The Bridal Eve

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T.B. Peterson & Brothers, 1864 - 428 trang
 

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Trang 186 - Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles. And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine; A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller betwixt life and death; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength and skill; A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort and command; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With...
Trang 238 - I have of late — but wherefore I know not — lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Trang 2 - Marriage, $1 75 Eoline; or Magnolia Vale, 1 75 The Lost Daughter, 1 75 The Banished Son, 1 75 Helen and Arthur, 1 75 Linda; or, the Young Pilot of the Belle Creole, 1 75 Robert Oraham; the Sequel to " Linda; or Pilot of Belle Creole,"...
Trang 144 - All this time Laura Elmer had stood with her stately form drawn up, and her large, dark, starry eyes, looking steadily down upon the fair inanity before her. " I am sure I cannot conceive why Sir Vincent should wish me to see you...
Trang 3 - Witches of New York 1 75 Above are each in cloth, or each one is in pnper cover, at $1.50 each.
Trang 10 - Rudge, Cloth, 3.00 Martin Chuzzlewit Cloth, 3.00 Old Curiosity Shop, Cloth, 3.00 Little Dorrit Cloth, 3.00 Dombey and Son, Cloth, 3.00 The following are each complete in one volume, and are reduced in price from $2.50 to $1.50 a volume. Great Expectations, Cloth, $1.50 | Dickens...
Trang 139 - I saw hannounced in the drawing-room this hevening," was the acute criticism of the footman, James, as he returned to his post of service in the hall below. • Meanwhile, Laura Elmer was conducted by the housemaid to her apartment, next the school-room, in the third story. " My lady appointed this floor as the apartments of the young ladies and their governess, upon account of its quiet and fresh air, and I am directed to wait on you and them, ma'am. Is there anything I can bring you with your tea?"...
Trang 145 - She was shown into the richly-furnished library, filled with the treasures of literature, science and art of two centuries of accumulation, and lighted by one tall, Gothic window of stained glass, that diffused " a dim, religious light " throughout the vast room. In a rich, antique chair, beside a writingtable, in the centre of the room, sat a tall, stout, very handsome man, aged about forty -five.
Trang 145 - Eegular and well-chiselled features, dark grey eyes, heavy black eyebrows, a large, well-formed nose, and a full, handsome mouth, were all framed in by a luxuriant growth of shining black hair and whiskers. On seeing Miss Elmer, he arose with a stately courtesy, and placed a chair for her, saying, as he handed her to her seat : " I requested the favor of your company here, Miss Elmer, that I might consult with you upon the subject of your new pupils.
Trang 3 - Series, cloth 1 50 Above are each in cloth, or each one is in paper cover, at $1.00 each. WILKIE COLLINS

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