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Page 11
... manner in which still lingered something of the old French way . " I believe your name is Cornelly ? " " Yes , sir ; that is my name . " " Mrs. Cornelly is very ill , I fear . " " My wife , sir , if you mean ? It has pleased God to ...
... manner in which still lingered something of the old French way . " I believe your name is Cornelly ? " " Yes , sir ; that is my name . " " Mrs. Cornelly is very ill , I fear . " " My wife , sir , if you mean ? It has pleased God to ...
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... manner , which spoke of one not likely to trouble himself much with the " wherewith he should be clothed . " His figure was nervous and well made , with a slightly military air about it ; his features high and handsome ; his hair a ...
... manner , which spoke of one not likely to trouble himself much with the " wherewith he should be clothed . " His figure was nervous and well made , with a slightly military air about it ; his features high and handsome ; his hair a ...
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... manner , upon something so totally unlike anything I had ever met with in my life before . - The elegance , the dignity , the absence of parade - the noble simplicity , bordering upon poverty , that sur- rounded me were totally unlike ...
... manner , upon something so totally unlike anything I had ever met with in my life before . - The elegance , the dignity , the absence of parade - the noble simplicity , bordering upon poverty , that sur- rounded me were totally unlike ...
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... manner , so that they took little or nothing from the gravity , ap- proaching to gloom , of the apartment . ' I lifted the candle to examine the picture over the chimney - piece . " The battle of Jarnac , and the death of Condé , " said ...
... manner , so that they took little or nothing from the gravity , ap- proaching to gloom , of the apartment . ' I lifted the candle to examine the picture over the chimney - piece . " The battle of Jarnac , and the death of Condé , " said ...
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... manner , but all shewing a prodigality of invention , and a facility of execution that were really wonderful . These lay scattered about pell mell upon all sides . Some few master - pieces , or copies of master - pieces , were suspended ...
... manner , but all shewing a prodigality of invention , and a facility of execution that were really wonderful . These lay scattered about pell mell upon all sides . Some few master - pieces , or copies of master - pieces , were suspended ...
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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.