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... Oswald had come back to the drawing- room in a loose jacket , with some lingering odour of his cigar about him , to bid his mother good - night . She was standing by the man- telpiece with her candle in her hand , while he stood close ...
... Oswald had come back to the drawing- room in a loose jacket , with some lingering odour of his cigar about him , to bid his mother good - night . She was standing by the man- telpiece with her candle in her hand , while he stood close ...
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... Oswald , I wish you were a little more serious , especially at such a moment , ” said his mother ; " there are so many things to think of . I wish you would try to realise that it is a very , very important moment in your life . " " It ...
... Oswald , I wish you were a little more serious , especially at such a moment , ” said his mother ; " there are so many things to think of . I wish you would try to realise that it is a very , very important moment in your life . " " It ...
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... Oswald's shoulder . " I don't know what to say to you , old fellow , " he said , with an attempt at an easy tone . " I needn't wish you happiness , for you've got it " In spite of himself Oswald laughed . He had a schoolboy's delight in ...
... Oswald's shoulder . " I don't know what to say to you , old fellow , " he said , with an attempt at an easy tone . " I needn't wish you happiness , for you've got it " In spite of himself Oswald laughed . He had a schoolboy's delight in ...
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... Oswald was not at all sure that this was not the best thing , and the evident conclusion of the whole . But in the meantime he let his mind float away upon other fancies . Her ! how little they knew who She was whom they thus igno ...
... Oswald was not at all sure that this was not the best thing , and the evident conclusion of the whole . But in the meantime he let his mind float away upon other fancies . Her ! how little they knew who She was whom they thus igno ...
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... Oswald , not Edward , whom she had chosen . How strange they are ! all those wonderful confusions of humanity which depress the wisest , the blind jumps at fate , the foolish choices , the passing over of the best to take the worst ...
... Oswald , not Edward , whom she had chosen . How strange they are ! all those wonderful confusions of humanity which depress the wisest , the blind jumps at fate , the foolish choices , the passing over of the best to take the worst ...
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Seite 329 - ... the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.
Seite 70 - Intend* a zealous pilgrimage to thee, And keep my drooping eyelids open wide, Looking on darkness which the blind do see : Save that my soul's imaginary sight Presents thy shadow to my sightless view, Which, like a jewel hung in ghastly night, Makes black night beauteous, and her old face new. Lo thus, by day my limbs, by night my mind, For thee, and for myself, no quiet find.
Seite 325 - But there are a few characters which have stood the closest scrutiny and the severest tests, which have been tried in the furnace and have proved pure, which have been weighed in the balance and have not been found wanting, which have been declared sterling by the general consent of mankind, and which are visibly stamped with the image and superscription of the Most High. These great men we trust that we know how to prize ; and of these was Milton.
Seite 78 - He was a handsome, wellshaped man ; very good company, and of a very ready and pleasant smooth wit.
Seite 328 - Lord," he said to the Duke of Devonshire, " I am sure that I can save this country, and that nobody else can.
Seite 485 - The period included between the years 1827 and 1830 is called the "gran seco," or the great drought. During this time so little rain fell, that the vegetation, even to the thistles, failed; the brooks were dried up, and the whole country assumed the appearance of a dusty high road. This was especially the case in the northern part of the province of Buenos Ayres and the southern part of St.
Seite 328 - ... sword was to achieve. The two Ministers sat aghast at an exhibition so unusual from any man of real sense and real spirit. And when at last Wolfe had taken his leave, and his carriage was heard to roll from the door, Pitt seemed for the moment shaken in the high opinion which his deliberate judgment had formed of Wolfe ; he lifted up his eyes and arms, and exclaimed to Lord Temple : " Good God ! that I should " have entrusted the fate of the country and of the ad
Seite 661 - My duty towards God, is to believe in him, to fear him, and to love him with all my heart, with all my mind, with all my soul, and with all my strength...
Seite 580 - tis supposed, may bear all lights ; and one of those principal lights, or natural mediums, by which things are to be viewed, in order to a thorough recognition, is ridicule itself, or that manner of proof by which we discern whatever is liable to just raillery in any subject.
Seite 63 - IX. The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of the human race than the discovery of a new constellation.