costume dark daugh daughter dear door dress Dubourg Duke of Orleans elegant Evelyn exclaimed expression eyes fair fair brow fancy father favorite feeling flowers Fowler garden Genoese gentle give glance graceful hand happy heard heart honor hope horses hour imagined inquired La Superba laughing letter light little Alice looked Louis Quinze louis-d'or lovely Madame de St Madame Laval Melville ment metropolis Miss morning mother mysterious nald nature never Nina noble Palais Royal passed perceived person pleasure present princess promise received Reginald replied Constance rose scene seat seemed seen shade side smile soon supposed thing thought tion Tuileries Uncle Uncle Tom Vicomte Villiers Vivian voice walked words young lady youth
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Side 50 - I found him close with Swift— Indeed? no doubt (Cries prating Balbus) something will come out.' 'Tis all in vain, deny it as I will: 'No, such a genius never can lie still'; And then for mine obligingly mistakes The first lampoon Sir Will or Bubo makes.
Side 231 - I charm thy life From the weapons of strife, From stone and from wood, From fire and from flood, From the serpent's tooth, And the beasts of blood : From Sickness I charm thee, And Time shall not harm thee ; But Earth, which is mine, Its fruits shall deny thee ; And Water shall hear me, And know thee and fly thee ; And the Winds shall not touch thee When they pass by thee, And the Dews shall not wet thee When they fall nigh thee...
Side 101 - Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground ; long heath, brown furze, any thing : The wills above be done ! but I would fain die a dry death.
Side 167 - He is a gentleman, steady in his principles, of nice honour, with abundance of learning : brave as the sword he wears, and bold as a lion : a sure friend and an irreconcileable enemy : would lose his life readily to serve his country ; and would not do a base thing to save it.
Side 94 - ALAS ! how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love ! Hearts that the world in vain has tried, And sorrow but more closely tied ; That stood the storm when waves were rough, Yet in a sunny hour fall off, Like ships, that have gone down at sea, When Heaven was all tranquillity! A something light as air — a look, A word unkind or wrongly taken — Oh ! love, that tempests never shook, A breath, a touch like this has shaken.
Side 41 - The parlor windows in the newer portion "commanded a view of the extensive lawn in front of the house. One side of it gave entrance to a conservatory filled with tropical fruit trees and flowering plants.
Side 17 - World, In it, she stated that "the house . . . like the grounds showed the work of successive generations. The original structure had received many additions, some of the latest claiming a title to architectural taste The more ancient portion of the building . . . always seemed to possess a special attraction for the family.
Side 298 - Beatrice recognized the Duke de Chartres, the eldest son of the Duke of Orleans.
Side 85 - Ay, ay, Mr. vach, you'll be here of a week day soon, for I saw a funeral last night." Upon one occasion the clergyman asked her, "Well, Molly, have you seen a funeral lately?" " Ay, ay, Mr. vach," was the reply, " I saw one a night or two ago, and I saw you as plainly as I see you now ; and you did what I never saw you do before.