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Page 263 - ... gleaming, I cannot but think that things are going well in that house; that it is the home of cheerfulness, hopefulness, and reasonable prosperity ; that the people in it speak truth and hate whiggery. Especially I respect the mistress of that house; and conclude that she is doing her duty in that station in life to which it has pleased God to call her.
Page 118 - Angela knew not what to say; she felt that she was blushing. Her eyes were again bent down, and for a few moments there was a pause, which, if not painfully awkward, was at least full of a delicious confusion for both. " Miss Deveril," suddenly spoke Francis, " you will not be angry with me for what I am about to say?
Page 258 - Christmas day many people came ; the gentlemen sat at one end of the table and the ladies at the other, and the hostess sat in their midst.
Page 225 - At any rate, it led him to tell me the following anecdote : — A very rich man had an only son, whom he loved more than his own life. This young man had a very intimate friend, whom he loved not less than himself. One morning this young man went out for a walk, and came to a deep river, where he, to his sorrow, saw his friend struggling in the water, and was very near to be drowned. Without hesitation he was about to plunge into...
Page xi - I cannot, however, even accept him as the inventor of the story, although no one knows what prototype he used. The balance of probability indicates that he clothed the legends which the Crusaders of the Middle Ages had brought home from the East in the form of a French romance of chivalry.
Page 274 - At first he was so astounded that he did not know what to say, while she waited, looking at him steadily.
Page 236 - I have incurred, or else find out who the thief is.' more he thought over the matter, the more convinced he was that the...
Page 139 - Directly afterwards they all assembled to take counsel as to what was to be done with the...
Page 320 - THAT MEN SHOULD DO UNTO YOU, THAT DO YE ALSO TO THEM...
Page 103 - I do not know how I shall ever thank you enough for delivering us all.