The Family friend [ed. by R.K. Philp].Robert Kemp Philp 1864 |
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... feel assured your heart will warm towards this neat mistress of the mansion , when I inform you that this dwelling was , from cellar to attic , one vast system of appropriate closets . Yes , they numbered seventeen upon one floor alone ...
... feel assured your heart will warm towards this neat mistress of the mansion , when I inform you that this dwelling was , from cellar to attic , one vast system of appropriate closets . Yes , they numbered seventeen upon one floor alone ...
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... feel a secret satisfaction at the thought of being the first to plunge a pin into the immaculate bosom of the curious cushion which rests upon it . The good fortune of being the first occupant of that beautiful and luxurious apartment ...
... feel a secret satisfaction at the thought of being the first to plunge a pin into the immaculate bosom of the curious cushion which rests upon it . The good fortune of being the first occupant of that beautiful and luxurious apartment ...
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... feel senti- mental to - night ? " " No , brother , " replied she ; " I have been waiting for you to come , to ask your sage advice upon a delicate matter . " " Well , let's have it - make a clean breast of it . " " I can't marry William ...
... feel senti- mental to - night ? " " No , brother , " replied she ; " I have been waiting for you to come , to ask your sage advice upon a delicate matter . " " Well , let's have it - make a clean breast of it . " " I can't marry William ...
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... feel every day more and more opposed to marrying into that family ; and then , I tell you candidly , I can't marry a man out of mere respect . " " You are , or ought to be , the best judge of that , Lou , " replied Neaton , thought ...
... feel every day more and more opposed to marrying into that family ; and then , I tell you candidly , I can't marry a man out of mere respect . " " You are , or ought to be , the best judge of that , Lou , " replied Neaton , thought ...
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... feel inclined to put off till to - morrow what can and ought to be done to day , remember the lost receipt . " EMMA BUTTERWORTH . MY GHOSTLY VISITANT . DING dong , ding dong ! The bell was just pealing forth the last strokes of the ...
... feel inclined to put off till to - morrow what can and ought to be done to day , remember the lost receipt . " EMMA BUTTERWORTH . MY GHOSTLY VISITANT . DING dong , ding dong ! The bell was just pealing forth the last strokes of the ...
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Page 208 - It reveals to us the loveliness of nature, brings back the freshness of youthful feeling, revives the relish of simple pleasures, keeps unquenched the enthusiasm which warmed the spring-time of our being, refines youthful love, strengthens our interest in human nature by vivid delineations of its...
Page 52 - He lodged as much by accident as he dined, and passed the night sometimes in mean houses which are set open at night to any casual wanderers, sometimes in cellars, among the riot and filth of the meanest and most profligate of the rabble...
Page 79 - And said, on her knees, her favorite prayer. And while on her pillow she softly lay, She knew nothing more till again it was day; And all things said to the beautiful sun, " Good morning, good morning ! Our work is begun.
Page 34 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began: From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Page 399 - Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy: How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are? O, think on that; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Page 317 - But the Father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe and put it on him ; and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet; and bring hither the fatted calf and kill it ; and let us eat and be merry ; for this my son was dead and is alive again ; he was lost and is found.
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Page 158 - True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise ; it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self ; and, in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions...
Page 208 - Believe me, the talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well ; and doing well whatever you do, without a thought of fame.
Page 208 - Men are so inclined to content themselves with what is commonest ; the spirit and the senses so easily grow dead to the impressions of the beautiful and perfect, that every one should study, by all methods, to nourish in his mind the faculty of feeling these things.