The Redemption of David CorsonBowen-Merrill, 1900 - 418 Seiten |
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... gave him her hand with an air of utter indifference , bestowed upon him neither smile nor thanks , and dropped to the ground with a light flutter like a bird . Turn- ing instantly toward the tavern , she ascended the steps of the porch ...
... gave him her hand with an air of utter indifference , bestowed upon him neither smile nor thanks , and dropped to the ground with a light flutter like a bird . Turn- ing instantly toward the tavern , she ascended the steps of the porch ...
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... except by the old crone , who approached her , gave her a stealthy caress , and secretly placed a crumpled parchment in her hand . The Doctor lifted the child upon the horse's back and 36 THE REDEMPTION OF DAVID CORSON.
... except by the old crone , who approached her , gave her a stealthy caress , and secretly placed a crumpled parchment in her hand . The Doctor lifted the child upon the horse's back and 36 THE REDEMPTION OF DAVID CORSON.
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... gave her time to recover her self- control . The silence which followed its close was less painful because less strange than the other , and she permitted herself to glance about the room and to wonder what would happen next . Her ...
... gave her time to recover her self- control . The silence which followed its close was less painful because less strange than the other , and she permitted herself to glance about the room and to wonder what would happen next . Her ...
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... gave expression were not original , but simply distillations from the words of Madam Guy- on , Fenelon , Thomas à Kempis and St. John ; and yet they were not mere repetitions , for they were permeated by the freshness and the beauty of ...
... gave expression were not original , but simply distillations from the words of Madam Guy- on , Fenelon , Thomas à Kempis and St. John ; and yet they were not mere repetitions , for they were permeated by the freshness and the beauty of ...
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... gave place to a definite image which had been eternally impressed upon her inward eyes . It was the figure of the young Quaker , idealized by the imagination of an ardent and emotional woman whose heart had been thrilled for the first ...
... gave place to a definite image which had been eternally impressed upon her inward eyes . It was the figure of the young Quaker , idealized by the imagination of an ardent and emotional woman whose heart had been thrilled for the first ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
abstrac Aesculapius answered arms asked astonishment awakened beauty began bird bird songs Blessed Islands bosom brizon brook cabin Charles Frederic Goss Charles Major child consciousness Corson countenance cried crowd dark David David rose deep doctor door dream emotions excitement exclaimed eyes face faith feel fell felt footfall forest gazed gilt top glance gypsy hand happy heard heart heaven hope horse hour human voice hunner inner light instant instinct James Whitcomb Riley knew light lips listened live looked lover Mantel marriage Mary Tudor mind moved mysterious nature never night once pain passed passion paused Pepeeta quack Quaker replied rose secret seemed silence smile sorrow soul spirit stood story strange struggle suddenly sweet tell thee thought tion told took tree trembled turned voice woman words wrong young young Quaker youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 381 - But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
Seite 193 - If music be the food of love, play on ; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again ! it had a dying fall : O ! it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour.
Seite 389 - The year's at the spring And day's at the morn; Morning's at seven; The hill-side's dew-pearled; The lark's on the wing; The snail's on the thorn: God's in his heaven — All's right with the world!
Seite 334 - Pouring day upon our eyes. 2 Still we wait for thine appearing; Life and joy thy beams impart, Chasing all our fears, and cheering Every poor benighted heart...
Seite 381 - Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes...
Seite 381 - Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; and come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, "We are delivered to do all these abominations?
Seite 382 - And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the Lord, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not; therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
Seite 395 - I'll not o'erlook the modest flower That made the woods of April bright. INSCRIPTION FOR THE ENTRANCE TO A WOOD STRANGER, if thou hast learned a truth which needs No school of long experience, that the world Is full of guilt and misery, and hast seen Enough of all its sorrows, crimes, and cares, To tire thee of it, enter this wild wood And view the haunts of Nature. The calm shade Shall bring a kindred calm, and the sweet breeze That makes the green leaves dance, shall waft a balm To thy sick heart.
Seite 17 - It is the little rift within the lute, That by and by will make the music mute, And ever widening slowly silence all.
Seite 404 - Not in the clamor of the crowded street, Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, But in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.