Belgravia: A London Magazine, Volume 77Chatto and Windus, 1892 |
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... Court VIII . A Favourite Child IX . " Send for Jack " x . " My Own ! " XI . The New Mamma XII . Helen Starts Fresh XIII . A Lesson in Love • The Prior's Cell : A Ghost Story . By DARley Dale William Blake . By EMILIA AYLMER GOWING · 14 ...
... Court VIII . A Favourite Child IX . " Send for Jack " x . " My Own ! " XI . The New Mamma XII . Helen Starts Fresh XIII . A Lesson in Love • The Prior's Cell : A Ghost Story . By DARley Dale William Blake . By EMILIA AYLMER GOWING · 14 ...
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... Court , " Geoffrey Graves's very delightful , very aristocratic , but perhaps rather dull and secluded old home . She had hailed the prospect gladly , but not with any pro- fession of love or gratitude to the man who had opened it up to ...
... Court , " Geoffrey Graves's very delightful , very aristocratic , but perhaps rather dull and secluded old home . She had hailed the prospect gladly , but not with any pro- fession of love or gratitude to the man who had opened it up to ...
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... Court was to be maintained . Geoffrey thought her beauty justified the vanity , and as for the selfishness , greed and thriftlessness , they were qualities which he distinctly refused to admit she possessed . His love for her was ...
... Court was to be maintained . Geoffrey thought her beauty justified the vanity , and as for the selfishness , greed and thriftlessness , they were qualities which he distinctly refused to admit she possessed . His love for her was ...
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... Court . " She sighed petulantly as she thought this , and the sound made Captain Stafford look up suddenly and meet her eyes . What- ever he read there it displeased him apparently , for he turned from her rather haughtily and coldly ...
... Court . " She sighed petulantly as she thought this , and the sound made Captain Stafford look up suddenly and meet her eyes . What- ever he read there it displeased him apparently , for he turned from her rather haughtily and coldly ...
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... Court well enough while it's all new to me , but as soon as it begins to pall upon me , I shall go up to town and stay with papa . ” " You can't be always running away from your own home , " he said , more sternly than his wife had ever ...
... Court well enough while it's all new to me , but as soon as it begins to pall upon me , I shall go up to town and stay with papa . ” " You can't be always running away from your own home , " he said , more sternly than his wife had ever ...
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Page 361 - Happy in this, she is not yet so old But she may learn; happier than this, She is not bred so dull but she can learn ; Happiest of all is, that her gentle spirit Commits itself to yours to be directed, As from her lord, her governor, her king.
Page 366 - TIGER! Tiger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare seize the fire? And what shoulder, and what art, Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
Page 359 - He led me through his gardens fair Where all his golden pleasures grow. With sweet May dews my wings were wet, And Phoebus fired my vocal rage; He caught me in his silken net, And shut me in his golden cage. He loves to sit and hear me sing, Then, laughing, sports and plays with me; Then stretches out my golden wing, And mocks my loss of liberty.
Page 370 - I am not ashamed, afraid, or averse to tell you what ought to be told — that I am under the direction of messengers from heaven, daily and nightly.
Page 370 - Angels, & tremble at the Tasks set before us; if we refuse to do Spiritual Acts because of Natural Fears or Natural Desires ! Who can describe the dismal torments of such a state ! — I too well remember the Threats I heard ! — "If you, who are organised by Divine Providence for spiritual communion, Refuse, & bury your Talent in the Earth, even tho' you should want Natural Bread, Sorrow & Desperation pursues you thro' life, & after death shame & confusion of face to eternity.
Page 370 - But if we fear to do the dictates of our angels, and tremble at the tasks set before us; if we refuse to do spiritual acts because of natural fears or natural desires; who can describe the dismal torments of such a state! — I too well remember the threats I heard! — 'If you, who are...
Page 311 - Shakespeare knew the human mind and its most minute and intimate workings, and he never introduces a word or a thought in vain or out of place...
Page 366 - What the hammer ? what the chain ? In what furnace was thy brain ? What the anvil ? what dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp ? When the stars threw down their spears, And watered heaven with their tears, Did he smile his work to see ? Did he who made the lamb make thee...