The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature ...: A Biographical and Bibliographical Summary of the World's Most Eminent Authors, Including the Choicest Extracts and Masterpieces from Their Writings, Comprising the Best Features of Many Celebrated Compilations, Notably the Guernsey Collection, the De Puy Collection, the Ridpath Collection, All Carefully Rev. and Arranged by a Corps of the Most Capable Scholars, Volume 4John Clark Ridpath Globe Publishing Company, 1898 - Literature |
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... . I was trans- ported in thought to the scenes of childhood ; I dreamed I lay in the red - room at Gateshead ; that the night was dark , and my mind impressed with strange . fears . The light that long ago had struck me BRONTË SISTERS.
... . I was trans- ported in thought to the scenes of childhood ; I dreamed I lay in the red - room at Gateshead ; that the night was dark , and my mind impressed with strange . fears . The light that long ago had struck me BRONTË SISTERS.
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... Dark - haired , dark - eyed , red - cheeked , are the whole trio ; small English features they all possess ; all own a blended resemblance to sire and mother , and yet a distinctive physiognomy , mark of a separate character , belongs ...
... Dark - haired , dark - eyed , red - cheeked , are the whole trio ; small English features they all possess ; all own a blended resemblance to sire and mother , and yet a distinctive physiognomy , mark of a separate character , belongs ...
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... dark eyes , are good points in their way . How is it that , look as long as you will , there is but one object in the room , and that the most sinister , to which Mat- thew's face seems to bear an affinity , and of which , ever and anon ...
... dark eyes , are good points in their way . How is it that , look as long as you will , there is but one object in the room , and that the most sinister , to which Mat- thew's face seems to bear an affinity , and of which , ever and anon ...
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... dark mutinous , sinister eye . I noted that she sat close by a little door , which door , I was well aware , opened into a small closet where books were kept . She was standing up for the purpose of conducting her clamor with freer ...
... dark mutinous , sinister eye . I noted that she sat close by a little door , which door , I was well aware , opened into a small closet where books were kept . She was standing up for the purpose of conducting her clamor with freer ...
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... dark my spirit lies , Heavy and dull as lead . How can I rouse my sinking soul From such a lethargy ? How can I break these iron chains And set my spirit free ? There have been times when I have mourned In anguish o'er the past , And ...
... dark my spirit lies , Heavy and dull as lead . How can I rouse my sinking soul From such a lethargy ? How can I break these iron chains And set my spirit free ? There have been times when I have mourned In anguish o'er the past , And ...
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