Macmillan's Magazine, 36. köideMacmillan and Company, 1877 |
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... Mary's own education had been simple . She was motherless , and there had been no one to take thought for her ; and un- limited reading , and some music lessons from the old organist had been all her preparation for the position of Prin ...
... Mary's own education had been simple . She was motherless , and there had been no one to take thought for her ; and un- limited reading , and some music lessons from the old organist had been all her preparation for the position of Prin ...
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... Mary , here I am , " her faithful servant said . " It is about the children . What am I to do with the children , Mr. Pen ? I have been so negligent and foolish ; thinking all was right when I had them safe , and was allowed to keep ...
... Mary , here I am , " her faithful servant said . " It is about the children . What am I to do with the children , Mr. Pen ? I have been so negligent and foolish ; thinking all was right when I had them safe , and was allowed to keep ...
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... Mary stopped with a flash of indignation in her eyes . " He has separated himself altogether from us as you know ; but he asks from time to time how my father is , though I scarcely know why . " " And have told him , I suppose , you ...
... Mary stopped with a flash of indignation in her eyes . " He has separated himself altogether from us as you know ; but he asks from time to time how my father is , though I scarcely know why . " " And have told him , I suppose , you ...
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... Mary said , now and then , once or twice in the year , to inquire after his father's health . This was not much , but it saved appearances , and pre- vented the open scandal of a family quarrel . But Mary , who replied punctiliously to ...
... Mary said , now and then , once or twice in the year , to inquire after his father's health . This was not much , but it saved appearances , and pre- vented the open scandal of a family quarrel . But Mary , who replied punctiliously to ...
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... Mary ; " your poor papa , who never hears any news of you . Some time I hope you will be able to write to him , and ask him to come home . " " Oh , " cried Lilias , " you need not be sorry about that , Mary . He will come home . Some ...
... Mary ; " your poor papa , who never hears any news of you . Some time I hope you will be able to write to him , and ask him to come home . " " Oh , " cried Lilias , " you need not be sorry about that , Mary . He will come home . Some ...
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Page 380 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the Queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in— glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy.
Page 295 - They say, best men are moulded out of faults; And, for the most, become much more the better For being a little bad: so may my husband.
Page 4 - I beseech you remember, it is an article 'of your church covenant, that you be ready to receive whatever truth shall be made known to you from the written word of God.
Page 296 - Therefore every honourable connexion will avow it is their first purpose, to pursue every just method to put the men who hold their opinions into such a condition as may enable them to carry their common plans into execution, with all the power and authority of the state.
Page 296 - Party is a body of men united, for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest, upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed.
Page 216 - A voice as of the cherub-choir Gales from blooming Eden bear, And distant warblings lessen on my ear That lost in long futurity expire.
Page 493 - M'ôter, pour faire bien, du grenier de céans Cette longue lunette à faire peur aux gens, Et cent brimborions dont l'aspect importune; Ne point aller chercher ce qu'on fait dans la lune, Et vous mêler un peu de ce qu'on fait chez vous, Où nous voyons aller tout sens dessus dessous.
Page 493 - Saturne, et Mars, dont je n'ai point affaire; Et dans ce vain savoir, qu'on va chercher si loin, On ne sait comme va mon pot, dont j'ai besoin. Mes gens à la science aspirent pour vous plaire , Et tous ne font rien moins que ce qu'ils ont à faire; Raisonner est l'emploi de toute ma maison; Et le raisonnement en bannit la raison.
Page 4 - Christian charity's sake, to admonish us of the same in writing ; and we, upon our honour and fidelity, do promise unto him satisfaction from the mouth of God, that is, from his holy scriptures, or else reformation of that which he shall prove to be amiss.
Page 375 - But see, his face is black and full of blood, His eye-balls further out than when he lived, Staring full ghastly like a strangled man; His hair uprear'd, his nostrils stretch'd with struggling; His hands abroad display'd, as one that grasp'd And tugg'd for life and was by strength subdued...