Barbara Howard: Or, The Belle of Allensville; a TaleSleeper, Dix and Rogers, 1841 - 106 sider |
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Side 9
... knew a gal that was pretty , but what she could find it out as soon as other folks . " Who is that dandified - looking chap who rode in the sleigh with her ? " asked Ichabod , in a man- ner somewhat more contemptuous than the occasion ...
... knew a gal that was pretty , but what she could find it out as soon as other folks . " Who is that dandified - looking chap who rode in the sleigh with her ? " asked Ichabod , in a man- ner somewhat more contemptuous than the occasion ...
Side 15
... knew whether he stood on his head or his heels ! - — He recovered his faculties , however , when he found himself opposite the front door of the Black Swan , from which place , the horse being left a few minutes to himself , had taken a ...
... knew whether he stood on his head or his heels ! - — He recovered his faculties , however , when he found himself opposite the front door of the Black Swan , from which place , the horse being left a few minutes to himself , had taken a ...
Side 22
... knew that she was beautiful , and that her appearance and manners were in the highest degree captivating ; and her favorite study was the art of angling for hearts , in which she became an adept ; and her greatest enjoyment was in ...
... knew that she was beautiful , and that her appearance and manners were in the highest degree captivating ; and her favorite study was the art of angling for hearts , in which she became an adept ; and her greatest enjoyment was in ...
Side 29
... knew it , and Ichabod felt it . He went on : " I wish you , Barbara , to explain with frank- ness , the state of your feelings towards me . I know my own unworthiness , and what little right I have to expect to draw such a prize in the ...
... knew it , and Ichabod felt it . He went on : " I wish you , Barbara , to explain with frank- ness , the state of your feelings towards me . I know my own unworthiness , and what little right I have to expect to draw such a prize in the ...
Side 41
... knew that the hour of atonement was passed ; that her errors , of the head or of the heart , could not be retrieved ; that she had mixed the cup with her own hands , and whether the mixture was bitter or sweet , was honey or gall , it ...
... knew that the hour of atonement was passed ; that her errors , of the head or of the heart , could not be retrieved ; that she had mixed the cup with her own hands , and whether the mixture was bitter or sweet , was honey or gall , it ...
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Side 52 - I have lived long enough : my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf ; And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Side 34 - There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack!
Side 12 - In Scarlet towne, where I was borne, There was a fair maid dwellin, Made every youth crye, Wel-awaye I Her name was Barbara Allen.
Side 52 - As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; hut, in their stead, < Curses, not loud, but deep, mouth-honour, breath, ; Which the poor heart would fain deny, but dare not.
Side 106 - Analects, which is on the subject of jin, or perfect virtue, has several utterances which are remarkable. Thornton observes : — " It may excite surprise, and probably incredulity, to state that the golden rule of our Saviour, ' Do unto others as you would that they should do unto you,
Side 100 - ... abandoned all — parents, friends, and the pleasures of a capital — to shut herself up with me in a deserted wilderness, where she was exposed to a thousand dangers, and had but me to support her. She was no more ; and fatal destiny had torn her from me, to sink me for ever in desolation and grief. The funeral took place on the following day, and was attended by every inhabitant of Jala-Jala. Her body was deposited near the altar in the humble church which I had caused to be erected, and before...
Side 16 - ... duty to Mrs. Allen precluded her seeing him again. Before the morning dawned George was in a stage-coach on his way to the south. He passed the boundary of Lansdown with almost as heavy a heart as our first parent bore through the gates of Paradise : feeling like all true lovers, " that the world is divided into two parts ; that where she is, and that where she is not.
Side 15 - Sir Turtle Kite, in his gratification, hardly knew whether he stood on his head or his heels. He had never, to his recollection, been bidden to an Earl's dinner-table before, and was profuse in thanks. " I'll ask Grubb to join us,