A Glimpse of the World, Volume 2Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1863 - 537 pages |
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Page 89
... quiet movement of the limbs ? The whole being is equally balanced , and there is such an air of thought ; you see it even in the complexion , in the absence of colour , or any flush of excitement . ' ' Mr. Verney looks as if India had ...
... quiet movement of the limbs ? The whole being is equally balanced , and there is such an air of thought ; you see it even in the complexion , in the absence of colour , or any flush of excitement . ' ' Mr. Verney looks as if India had ...
Page 94
... quiet , and interested then ; she looked prepared to discourse upon Indian politics with the Governor - General , but - a most untimely interruption - Mrs. Verney from the top of the table bowed to Mrs. Cameron at the bottom , and all ...
... quiet , and interested then ; she looked prepared to discourse upon Indian politics with the Governor - General , but - a most untimely interruption - Mrs. Verney from the top of the table bowed to Mrs. Cameron at the bottom , and all ...
Page 119
... me . I walked home with the rest , and then I went away by myself into a walled garden which we had , with straight walks , and fruit trees , and borders of flowers , and very quiet . And A GLIMPSE OF THE WORLD . 119.
... me . I walked home with the rest , and then I went away by myself into a walled garden which we had , with straight walks , and fruit trees , and borders of flowers , and very quiet . And A GLIMPSE OF THE WORLD . 119.
Page 120
Elizabeth Missing Sewell. and borders of flowers , and very quiet . And there I walked up and down , and thought . I said over to myself again the verse in the burial service , " Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord , " and the ...
Elizabeth Missing Sewell. and borders of flowers , and very quiet . And there I walked up and down , and thought . I said over to myself again the verse in the burial service , " Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord , " and the ...
Page 123
... quiet and hidden . Myra was even more sensitive as to notice when religion was con- cerned , than she was when her studies were in question . And she was full of faults , and the old traditions clung to her . In the circle of Yare Hall ...
... quiet and hidden . Myra was even more sensitive as to notice when religion was con- cerned , than she was when her studies were in question . And she was full of faults , and the old traditions clung to her . In the circle of Yare Hall ...
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