The curse of Clifton, Volumen617A. Hart, 1853 |
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... dark and bronzed as by ex- posure ; his features are Roman ; his hair and whiskers , trimly cut , are of the darkest chestnut , with what painters B call cool lights ; which is to say , that CHAP PAGE I THE MOUNTAIN HUT.
... dark and bronzed as by ex- posure ; his features are Roman ; his hair and whiskers , trimly cut , are of the darkest chestnut , with what painters B call cool lights ; which is to say , that CHAP PAGE I THE MOUNTAIN HUT.
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... dark , shifting , scintillating , prismatic hues that would drive an artist mad for want of colours to portray , or an author to despair for lack of words to describe . He wears the dark blue uniform of his regiment , and manages his ...
... dark , shifting , scintillating , prismatic hues that would drive an artist mad for want of colours to portray , or an author to despair for lack of words to describe . He wears the dark blue uniform of his regiment , and manages his ...
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... dark evergreens around their base and sides have quite a cooling effect in hot weather . ' " " ' Ah ! just so . Now , how far off are those same blessed refrigerators ? " 66 About twenty - five miles in a bee - line . But the moun- tain ...
... dark evergreens around their base and sides have quite a cooling effect in hot weather . ' " " ' Ah ! just so . Now , how far off are those same blessed refrigerators ? " 66 About twenty - five miles in a bee - line . But the moun- tain ...
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... dark- ness was so dense now as to hide their way . The girl jumped from her pony , and , giving him a little slap that sent him travelling down the path , went up to the head of Clifton's horse and said shyly- " You can't see the way ...
... dark- ness was so dense now as to hide their way . The girl jumped from her pony , and , giving him a little slap that sent him travelling down the path , went up to the head of Clifton's horse and said shyly- " You can't see the way ...
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... darkness , " said the girl . After a little more consultation , her last proposition was adopted , and they began the ... dark , and nothing was to be seen but the red glow of a few smouldering embers on the hearth . Towards these the ...
... darkness , " said the girl . After a little more consultation , her last proposition was adopted , and they began the ... dark , and nothing was to be seen but the red glow of a few smouldering embers on the hearth . Towards these the ...
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The Curse of Clifton: Or, The Widowed Bride Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth Vista completa - 1875 |
Términos y frases comunes
answered Archer Clifton arose asked bay horse beautiful BEETON bosom brow Captain Clifton Captain Fairfax Carl Carl Wetzel Carolyn Clifton Catherine Catherine's Charles Cabell cheek child countenance dark daughter dearest death deep Devil's Staircase door dress entered exclaimed eyes face father fear feel Frank gazed gentle girl give hand happy Hardbargain HARRIET BEECHER STOWE head hear heard heart Heaven Henny honour hope horse hour kiss knew lady leave letter lips look madam Major Cabell Major Clifton marriage marry mind Miss Clifton mistress morning mother never night old gentleman Oliver Cromwell pale parlour passed passion paused poor replied Richmond seemed silent sister smile sorrow soul stairs stood strong tell things thought took turned voice White Cliffs wife wish woman words young Zuleime دو وو
Pasajes populares
Página 55 - Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself, An eye like Mars, to threaten and command, A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill, A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man.
Página 229 - Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep ; If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take ; And this I ask for Jesus
Página 160 - Seek ye first the Kingdom of Heaven, .... and all these things shall be added unto you...
Página 312 - Wilt thou love her, comfort her, honour, and keep her in sickness and in health; and, forsaking all other, keep thee only unto her, so long as ye both shall live?
Página 185 - She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps, And lovers around her are sighing; But coldly she turns from their gaze, and weeps, For her heart in his grave is lying.
Página 185 - ... She is Far from the Land She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps, And lovers are round her, sighing : But coldly she turns from their gaze, and weeps, For her heart in his grave is lying. She sings the wild song of her dear native plains, Every note which he loved awaking ; — • Ah ! little they think who delight in her strains, How the heart of the Minstrel is breaking.
Página 420 - We consider the Self-Instructor and its companion volumes entitled to the highest praise that can be bestowed on works of this class. They are plain, practical, complete, and well arranged.
Página 11 - This, of course, is a very striking delineation of sudden terror ! And so they go. Then comes a mighty fog; then thunder, lightning, and rain. Then they hear the tinkling of a wether-bell ; then the little mountain shepherdess, blushing, and dropping her eyes like a startled fawn. " At the same instant a thunderbolt was hurled from heaven with a terrific crash — riving the ground on which she had just stood !" Let us hurry into the hut, reader ! Here we find a graphic old rogue of a grandfather...
Página 50 - ... the lounge, his hands clasped above his forehead, and his elbows very prominent ; one foot, minus a slipper, hoisted upon the window-sill, and the other slippered foot dangling on the carpet. But the picturesque beauty of his dark, handsome face atoned for all the rest.
Página 411 - ... Catherine to think that all this trouble I have suffered, and have inflicted upon you, should have been so unnecessary." But she, knowing better, and deeper in her faith, replies, "Oh, no! it was not unnecessary. God suffered it to be, and it was well — very well! All things work together for good, to them that love the Lord!