Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts, Band 59W & R Chambers, 1882 |
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... Ferrier , ' he replied ; and that is her little girl ; whether she is a widow or not , I cannot say ; but she has not mentioned her husband's name . She lives usually near Manchester , and has come here for her health . What a sensation ...
... Ferrier , ' he replied ; and that is her little girl ; whether she is a widow or not , I cannot say ; but she has not mentioned her husband's name . She lives usually near Manchester , and has come here for her health . What a sensation ...
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... Ferrier . What took place , I did not ascertain ; but shortly after I saw Mrs Le Ferrier looking red and excited , anger expressed in every feature of her handsome face ; whilst Charley was calm , dignified , and self- possessed . My ...
... Ferrier . What took place , I did not ascertain ; but shortly after I saw Mrs Le Ferrier looking red and excited , anger expressed in every feature of her handsome face ; whilst Charley was calm , dignified , and self- possessed . My ...
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... Ferrier ? Was my phrenological diagnosis accurate ? and was this woman not only deficient in consci- entiousness , but possessed of cunning and malice as well ? Did she fall into the error of imagining she could defend herself by ...
... Ferrier ? Was my phrenological diagnosis accurate ? and was this woman not only deficient in consci- entiousness , but possessed of cunning and malice as well ? Did she fall into the error of imagining she could defend herself by ...
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... Ferrier ? ' when no longer able to work , and with the promise of a fixed and specified payment to his widow in the event of his death , be it sooner or later . I made her the most polite bow , and smiled. as the committing justice was ...
... Ferrier ? ' when no longer able to work , and with the promise of a fixed and specified payment to his widow in the event of his death , be it sooner or later . I made her the most polite bow , and smiled. as the committing justice was ...
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... Ferrier , which she opened and read , turning first red , then white . Her evident excitement caused my little cousin to say : ' No bad news , I hope ? ' she re- No ; it's only from my husband , ' plied , and he wants an answer at once ...
... Ferrier , which she opened and read , turning first red , then white . Her evident excitement caused my little cousin to say : ' No bad news , I hope ? ' she re- No ; it's only from my husband , ' plied , and he wants an answer at once ...
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Seite 92 - Thy Father has written for thee.' 'Come, wander with me,' she said, 'Into regions yet untrod; And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God.' And he wandered away and away With Nature, the dear old nurse, Who sang to him night and day The rhymes of the universe. And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail, She would sing a more wonderful song, Or tell a more marvellous tale.
Seite 60 - HE that loves a rosy cheek, Or a coral lip admires, Or from star-like eyes doth seek Fuel to maintain his fires: As old Time makes these decay, So his flames must waste away. But a smooth and steadfast mind, Gentle thoughts, and calm desires, Hearts with equal love combined, Kindle never-dying fires: — Where these are not, I despise Lovely cheeks, or lips, or eyes.
Seite 298 - If any one doubts the importance of an acquaintance with the fundamental principles of physiology as a means to complete living, let him look around and see how many men and women he can find in middle or later life who are thoroughly well.
Seite 100 - THOU wert the morning star among the living, Ere thy fair light had fled ; Now, having died, thou art as Hesperus, giving New splendour to the dead.
Seite 294 - ... busy that he has no leisure to laugh; the whole business of his life is to get money, and more money, that he may still get more and more money; he is still drudging on, and says, that Solomon says, " The diligent hand maketh rich...
Seite 117 - I persuaded them at last to kneel down and make a large ring, which they did. I prayed with them near an hour, when I was almost spent with the heat of the sun, and the exercise.
Seite 351 - Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful. Beauty is God's handwriting — a wayside sacrament; welcome it in every fair face, every fair sky, every fair flower, and thank for it Him, the fountain of all loveliness, and drink it in, simply and earnestly, with all your eyes; it is a charmed draught, a cup of blessing.
Seite 400 - CHALLENGE. — I, Elizabeth Wilkinson, of Clerkenwell, ^ having had some words with Hannah Hyfield, and requiring satisfaction, do invite her to meet me upon the stage, and box me for three guineas ; each woman holding half-a-crown in each hand, and the first woman that drops the money to lose the battle.
Seite 294 - Nay, let me tell you, there be many that have forty times our estates, that would give the greatest part of it to be healthful and cheerful like us ; who, with the expense of a little money, have eat and drank, and laughed, and angled, and sung, and slept, securely ; and rose next day, and cast away care, and sung, and laughed, and angled again...
Seite 99 - The qualities rare in a bee that we meet, In an epigram never should fail : The body should always be little and sweet, And a sting should be left in its tail.