Beulah: A NovelDerby & Jackson, 1859 - 510 páginas |
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... eyes , set in a frame of short , clustering golden curls . She looked about six years old , and was clad , like her companions , in canary - colored flannel dress , and blue check apron . Lillian was the pet of the Asylum , and now her ...
... eyes , set in a frame of short , clustering golden curls . She looked about six years old , and was clad , like her companions , in canary - colored flannel dress , and blue check apron . Lillian was the pet of the Asylum , and now her ...
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... eyes were bent down on her work , and the long , black lashes nearly touched her cold cheeks . " Sister Beulah , ought Claudy to say that ? " cried Lillian , turning round and laying her hand upon the piece of sewing . " Say what ...
... eyes were bent down on her work , and the long , black lashes nearly touched her cold cheeks . " Sister Beulah , ought Claudy to say that ? " cried Lillian , turning round and laying her hand upon the piece of sewing . " Say what ...
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... eyes fell upon a familiar face , partially concealed by a straw bonnet . It was her Sabbath- school teacher ; a sudden glad light flashed over the girl's countenance , and the pale lips disclosed a set of faultlessly beau- tiful teeth ...
... eyes fell upon a familiar face , partially concealed by a straw bonnet . It was her Sabbath- school teacher ; a sudden glad light flashed over the girl's countenance , and the pale lips disclosed a set of faultlessly beau- tiful teeth ...
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... eyes out that dares to scold her . This very morning I pinched Maggie black and blue , for bothering her , and I tell you I shall not let anybody impose on her . " The tears dried in her brilliant eyes , and she clinched her little fist ...
... eyes out that dares to scold her . This very morning I pinched Maggie black and blue , for bothering her , and I tell you I shall not let anybody impose on her . " The tears dried in her brilliant eyes , and she clinched her little fist ...
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... eyes ; tears which acute suffering could not wring from her . He saw the gathering drops , and said , gaily : " If that is the way you intend to thank me , I shall bring you no more pencils . But you look very pale , and ought to be ...
... eyes ; tears which acute suffering could not wring from her . He saw the gathering drops , and said , gaily : " If that is the way you intend to thank me , I shall bring you no more pencils . But you look very pale , and ought to be ...
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Términos y frases comunes
answered Beulah Antoinette arms Asbury asked Astarte Asylum Atheism beautiful believe Beulah looked Beulah sat Bible bitter brow buggy carriage chair Charon cheeks child Chilton Clara clasped Claudia Cornelia countenance curls dear doctor door drew earnestly Eugene exclaimed eyes face fancy feel fell felt fingers Georgia girl glad glance Graham grave Grayson guardian hair hand happy Harriet Hartwell Hartwell's head hear heard heart Heidelberg hope hour Hugh Leonard kissed knew leaned Lilly lips live matron melodeon metaphysical mind misanthropy miserable Miss morning mother never night once orphan Over-Soul painful pale pantheism parlor passed Pauline quiet replied seemed shoulder silent sister smile soon sorrow soul spoke steps stood suppose tears tell thought threw told tone took trembling truth Uncle Guy voice walked watched weary wife wonder yellow fever
Pasajes populares
Página 246 - Such songs have power to quiet The restless pulse of care, And come like the benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice. And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away.
Página 204 - My lips were wet, my throat was cold, My garments all were dank ; Sure I had drunken in my dreams, And still my body drank. I moved and could not feel my limbs, I was so light, almost I thought that I had died in sleep, And was a blessed Ghost.
Página 18 - In the world's broad field of battle. In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife...
Página 196 - The moving Moon went up the sky, And nowhere did abide; Softly she was going up, And a star or two beside...
Página 418 - Look not mournfully into the Past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the Present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy Future, without fear, and with a manly heart.
Página 282 - This world is full of beauty, as other worlds above; And if we did our duty, it might be full of love.
Página 196 - Like clouds that rake the mountainsummits, Or waves that own no curbing hand. How fast has brother followed brother From sunshine to the sunless land ! Yet I, whose lids from infant slumber Were earlier raised, remain to hear A timid voice, that asks in whispers, " Who next will drop and disappear...
Página 300 - And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Página 153 - I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth; and though worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.
Página 245 - The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an Eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me That my soul cannot resist; A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain.