All for the best, a story of quiet life, Band 3Hurst and Blackett, 1861 |
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... eyes , first at her , and then at the plate of crumbs which lay beside her , until one saucy fellow , more adventurous than the rest , came bodily into the room , and boldly set to work upon it . And Maud's pet canary , whose cage was ...
... eyes , first at her , and then at the plate of crumbs which lay beside her , until one saucy fellow , more adventurous than the rest , came bodily into the room , and boldly set to work upon it . And Maud's pet canary , whose cage was ...
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... eyes to ask for the customary caress ; and over the low stile into Lingold - wood . Then through the green shaded aisles of overhanging boughs and leaves , until she came to the little brook that tinkled past the garden of Glinton Manor ...
... eyes to ask for the customary caress ; and over the low stile into Lingold - wood . Then through the green shaded aisles of overhanging boughs and leaves , until she came to the little brook that tinkled past the garden of Glinton Manor ...
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... eyes . Poor little Maud ! still grasping in her starved white fingers that cruel Manchester paper , still straining her thoughts to pierce through that blinding haze which was gathering thicker and colder upon her as she stood . the ...
... eyes . Poor little Maud ! still grasping in her starved white fingers that cruel Manchester paper , still straining her thoughts to pierce through that blinding haze which was gathering thicker and colder upon her as she stood . the ...
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... eyes so hot and smarting why did her head ache so - why were her lips so parched how came that burn- ing feel on her forehead , and that dizzy faintness when she tried to look around her ? And what was the meaning of that white ...
... eyes so hot and smarting why did her head ache so - why were her lips so parched how came that burn- ing feel on her forehead , and that dizzy faintness when she tried to look around her ? And what was the meaning of that white ...
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... eyes to look upon it , and then through the clouds and mists of half- departed dreams , it struggles out into fearful , agonising form ! Oh , the terrible re - appearing of the fact which we had hoped might be nothing more than a mere ...
... eyes to look upon it , and then through the clouds and mists of half- departed dreams , it struggles out into fearful , agonising form ! Oh , the terrible re - appearing of the fact which we had hoped might be nothing more than a mere ...
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Seite 219 - Enough that blessings undeserved Have marked my erring track ; That wheresoe'er my feet have swerved, His chastening turned me back ; That more and more a providence Of love is understood, Making the springs of time and sense Sweet with eternal good ; That...
Seite 3 - This is a very useful and amusing book. It is a good work, very well done. The authoress is quite equal in power and grace to Miss Strickland. She must have spent great time and labour in collecting the information, which she imparts in an easy and agreeable manner. It is difficult to lay down her book after having once begun it. This is owing partly to the interesting nature of the subject, partly to the skilful manner in which it hai been treated.
Seite 9 - ... accurate information as to the geology, the scenery, products, and resources of the regions explored, with notices of the religion, manners, and customs of the native tribes. The continual sporting adventures, and other remarkable occurrences, intermingled with the narrative of travel, make the book as interesting to read as a romance, as, indeed, a good book of travels ought always to be. The illustrations by Wolf are admirably designed, and most of them represent scenes as striking as any witnessed...
Seite 9 - Ngami was reached by a route that had been deemed impracticable, but which proves to be the shortest and the best. The work contains much scientific and accurate information...
Seite 3 - Valois. We refer our readers to the volumes themselves for the interesting details of the life and reign of Henry IH., his residence in Poland, his marriage with Louise de Lorraine, his cruelties, his hypocrisies, his penances, his assassination by the hands of the monk Jaques Clement, &c. Upon these points, as well as with reference to other persons who occupied a prominent position during this period, abundant information is afforded by Miss Freer; and the public will feel with us that a deep debt...
Seite 2 - HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF HENRY IV., KING OF FRANCE AND NAVARRE. From numerous Original Sources. By MISS FREER. Author of " The Lives of Marguerite d'Angouleme, Elizabeth de Valois, Henry III,
Seite 8 - Seveu years of wandering, thirty-nine thousand five hundred miles of moving to and fro in a wild and almost unknown country, should yield a book worth reading, and they do.
Seite 180 - Whatever crazy sorrow saith, No life that breathes with human breath Has ever truly long'd for death. ' 'Tis life, whereof our nerves are scant, Oh life, not death, for which we pant ; More life, and fuller, that I want.
Seite 219 - All as God wills, who wisely heeds To give or to withhold, And knoweth more of all my needs Than all my prayers have told.