Afloat and Ashore; Or the Adventures of Miles WallingfordThe Author, 1844 - 282 pàgines |
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Pàgina 39
... Lucy must give me your words . I know you will not break them when once given . " " Promise him , Grace , " said Lucy , in a low tone , and a voice that , even at that age , I could perceive was tremulous . " If we promise , we shall ...
... Lucy must give me your words . I know you will not break them when once given . " " Promise him , Grace , " said Lucy , in a low tone , and a voice that , even at that age , I could perceive was tremulous . " If we promise , we shall ...
Pàgina 42
... Lucy bury her face in her apron , while the tears openly ran down my sister's cheek . " You do not - cannot mean to do anything so cruel , Miles ? " Grace at length said . " It is exactly because it will not be cruel , that we intend to ...
... Lucy bury her face in her apron , while the tears openly ran down my sister's cheek . " You do not - cannot mean to do anything so cruel , Miles ? " Grace at length said . " It is exactly because it will not be cruel , that we intend to ...
Pàgina 43
... Lucy , if you please . Your father will not know a syllable of the matter until you tell him all about it , after we are gone . We intend to relieve him from all responsi- bility in the premises . " " This last sounded very profound ...
... Lucy , if you please . Your father will not know a syllable of the matter until you tell him all about it , after we are gone . We intend to relieve him from all responsi- bility in the premises . " " This last sounded very profound ...
Pàgina 44
... Lucy im- pertinent for presuming to laugh at sentiments which came from such a source , and , by way of settling my own correctness of thought and terms , I made no bones of falling back on my great authority , by fairly pointing him ...
... Lucy im- pertinent for presuming to laugh at sentiments which came from such a source , and , by way of settling my own correctness of thought and terms , I made no bones of falling back on my great authority , by fairly pointing him ...
Pàgina 49
... Lucy in tears , both waiting our arrival , with a view to see us depart ! I confess I was shocked and concerned at seeing these two delicate girls so far from their home , at such an hour ; and my first impulse was to see them both ...
... Lucy in tears , both waiting our arrival , with a view to see us depart ! I confess I was shocked and concerned at seeing these two delicate girls so far from their home , at such an hour ; and my first impulse was to see them both ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 244 - And with them the Being Beauteous Who unto my youth was given, More than all things else to love me, And is now a saint in heaven. With a slow and noiseless footstep Comes that messenger divine, Takes the vacant chair beside me, Lays her gentle hand in mine. And she sits and gazes at me With those deep and tender eyes, Like the stars, so still and saint-like, Looking downward from the skies.
Pàgina 86 - There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Pàgina 25 - The monarch mind, the mystery of commanding, The birth-hour gift, the art Napoleon, Of winning, fettering, moulding, wielding, banding The hearts of millions till they move as one : Thou hast it.
Pàgina 239 - Drink ! drink ! to whom shall we drink ? To a friend or a mistress ? — Come, let me think ! To those who are absent, or those who are here ? To the dead that we loved, or the living still dear ? Alas ! when I look, I find none of the last ! The present is barren — let 's drink to the past.
Pàgina 134 - With look, like patient Job's, eschewing evil ; With motions graceful as a bird's in air ; Thou art, in sober truth, the veriest devil That e'er clenched fingers in a captive's hair?
Pàgina 245 - How pleasant and how sad the turning tide Of human life, when side by side The child and youth begin to glide Along the vale of years : The pure twin-being for a little space, With lightsome heart, and yet a graver face, Too young for woe, though not for tears ! ALLSTON.