Beulah: A NovelDerby & Jackson, 1859 - 510 páginas |
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Página 127
... wife that had so darkened his elegant home ? — That gave such austerity to the comparatively youthful face ? She gazed into the deep eyes till she grew dizzy , and answered indistinctly : " I have no claim on you - will not be the means ...
... wife that had so darkened his elegant home ? — That gave such austerity to the comparatively youthful face ? She gazed into the deep eyes till she grew dizzy , and answered indistinctly : " I have no claim on you - will not be the means ...
Página 135
... wife's name , and but for his sister's words she would have been utterly ignorant of his marriage . Whether the omission was studied , or merely the result of abstraction , she could only surmise . Once , when sitting around the fire ...
... wife's name , and but for his sister's words she would have been utterly ignorant of his marriage . Whether the omission was studied , or merely the result of abstraction , she could only surmise . Once , when sitting around the fire ...
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... fact in anthropology , that men selected their opposites for wives ? She did not believe her guardian ever thought of Clara save when in her presence . But how did she know anything about his thoughts and fancies , his likes BEULAH . 137.
... fact in anthropology , that men selected their opposites for wives ? She did not believe her guardian ever thought of Clara save when in her presence . But how did she know anything about his thoughts and fancies , his likes BEULAH . 137.
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... wife " Here the party who were in advance vanished , and as he approached the carriage , Dr. Hartwell said , coolly : " Another specimen of democracy . " Beulah felt as if a lava tide surged madly in her veins , and as the carriage ...
... wife " Here the party who were in advance vanished , and as he approached the carriage , Dr. Hartwell said , coolly : " Another specimen of democracy . " Beulah felt as if a lava tide surged madly in her veins , and as the carriage ...
Página 178
... wife's likeness , and longed to gaze upon the features of one whose name her husband had never mentioned . The mantel was low , and standing on a chair , she endeavored to catch the cord which supported the frame ; but it hung too high ...
... wife's likeness , and longed to gaze upon the features of one whose name her husband had never mentioned . The mantel was low , and standing on a chair , she endeavored to catch the cord which supported the frame ; but it hung too high ...
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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.