The Price She Paid: A NovelJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1882 - 429 sidor |
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... turned so hot that Miss Grosvenor found New York insupportable , and longed sorely for the freshness and freedom of the country . Aunt Conyngham wished her to go to their Newport cot- tage under the housekeeper's charge , promising to ...
... turned so hot that Miss Grosvenor found New York insupportable , and longed sorely for the freshness and freedom of the country . Aunt Conyngham wished her to go to their Newport cot- tage under the housekeeper's charge , promising to ...
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... turning into a road which led higher up among the hills . " The pony will probably run away twice before we get home . He usually does ; but if you sit still you will come to no harm , " said P. French ; " only if you scream , I warn ...
... turning into a road which led higher up among the hills . " The pony will probably run away twice before we get home . He usually does ; but if you sit still you will come to no harm , " said P. French ; " only if you scream , I warn ...
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... turned all the colors of the rainbow , and looked so unutterably dazed that Georgia , far from pitying his distress , despised the mammoth for being so shy and awkward . " I beg pardon , " he stammered . " I thought - I under- stood ...
... turned all the colors of the rainbow , and looked so unutterably dazed that Georgia , far from pitying his distress , despised the mammoth for being so shy and awkward . " I beg pardon , " he stammered . " I thought - I under- stood ...
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... turned back to Miss Grosvenor , and bowed , saying , - " Good - night , Miss George . " Phillis burst out laughing . " What have I done wrong now ? " he asked , with a rueful face . " Called her by her Christian name , and even cut off ...
... turned back to Miss Grosvenor , and bowed , saying , - " Good - night , Miss George . " Phillis burst out laughing . " What have I done wrong now ? " he asked , with a rueful face . " Called her by her Christian name , and even cut off ...
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... turned rusty at once : she could hardly have told why the speech had this effect upon her , but so it was . " Denis Bourke and De Musset's Ninon ' in the same breath ! " said she . " You have spoiled both coffee and muffin . " " Luckily ...
... turned rusty at once : she could hardly have told why the speech had this effect upon her , but so it was . " Denis Bourke and De Musset's Ninon ' in the same breath ! " said she . " You have spoiled both coffee and muffin . " " Luckily ...
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admiration ain't appeared asked began believe better Bourke's house brother called Caruthers Caruthers's Cinders creature cried Aunt Conyngham cried Georgia cried Phillis dear Denis Bourke Don Quixote door dream exclaimed eyes face fancy fear feel felt Georgia Grosvenor girl give glad glance gone Good-morning grandma hand head hear heard heart heerd hope hurried hurt idea instant Joe Grimshaw knew lady laugh looked marry Maurice's mean mind Miss French Miss Georgia Miss Grosvenor Miss Phillis Miss Raines morning Mozier Nest never night Patrick perceived person Peyton Phil Phillis French Phillis's poor portunity pretty reached regard replied Phillis returned Georgia roused seemed Sibyl Mayford smile speak stood stop suppose sure talk tell thank thing thought to-morrow told tone trouble trying turned uttered veranda voice Wachuset wait walked widow wish woman wonder words young
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Sida 49 - As the husband is, the wife is: thou art mated with a clown, And the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down. He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel force, Something better than his dog, a little dearer than his horse.
Sida 155 - It were all one, That I should love a bright particular star, And think to wed it, he is so above me: In his bright radiance and collateral light Must I be comforted, not in his sphere.
Sida 319 - SYMPOSIUM. I AM afraid it was a poet, and a true one, who once wrote, Love in a hut, with water and a crust, Is — Lord, forgive us ! — cinders, ashes, dust. But between the hut and the palace there are many kinds of dwelling-houses — Agar's Buildings, as I once heard a house-agent term them, ' because Agar's prayer, you know, was for neither riches nor poverty, and these lots are for your middle-class people : ' in these, rather than in the two...
Sida 309 - Interfere no further between thy sister and thy parents, unless thou preferest that reata to gold. Thy craft cannot outwit mine, and she will read no notes. Thou art a foolish boy to set thy sense against thy mother's. I may seem harsh to my children, but I strive on my knees for their good. And when I have made up my mind that a thing is right to do, thou knowest that my nature is of iron.
Sida 423 - It will come at length, through the highest cultivation of all human faculties ; through the recognition of the truth that in the endless sweep of infinitude there can be no break, nothing...
Sida 423 - ... our souls ! Not for a reward in another existence, but to help to the full extent of our power, be it little or great, be the...
Sida 186 - Johnson, in the proposal of marriage you have just made," said the haughty young lady, "but circumstances over which I have no control compel me to decline the honor." "What are those circumstances?