The Living Age, Volume 118E. Littell & Company, 1873 |
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... took hold of her hand , and gave it a silent squeeze , never noticing the quick blood which leapt into her pale face at the re- Is it , my dear ? All right . She's time - membrance that this was the first volun- keeper , " he laughed ...
... took hold of her hand , and gave it a silent squeeze , never noticing the quick blood which leapt into her pale face at the re- Is it , my dear ? All right . She's time - membrance that this was the first volun- keeper , " he laughed ...
Page 28
... took a wild flight , and he imagined some catastrophe absence -time - a thousand obstacles snapping the chain which bound the object of his desire to any other but himself . He could do any- thing , wait any time ; but he could not give ...
... took a wild flight , and he imagined some catastrophe absence -time - a thousand obstacles snapping the chain which bound the object of his desire to any other but himself . He could do any- thing , wait any time ; but he could not give ...
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... took leave of her before others so many months ago ; that this dread something still continued - what was it ? She was certain that it would vanish , could they but once meet again and not before others . Oh for such a meeting ! She ...
... took leave of her before others so many months ago ; that this dread something still continued - what was it ? She was certain that it would vanish , could they but once meet again and not before others . Oh for such a meeting ! She ...
Page 89
... took herself off to her own room to calculate the amount of her savings and dream of the Rue de Louvier , and " gold- en joys . " Rameau approaching his chair to Isaura's then commenced conversation , dryly enough , upon pecuniary ...
... took herself off to her own room to calculate the amount of her savings and dream of the Rue de Louvier , and " gold- en joys . " Rameau approaching his chair to Isaura's then commenced conversation , dryly enough , upon pecuniary ...
Page 92
... took great interest in superintend- ing the details . He would sometimes talk to me very civilly , not only on my work , but on other matters . It seems that Madame now wants something done to the salle - à - manger , and asked old " Do ...
... took great interest in superintend- ing the details . He would sometimes talk to me very civilly , not only on my work , but on other matters . It seems that Madame now wants something done to the salle - à - manger , and asked old " Do ...
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Page 519 - Are God and Nature then at strife, That Nature lends such evil dreams? So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life...
Page 316 - My great miseries in this world have been Heathcliff's miseries, and I watched and felt each from the beginning: my great thought in living is himself. If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger: I should not seem a part of it.
Page 45 - All things are delivered unto me of my Father, and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
Page 466 - But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
Page 466 - I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on recovery of my freedom, and perhaps, the establishment of my fame.
Page 318 - Earth and moon were gone And suns and universes ceased to be And thou wert left alone Every Existence would exist in thee...
Page 96 - After these two noble fruits of friendship (peace in the affections and support of the judgment) followeth the last fruit, which is like the pomegranate, full of many kernels. I mean aid and bearing a part in all actions and occasions.
Page 316 - I've no more business to marry Edgar Linton than I have to be in heaven; and if the wicked man in there had not brought Heathcliff so low, I shouldn't have thought of it.
Page 318 - There is not room for Death, Nor atom that his might could render void: Thou — THOU art Being and Breath, And what THOU art may never be destroyed.
Page 466 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.