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... definitely to whom the supposed property was to revert ; Jane , the elder , being reputed the fortunate one , by one party , and Jemima , the youngest , by another . Under this difficulty several languishing 34 THE SIXFOLD MISTAKE .
... definitely to whom the supposed property was to revert ; Jane , the elder , being reputed the fortunate one , by one party , and Jemima , the youngest , by another . Under this difficulty several languishing 34 THE SIXFOLD MISTAKE .
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... Jane , and the small nose of Jemima , to be fed with fresh oil , and continue burning brightly , or to flicker for a moment and then expire for ever . There was a change ; Hope sunned himself in the garden of marigolds ; Love fanned his ...
... Jane , and the small nose of Jemima , to be fed with fresh oil , and continue burning brightly , or to flicker for a moment and then expire for ever . There was a change ; Hope sunned himself in the garden of marigolds ; Love fanned his ...
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... Jane's an interesting girl , ' said a meek barber , who was nursing a pewter - pot . Jemima's very clever , ' responded a tall oilman , who was in arrear in the payment of the poor- rate . I believe Jane's worth a round pound or two ...
... Jane's an interesting girl , ' said a meek barber , who was nursing a pewter - pot . Jemima's very clever , ' responded a tall oilman , who was in arrear in the payment of the poor- rate . I believe Jane's worth a round pound or two ...
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... Jane . Mr. Crook put on his hat , and shuffling out by a side door , shot with great haste towards the four- roomed temple situate in the paradise of marigolds . He reached the gate , where the terrible name of Pinkerton defied the ...
... Jane . Mr. Crook put on his hat , and shuffling out by a side door , shot with great haste towards the four- roomed temple situate in the paradise of marigolds . He reached the gate , where the terrible name of Pinkerton defied the ...
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... Jane Pinkerton , he began to impart to him the intelligence he had just acquired , but represented Jemima as the future legatee , and after much coaxing and more falsehood , led the sleepy milkman into a promise that he would break off ...
... Jane Pinkerton , he began to impart to him the intelligence he had just acquired , but represented Jemima as the future legatee , and after much coaxing and more falsehood , led the sleepy milkman into a promise that he would break off ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 133 - In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires gleam warm and bright; Above, the spectral glaciers shone, And from his lips escaped a groan, Excelsior! "Try not the pass!
Seite 205 - One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design, to give man, in the heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime.
Seite 168 - ... rapidity. He repeats the tune' taught him by his master, though of considerable length, fully and faithfully. He runs over the quiverings of the canary, and the clear whistlings of the Virginia nightingale or red-bird, with such superior execution and effect, that the mortified songsters feel their own inferiority, and become altogether silent, while he seems to triumph in their defeat, by redoubling his exertions.
Seite 63 - Little deeds of kindness, Little words of love, Make our earth an Eden, Like the heaven above.
Seite 40 - To the last point of vision, and beyond, Mount, daring warbler! that love-prompted strain, 'Twixt thee and thine a never-failing bond, Thrills not the less the bosom of the plain: Yet might'st thou seem, proud privilege! to sing All independent of the leafy spring.
Seite 133 - The shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior ! His brow was sad ; his eye beneath Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior...
Seite 168 - Bird, which he exquisitely manages, are mingled with the screaming of swallows, or the cackling of hens ; amidst the simple melody of the...
Seite 29 - THE lark is singing in the blinding sky, Hedges are white with May. The bridegroom sea Is toying with the shore, his wedded bride, And, in the fulness of his marriage joy, He decorates her tawny brow with shells, Retires a space, to see how fair she looks, Then proud runs up to kiss her.
Seite 166 - ... and even handsome. The ease, elegance and rapidity of his movements, the animation of his eye, and the intelligence he displays in listening and laying up lessons from almost every species of the feathered creation within his hearing, are really surprising, and mark the peculiarity of his genius.
Seite 166 - ... dewy morning, while the woods are already vocal with a multitude of warblers, his admirable song rises preeminent over every competitor. The ear can listen to his music alone, to which that of all the others seems a mere accompaniment.