Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Том 1Macmillan, 1883 |
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... is next best . Edward Vernon , however , was not so fortunate in his family as in his affairs . He had two sons , one of whom died young , leaving a little daughter to be brought up by her grandfather ; the other " went 2 [ CHAP . HESTER .
... is next best . Edward Vernon , however , was not so fortunate in his family as in his affairs . He had two sons , one of whom died young , leaving a little daughter to be brought up by her grandfather ; the other " went 2 [ CHAP . HESTER .
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... young lady belonging to a county family , but with no money to keep up her pretensions . He had his stables full of horses and his house full of company . " What is it all to come to ? " cried his poor , anxious , angry , disappointed ...
... young lady belonging to a county family , but with no money to keep up her pretensions . He had his stables full of horses and his house full of company . " What is it all to come to ? " cried his poor , anxious , angry , disappointed ...
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... young lady with many accomplishments . But it was the fashion of the time to be unpractical just as it is the fashion of our time that women should understand business and be ready for any emergency . To wear your hair in a high loose ...
... young lady with many accomplishments . But it was the fashion of the time to be unpractical just as it is the fashion of our time that women should understand business and be ready for any emergency . To wear your hair in a high loose ...
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... young men . But after all it was not harm . It was a generous love they felt for her , like the love of chivalry for a lady unapproachable . That young princess was not for them . None of them grew mad with foolish hopes , but they ...
... young men . But after all it was not harm . It was a generous love they felt for her , like the love of chivalry for a lady unapproachable . That young princess was not for them . None of them grew mad with foolish hopes , but they ...
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... young girl he had known . He had been one of the young clerks in the outer office , whom she would recognise with a friendly smiling look , and a nod of her head all round . Now , however , Miss Vernon came up to him , and held out her ...
... young girl he had known . He had been one of the young clerks in the outer office , whom she would recognise with a friendly smiling look , and a nod of her head all round . Now , however , Miss Vernon came up to him , and held out her ...
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Стр. 58 - ... her. A waking eye, a prying mind, A heart that stirs, is hard to bind, A hawk's keen sight ye cannot blind, Ye could not Hester. My sprightly neighbour ! gone before To that unknown and silent shore, Shall we not meet, as heretofore, Some summer morning, When from thy cheerful eyes a ray Hath struck a bliss upon the day, A bliss that would not go away, A sweet fore-warning ? THE OLD FAMILIAR FACES.
Стр. 23 - T is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Стр. 58 - But she was train'd in Nature's school, Nature had blest her. A waking eye, a prying mind, A heart that stirs, is hard to bind, A hawk's keen sight ye cannot blind, Ye could not Hester. My sprightly neighbour, gone before To that unknown and silent shore...
Стр. 23 - The work of a successful man of business increased, yet softened by all the countless nothings that make business for a woman, had filled her days. She was an old maid, to be sure, but an old maid who never was alone.
Стр. 80 - Tweak," said Mr. Prodgers, as his friend returned, " I can see there is a great deal of fun to be got out of this trip. Let the commingled circulate." CHAPTER XLVII. The Caravan of Wonders sets out for Clumpley. VERY early the next morning Mr. Prodgers and his fellow-student sought the bedside of the " Whirlwind of the Wilderness...
Стр. 20 - ... in the hands of Miss Vernon, who, it turned out, had more than her grandfather's steady power of holding on, and was, indeed, the heir of her great-grandfather's genius for business. The bank throve in her hands as it had done in his days, and everything it touched prospered.
Стр. 219 - They would not let you work, and if you could work, nothing but, daily bread would come of it. And, my dear Hester, you want a great deal more than daily bread. You want triumph, power ; you want to be as you are by nature, somebody.
Стр. 205 - I've been in love with you ever since I first saw you — when you were only a child.
Стр. 123 - It is such souls as these that keep the world steady. We should all tumble to pieces if the race was made up of people like Catherine Vernon and you.