The Duke: A NovelR. Bentley, 1839 |
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... door of the music saloon , however , she was met by a servant , who with rather an air of mystery put a note into her hand . She hastily read these words . " Come to my study , dear Blanche . I wish to have a few moments conversation ...
... door of the music saloon , however , she was met by a servant , who with rather an air of mystery put a note into her hand . She hastily read these words . " Come to my study , dear Blanche . I wish to have a few moments conversation ...
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... door a little recalled her to herself . It was Lady Clairville's maid , requesting from her lady that she would repair in a few minutes to her dressing - room . Scarcely knowing what she did , Lady Florence snatched the silver lamp that ...
... door a little recalled her to herself . It was Lady Clairville's maid , requesting from her lady that she would repair in a few minutes to her dressing - room . Scarcely knowing what she did , Lady Florence snatched the silver lamp that ...
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... door , as if irresolute whether or not she should advance ; the rays of the lamp making visible a counten- ance actually transformed by angry emotions , and rendered in appearance still paler by the violet - coloured wrapper which she ...
... door , as if irresolute whether or not she should advance ; the rays of the lamp making visible a counten- ance actually transformed by angry emotions , and rendered in appearance still paler by the violet - coloured wrapper which she ...
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... door , and the next brought Julian into the room . He looked unusually pale , and there was a constraint and distance in his manner to his mother , which Blanche thought probably arose from some misgivings he might have as to his ...
... door , and the next brought Julian into the room . He looked unusually pale , and there was a constraint and distance in his manner to his mother , which Blanche thought probably arose from some misgivings he might have as to his ...
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... door was one which deeply distressed him . The cottage was let to strangers ; and Mrs. Cecil had resided in a smaller one at a short misfortunes of her son . distance ever since the Thither he immediate- ly proceeded . He was ...
... door was one which deeply distressed him . The cottage was let to strangers ; and Mrs. Cecil had resided in a smaller one at a short misfortunes of her son . distance ever since the Thither he immediate- ly proceeded . He was ...
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added admiration affection agitation anxiety anxious appeared aunt beauty beheld Belgrave Square benevolence betrayed Blanche blushed bosom Brentford Captain Cecil Cecil family cheeks cher countenance cousin dear Lady deep door Duke of Strathhaven Duke's Edwin emotion Evelyn Cecil excitement exclaimed expression eyes fair brow father fear feelings felt Fitz girl Grace Grosvenor Square hand happy hastily hear heard heart Herbert hope impatience interest Julian Kensington kind knew Lady Clair Lady Clairville Lady Clairville's Lady de Cressy Lady Florence St leave length letter lips look Lord Fitz-Henry manner ment mind Miss Cecil morning mother ness never Oakwood once pale passed passion pleasure poor portmanteau present racter rence replied Riversdale scarcely seemed Sinclair smile soon sorrow spirit Stewart stood surprise tears tell tender thought tion turned utter Villars walk Walter Fitz-Henry watch whilst wish woman words young
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Página 211 - Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more ? Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore? Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies?
Página 58 - Vast lawns that extend like sheets of vivid green, with here and there clumps of gigantic trees heaping up rich piles of foliage; the solemn pomp of groves and woodland glades with the deer trooping in silent herds across them, the hare bounding away to the covert, or the pheasant suddenly bursting upon the wing; the brook, taught to wind in...
Página 216 - And the least cadence of a whisper'd word A daughter's love may prove ; And while I speak, thou knowest if I smile, Albeit thou canst not see my face the while ! Yes, thou canst hear ! and He Who on thy sightless eye its darkness hung, To the attentive ear, like harps, hath strung Heaven, and...
Página 28 - A woman moved is like a fountain troubled, Muddy, ill-seeming, thick, bereft of beauty; And while it is so, none so dry or thirsty Will deign to sip or touch one drop of it.
Página 120 - THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but him had fled; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm — A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though childlike form.
Página 51 - HAPPY is England ! I could be content To see no other verdure than its own ; To feel no other breezes than are blown Through its tall woods with high romances blent : Yet do I sometimes feel a languishment For skies Italian, and an inward groan To sit upon an Alp as on a throne, And half forget what world or worldling meant. Happy is England, sweet her artless daughters ; Enough their simple loveliness for me, Enough their whitest arms in silence clinging : Yet...
Página 58 - Nothing can be more imposing than the magnificence of English park scenery. Vast lawns that extend like sheets of vivid green, with here and there clumps of gigantic trees heaping up rich piles of foliage; the solemn pomp of groves and woodland glades with the deer trooping in silent herds across them...
Página 196 - The shade of youthful Hope is there, That linger'd long, and latest died ; Ambition all dissolved to air, With phantom honours at her side. What empty shadows glimmer nigh ! They once were Friendship, Truth, and Love ! Oh, die to thought, to memory die, Since lifeless to my heart ye prove ! w.
Página 151 - This is the prettiest low-born lass that ever Ran on the green-sward : nothing she does or seems But smacks of something greater than herself, Too noble for this place.