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... better class of houses have two rooms , with a passage between them , entered by steps from the rear , and the foundation raised so as to give place for a cellar beneath ; while chimney and small glass windows give com parative comfort ...
... better class of houses have two rooms , with a passage between them , entered by steps from the rear , and the foundation raised so as to give place for a cellar beneath ; while chimney and small glass windows give com parative comfort ...
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... better GAUCHAG classes , also , gayety rules the hour . Balls and parties are given , and friends vie with each other in elegance and display . The young bride returns her calls in a light bonnet trimmed with feathers ( not worn by the ...
... better GAUCHAG classes , also , gayety rules the hour . Balls and parties are given , and friends vie with each other in elegance and display . The young bride returns her calls in a light bonnet trimmed with feathers ( not worn by the ...
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... better than you are , but you are a thousand times better than your circumstances . Men are happiest when they are in harmony with their cir- cumstances . I venture to say the men you left behind you were contented enough . What is the ...
... better than you are , but you are a thousand times better than your circumstances . Men are happiest when they are in harmony with their cir- cumstances . I venture to say the men you left behind you were contented enough . What is the ...
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... better than money . " I to the window , and exclaimed : " Well , I declare here she comes . " I looked quickly and saw a curious turn out approaching the house . It was an old- fashioned chaise , set low between two high wheels , drawn ...
... better than money . " I to the window , and exclaimed : " Well , I declare here she comes . " I looked quickly and saw a curious turn out approaching the house . It was an old- fashioned chaise , set low between two high wheels , drawn ...
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don't say any more about it . It would have been much better not to have mentioned it at all . " " But , Miss Drummond ! - " Yes , I know . You wanted to be polite . But never mind . I am quite , quite satisfied , " said Norah with a ...
don't say any more about it . It would have been much better not to have mentioned it at all . " " But , Miss Drummond ! - " Yes , I know . You wanted to be polite . But never mind . I am quite , quite satisfied , " said Norah with a ...
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Página 432 - I'd shelter thee, I'd shelter thee: Or did Misfortune's bitter storms Around thee blaw, around thee blaw, Thy bield should be my bosom, To share it a', to share it a'. "Or were I in the wildest waste, Sae black and bare, sae black and bare, The desert were a paradise, If thou wert there, if thou wert there : Or were I monarch o' the globe, Wi' thee to reign, wi' thee to reign, The brightest jewel in my crown Wad be my queen, wad be my queen.
Página 147 - HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.
Página 180 - I crossed a moor, with a name of its own And a certain use in the world no doubt, Yet a hand's-breadth of it shines alone 'Mid the blank miles round about: For there I picked up on the heather, And there I put inside my breast A moulted feather, an eagle-feather ! Well, I forget the rest.
Página 602 - ... may not, some day, be artificially brought together. All I feel justified in affirming is, that I see no reason for believing that the feat has been performed yet. And, looking back through the prodigious vista of the past, I find no record of the commencement of life, and therefore I am devoid of any means of forming a definite conclusion as to the conditions of its appearance.
Página 432 - Wi' thee to reign, wi' thee to reign, The brightest jewel in my crown Wad be my queen, wad be my queen.
Página 315 - ... more, and there is the good company and the best information. In like manner the scholar knows that the famed books contain, first and last, the best thoughts and facts. Now and then, by rarest luck, in some foolish Grub Street is the gem we want. But in the best circles is the best information. If you should transfer the amount of your reading day by day from the newspaper to the standard authors But who dare speak of such a thing ? The three practical rules, then, which I have to offer, are,...
Página 602 - A celebrated author and divine has written to me that "he has gradually learnt to see that it is just as noble a conception of the Deity to believe that He created a few original forms capable of self-development into other and needful forms, as to believe that He required a fresh act of creation to supply the voids caused by the action of His laws.
Página 295 - Well, I will tell you what you will do. Draw a thousand pounds now ; and when you have gone through that, draw another thousand, and when that is spent, draw another thousand, and when you have finished that, draw anothei thousand, and so on ; but, FIND LIVINGSTONE.
Página 326 - There, in the doorway, towering above us all, and looking questioningly down upon the little assembly, stood Mr. Bird. " What does this mean ? " inquired the master. I flew to his side and took his hand. The officer who had presided, being the largest boy, explained that they had been trying to break Arthur Bonnicastle of lying, and that they were about to order him to report to the master for confession and correction. Then Mr. Bird took a chair and patiently heard the whole story. Without a reproach,...
Página 309 - I would have run to him, only I was a coward in the presence of such a mob — would have embraced him, only, he being an Englishman, I did not know how he would receive me; so I did what cowardice and false pride suggested was the best thing — walked deliberately to him, took off my hat, and said: 'Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" 'YES,' said he, with a kind smile, lifting his cap slightly.