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... keep no more on the perilous edge of agitation . “ And I should not have done that unless it had pleased myself . " She tossed up her chin , and reached her hat . " God forbid , child ! I would not have had you marry for my sake . Your ...
... keep no more on the perilous edge of agitation . “ And I should not have done that unless it had pleased myself . " She tossed up her chin , and reached her hat . " God forbid , child ! I would not have had you marry for my sake . Your ...
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... keeping as near to me as you could , and believing in me . " She had not been looking at him as she spoke , but at the handle of the fan which she held closed . With the last words she rose and left him , returning to her former place ...
... keeping as near to me as you could , and believing in me . " She had not been looking at him as she spoke , but at the handle of the fan which she held closed . With the last words she rose and left him , returning to her former place ...
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... keep the secret close from the girls as well as from Hans , any betrayal to them being likely to reach Mirah in some way that would raise an agitating suspicion , and spoil the import- ant opening of that work which was to secure her ...
... keep the secret close from the girls as well as from Hans , any betrayal to them being likely to reach Mirah in some way that would raise an agitating suspicion , and spoil the import- ant opening of that work which was to secure her ...
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... keep that word for the high- est order of minds — those who care supremely for grand and general benefits to mankind . He is not a strictly orthodox Jew , and is full of allowances for others : his conformity in many things is an ...
... keep that word for the high- est order of minds — those who care supremely for grand and general benefits to mankind . He is not a strictly orthodox Jew , and is full of allowances for others : his conformity in many things is an ...
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... the throaty and the nasal , and nodding his small head at his hearer , with a sense of giving formidable evidence which might rather alter their mutual position . " No , really , " said Deronda , keeping [ 36 ] DANIEL DERONDA.
... the throaty and the nasal , and nodding his small head at his hearer , with a sense of giving formidable evidence which might rather alter their mutual position . " No , really , " said Deronda , keeping [ 36 ] DANIEL DERONDA.
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Page 244 - I count myself in nothing else so happy As in a soul remembering my good friends ; And, as my fortune ripens with thy love, It shall be still thy true love's recompense : My heart this covenant makes, my hand thus seals it.
Page 351 - All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame. Oft in my waking dreams do I Live o'er again that happy hour, When midway on the mount I lay, Beside the ruined tower.
Page 207 - All fixed on me their stony eyes, That in the Moon did glitter. The pang, the curse, with which they died, Had never passed away : I could not draw my eyes from theirs, Nor turn them up to pray.
Page 170 - The effect of my education can never be done away with. The Christian sympathies in which my mind was reared can never die out of me," said Deronda, with increasing tenacity of tone. " But I consider it my duty — it is the impulse of my feeling — to identify myself, as far as possible, with my hereditary people, and if I can see any work to be done for them that I can give my soul and hand to I shall choose to do it.
Page 114 - ... the blending of a complete personal love in one current with a larger duty...
Page 49 - He is retired as noontide dew, Or fountain in a noon-day grove ; And you must love him, ere to you He will seem worthy of your love.
Page 32 - If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I.
Page 262 - Ah, you argue and you look forward — you are' Daniel Charisi's grandson," said Kalonymos, adding a benediction in Hebrew. With that they parted ; and almost as soon as Deronda was in London, the aged man was again on shipboard, greeting the friendly stars without any eager curiosity. CHAPTER LXI.
Page 188 - Turn your fear into a safeguard. Keep your dread fixed on the idea of increasing that remorse which is so bitter to you. Fixed meditation may do a great deal towards defining our longing or dread. We are not always in a state of strong emotion, and when we are calm we can use our memories and gradually change the bias of our fear, as we do our tastes. Take your fear as a safeguard.
Page 172 - I desire a grandson who shall have a true Jewish heart. Every Jew should rear his family as if he hoped that a Deliverer might spring from it.'" In uttering these last sentences the Princess narrowed her eyes, waved her head up and down, and spoke slowly with a new kind of chest-voice, as if she were quoting unwillingly.