Helen Cameron: from grub to butterfly, by the author of 'Mary Stanley'.Chapman and Hall, 1872 |
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... Mother and children ? The reve- rence with which the gentleman treats the elder lady might seem to support that hypo- thesis . But the nervous , fidgety manner of the lady herself , and the masses of thick , heavy curls which lie flat ...
... Mother and children ? The reve- rence with which the gentleman treats the elder lady might seem to support that hypo- thesis . But the nervous , fidgety manner of the lady herself , and the masses of thick , heavy curls which lie flat ...
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... mother , to take charge of Helen's education . The choice was , in many ways , a happy one : Miss Meldrum , on the whole , discharged her duties ably as well as conscien- tiously , and was like a mother to Helen . But there was one ...
... mother , to take charge of Helen's education . The choice was , in many ways , a happy one : Miss Meldrum , on the whole , discharged her duties ably as well as conscien- tiously , and was like a mother to Helen . But there was one ...
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... mother . There were some noble traits in her character . She was capable of great things : it was in her to become a great woman . But all her good qualities were overborne by her faults . As she grew up to be the very image of her mother ...
... mother . There were some noble traits in her character . She was capable of great things : it was in her to become a great woman . But all her good qualities were overborne by her faults . As she grew up to be the very image of her mother ...
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... mother's ( even a step - mother's ) influence have been the best discipline for such a girl ? If Miss Agnes Randal had only been at St. Peters- burg ! She , with her rare mingling of sweet- ness and strength , would have been the very ...
... mother's ( even a step - mother's ) influence have been the best discipline for such a girl ? If Miss Agnes Randal had only been at St. Peters- burg ! She , with her rare mingling of sweet- ness and strength , would have been the very ...
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... mother to train her ; no brothers and sisters to draw her out of herself , and teach her the rights and claims of others . She was beautiful beyond the common , and had early become " the observed of all observers . " Wherever she went ...
... mother to train her ; no brothers and sisters to draw her out of herself , and teach her the rights and claims of others . She was beautiful beyond the common , and had early become " the observed of all observers . " Wherever she went ...
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Seite 234 - Hath seal'd thee for herself; for thou hast been As one, in suffering all, that suffers nothing ; A man, that Fortune's buffets and rewards Hast ta'en with equal thanks : and blest are those, Whose blood and judgment are so well commingled, That they are not a pipe for Fortune's finger To sound what stop she please.
Seite 62 - What lady's that which doth enrich the hand Of yonder knight? SERVANT. I know not, sir. ROMEO. O! she doth teach the torches to burn bright. It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear; Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear! So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows, As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows. The measure done, I'll watch her place of stand...
Seite 210 - Let the righteous smite me ; it shall be a kindness : and let him reprove me ; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
Seite 208 - Paul to be honourable among all men : and therefore is not by any to be enterprised, nor taken in hand, unadvisedly, lightly, or wantonly, to satisfy men's carnal lusts and appetites, like brute beasts that have no understanding; but reverently, discreetly, advisedly, soberly, and in the fear of God; duly considering the causes for which Matrimony was ordained.
Seite 267 - That it should come to this! But two months dead - nay, not so much, not two So excellent a king, that was to this Hyperion to a satyr, so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly.
Seite 287 - ... this my son was dead and is alive again, "was lost and is found.
Seite 262 - Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered every man to his own, and shall leave me alone : and yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.
Seite 273 - ... a terror to evil-doers, and a praise to them that do well.
Seite 270 - At Merlin's feet the wily Vivien lay. The wily Vivien stole from Arthur's court : She hated all the knights, and heard in thought Their lavish comment when her name was named. For once, when Arthur walking all alone, Vext at a rumour rife about the Queen, Had met her, Vivien, being greeted fair, Would fain have wrought upon...