Nan Darrell; or, The gipsy mother, by the author of 'The heiress'. By miss Pickering, Nide 449

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Clarke, Beeton, 1853 - 338 sivua
 

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Sivu 234 - How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear Charmer away!
Sivu 1 - That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? I met a little cottage Girl : She was eight years old, she said; Her hair was thick with many a curl That clustered round her head. She had a rustic, woodland air, And she was wildly clad: Her eyes were fair, and very fair ; — Her beauty made me glad. "Sisters and brothers, little Maid, How many may you be?" "How many? Seven in all," she said, And wondering looked at me.
Sivu 321 - Shakspere, being a verbal index to all the passages in the dramatic works of the poet.
Sivu 160 - A month old baby would have eaten more. What? Gooseberry pie ? Well, if you'll name that, you'll name anything. Ate too much indeed ! Do you think I was going to pay for a dinner, and eat nothing ? No, Mr. Caudle ; it's a good thing for you that I know a little more of the value of money than that. " But, of course, you were better engaged than in attending to me. Mr. Prettyman came on board at Gravesend. A planned thing, of course. You think I didn't see him give you a letter. It wasn'ta letter;...
Sivu 312 - It is true ; we found she wished it; and we knew how to appreciate her worth. She is invaluable in keeping mistress and servants in order,
Sivu 331 - A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON BUSINESS; OR, HOW TO GET, SAVE, SPEND, GIVE, LEND, AND BEQUEATH MONEY: "WITH AN INQUIRY INTO THE CHANCES OF SUCCESS AND CAUSES OF FAILURE IN BUSINESS. BY EDWIN T.
Sivu 207 - Twas the youth who had loved the fair Ellen of Lorn. " I dreamt of my lady, I dreamt of her grief, I dreamt that her lord was a barbarous chief: On a rock of the ocean fair Ellen did seem ; Glenara! Glenara! now read me my dream!
Sivu 207 - And blest, though fatal, be the star That led me to its wilds afar : For here these pathless mountains free Gave shelter to my love and me ; And every rock and every stone Bore witness that he was my own. vr. " O'Connor's child, I was the bud Of Erin's royal tree of glory ; But woe to them that wrapt in blood The tissue of my story...
Sivu 41 - Her heart was in her large sad eyes, Half sunshine and half shade ; And love, as love first springs to life, Of everything afraid. The red leaf far more heavily Fell down to autumn earth, Than her light feet, which seemed to move To music and to mirth. With the light feet of early youth, What hopes and joys depart ! Ah ! nothing like the heavy step Betrays the heavy heart.
Sivu 137 - ... understand then, madam, that I have no right to remain at Beechen Cliff; and that you wish me to remove ?" asked the poor girl listening to her reply with breathless anxiety. " Certainly ? said Mrs. Millar with a still averted head. " Your name is not mentioned in Mrs. Arnold's will, though made sometime after your residence with her : the whole of her property, with the exception of some legacies, to old servants, and charitable bequests, is left to my husband.

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