At that time of all times for yearning and longing, just before the sharp senses lose their outlines in sleep.
Adiós hija. Al fin nos separamos, sí. Has sido una bendición para tu padre desde el mismo día en que naciste. Benditos sean tus labios pálidos que sonríen ahora, y me alegra una vez más tu sonrisa aun...
Again, stepping nearer, he besought her with another tremulous eager call upon her name. 'Margaret!'Still lower went the head; more closely hidden was the face, almost resting on the table before her....
All this gladness in life, all honest pride in doing my work in the world, all this keen sense of being, I owe to her! And it doubles the gladness, it makes the pride glow, it sharpens the sense of ex...
An old lady had an Alderney cow, which she looked upon as a daughter. ....The whole town knew and kindly regarded Miss Betsy Barker's Alderney, therefore great was the sympathy and regret when, in an...
And again it's no fair play to t' French. Four o' them is rightly matched wi' one o' us; and if we go an' fight 'em four to four it's like as if yo' fell to beatin' Sylvie there, or little Billy Croxt...
But you don't think her fit to go to Liverpool? asked Mary, still in the anxious tone of one who wishes earnestly for some particular decision. To Liverpool-yes, replied he. A short journey like that...
By the soft green light in the woody glade, On the banks of moss where thy childhood played; By the household tree, thro' which thine eye First looked in love to the summer sky.
Come what will, I cannot, when I write, think always of myself and of what is elegant and charming in femininity; it is not on those terms, or with such ideas, I ever took pen in hand: and if it is on...
Do you think if I could help it, I would sit still with folded hands, content to mourn? Do you not believe that as long as hope remained I would be up and doing? I mourn because what has occurred cann...
He could not - say rather, he would not - deny himself the chance of the pleasure of seeing Margaret. He had no end in this but the present gratification.
He llegado al convencimiento de que las simples instituciones, por mucha sabiduría y mucha reflexión que haya requerido organizarlas y concertarlas, no pueden unir a las clases como debería hacerse, a...
He that’s convinced against his will Is of the same opinion still.
His Scotch blood (for that he was of Scottish descent there could be no manner of doubt) gave him just the kind of thistly dignity which made every one feel that they must treat him with respect; so o...
I always said a good despotism was the best form of government; and I am twice as much in favour of it now I see what a quorum is!
I am a man. I claim the right of expressing my feelings.
I am punished. Only let me hope.
I shall never marry.' 'Nonsense, and double nonsense! Why,
I was used To sleep at nights as sweetly as a child,— Now if the wind blew rough, it made me start, And think of my poor boy tossing about Upon the roaring seas. And then I seemed To feel that it...
I'm sure it was not wrong in morals, whatever it might be in judgement.
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