The Cornhill MagazineWilliam Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder and Company, 1914 |
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... half - past six ! Her black hair was very carefully arranged with elaborate combs , she was wearing her blue - satin dress , her blue earrings of course , and she was stretching out a pair of very smart shoes to the blaze . Shadows ...
... half - past six ! Her black hair was very carefully arranged with elaborate combs , she was wearing her blue - satin dress , her blue earrings of course , and she was stretching out a pair of very smart shoes to the blaze . Shadows ...
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... half - past ten and the long hand had slowly dragged itself to the figure eight , when the front - door bell was heard to ring sharply . Major Kames ! The note she had given to the maid would stop him from coming upstairs ! No , it had ...
... half - past ten and the long hand had slowly dragged itself to the figure eight , when the front - door bell was heard to ring sharply . Major Kames ! The note she had given to the maid would stop him from coming upstairs ! No , it had ...
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... half - unconsciously and not at all artistically , the curve of the upland over which in winter the sun hardly looks , the steep sloping of the high wood , the clustering orchards - all the things which seen habitually at all hours and ...
... half - unconsciously and not at all artistically , the curve of the upland over which in winter the sun hardly looks , the steep sloping of the high wood , the clustering orchards - all the things which seen habitually at all hours and ...
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... half - joyfully , half - sadly recalled by son or daughter of the house , when they have drifted far away , and have cares and homes of their own . That is the emotional appeal of the old house ; it is unreal in a sense , a false pathos ...
... half - joyfully , half - sadly recalled by son or daughter of the house , when they have drifted far away , and have cares and homes of their own . That is the emotional appeal of the old house ; it is unreal in a sense , a false pathos ...
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... half - imbedded in a field . Then the slow process begins : here a softer passage of soil causes a settlement , a corner begins to shift away , and the rest of the house inclines a little to retain the fabric in its place ; the roof ...
... half - imbedded in a field . Then the slow process begins : here a softer passage of soil causes a settlement , a corner begins to shift away , and the rest of the house inclines a little to retain the fabric in its place ; the roof ...
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ain't asked Aunt Dorothy beautiful Bembo Broughton Bungard called captain colour course dear death door eyes face father feel felt fire friends geese George girl give hand Hazel head hear heard heart hills honour hour House of Commons Jellalabad John Lacey Kabul Kandahar Kiddie knew Lady Dorothy laughed letter live looked Lord Lord Salisbury MacDuff mahout Major Kames married Maud Maud's Mills mind morning mother Mustapha Muswell Hill never night officers once passed perhaps Peshawur poor realised regiment round Samantha seemed silence Sir Robert Sale smile Spragge Spragge's Stella stood sure talk tell thing thought told took turned Ursula village voice waiting walked wife Wilbur William Aiton woman women wonder words wrote XXXVII.-NO young
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Seite 387 - Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive!
Seite 559 - Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone; For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own.
Seite 50 - Good my lord, You have begot me, bred me, loved me : I Return those duties back as are right fit, Obey you, love you, and most honour you. Why have my sisters husbands, if they say They love you all ? Haply...
Seite 193 - A fixed figure for the time of scorn To point his slow unmoving finger at ! Yet could I bear that too ; well, very well : But there, where I have garner'd up my heart, Where either I must live, or bear no life...
Seite 210 - The spirits of your fathers Shall start from every wave ! — For the deck it was their field of fame, And Ocean was their grave : Where Blake and mighty Nelson fell, Your manly hearts shall glow, As ye sweep through the deep, While the stormy winds do blow ; While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Seite 390 - THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but he had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm ; A creature of heroic blood, A proud though childlike form. The flames...
Seite 193 - It was ordained for the mutual society, help, and comfort, that the one ought to have of the other, both in prosperity and adversity.
Seite 210 - Whose flag has braved a thousand years, The battle and the breeze ! Your glorious standard launch again, To match another foe ! And sweep through the deep, While the stormy winds do blow; While the battle And the stormy win< s loud and long, do blow.
Seite 42 - I do not like you, Dr. Fell, The reason why, I cannot tell ; But this I know, and know full well, I do not like you, Dr. FelL
Seite 342 - And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them.