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Page 13
... endeavouring to light a small heap of wood upon the hearth , by means of a match he held in his hand ; but the wood seemed damp , and as if it would not burn . He looked towards the gentleman at the table for a gentleman it was as much ...
... endeavouring to light a small heap of wood upon the hearth , by means of a match he held in his hand ; but the wood seemed damp , and as if it would not burn . He looked towards the gentleman at the table for a gentleman it was as much ...
Page 98
... endeavouring to take her hand , " don't be displeased with me . " She looked at him strangely , with a sad look of sur- prise ; the look seemed to say , are you his son ? He took it patiently , as he was accustomed to take such miscon ...
... endeavouring to take her hand , " don't be displeased with me . " She looked at him strangely , with a sad look of sur- prise ; the look seemed to say , are you his son ? He took it patiently , as he was accustomed to take such miscon ...
Page 120
... endeavouring to make a way for her ; in which his height , his activity , and his evident usage in such matters , assisted him very much . They passed , and the crowd closed after them , and it was perhaps a minute or two before the ...
... endeavouring to make a way for her ; in which his height , his activity , and his evident usage in such matters , assisted him very much . They passed , and the crowd closed after them , and it was perhaps a minute or two before the ...
Page 154
... . Armand went on , endeavouring to relieve him , for he understood what he must be suffering . " Your sister - " Why did he say , " your sister ? " He did not know it was the young man's sister ; but it seemed as 154 EVELYN MARSTON .
... . Armand went on , endeavouring to relieve him , for he understood what he must be suffering . " Your sister - " Why did he say , " your sister ? " He did not know it was the young man's sister ; but it seemed as 154 EVELYN MARSTON .
Page 161
... endeavouring to master his agitation , but he shook and trembled so , that he could scarcely stand . He sat down , he leaned his face against the side of the book - case his heart was throbbing violently . They were the subsiding throbs ...
... endeavouring to master his agitation , but he shook and trembled so , that he could scarcely stand . He sat down , he leaned his face against the side of the book - case his heart was throbbing violently . They were the subsiding throbs ...
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Page 299 - Women received their dead raised to life again; and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection.
Page 299 - Samuel, and of the prophets : who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Page 19 - Thou art, of what sort the eternal life of the saints was to be, which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive.
Page 217 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Page 209 - I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where ox-lips and the nodding violet grows ; Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine...
Page 233 - The broken sheds look'd sad and strange: Unlifted was the clinking latch; Weeded and worn the ancient thatch Upon the lonely moated grange. She only said, ' My life is dreary, He cometh not...
Page 266 - From each she nicely culls with curious toil And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box; The tortoise here and elephant unite, Transformed to combs, the speckled, and the white.
Page 187 - So let the change which comes be free To ingroove itself with that which flies, And work, a joint of state, that plies Its office, moved with sympathy.
Page 68 - He cast a look of despair around him. " When I reflect that if it had but been last year that consent was given, and that now I should have been there, and should already have satiated myself with Italy — that I should have been safely landed there, and it would have been useless to recall me — that I should there have learned that which, if not learned, what is art ? That I should have become what I feel I might, and now never can become ; for time, inexorable time, the golden years of my youth,...
Page 232 - But you will be wearied with this sad and monotonous subject. I thought to have followed in detail, the long struggles of this arduous existence, and the gradual advance of Evelyn in that path of the just, which shineth more and more unto the perfect day.