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... seen and done in town . ” “ I wish , my dear Gwendolen , " said Mr. Gascoigne , in a tone of cordial advice , " that you would use your influence with Mr. Grandcourt to induce him to enter Parliament . A man of his position should make ...
... seen and done in town . ” “ I wish , my dear Gwendolen , " said Mr. Gascoigne , in a tone of cordial advice , " that you would use your influence with Mr. Grandcourt to induce him to enter Parliament . A man of his position should make ...
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... seen nothing of more consequence than the picture on the wall , till she discovered Deronda . But he was not looking towards her , and she withdrew her eyes from him , without having got any recognition , consoling herself with the ...
... seen nothing of more consequence than the picture on the wall , till she discovered Deronda . But he was not looking towards her , and she withdrew her eyes from him , without having got any recognition , consoling herself with the ...
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... seen you often and heard you sing a great deal , has he not ? " said Gwendolen , led on partly by the wish to hear anything about Deronda , and partly by the awkwardness which besets the readiest person in carrying on a dialogue when ...
... seen you often and heard you sing a great deal , has he not ? " said Gwendolen , led on partly by the wish to hear anything about Deronda , and partly by the awkwardness which besets the readiest person in carrying on a dialogue when ...
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... seen it in the corner of your eye ever so long , and in your pretence of errands , " said Kate , while the girls came to put their feet on the fender , and Hans , pushing his chair near them , sat astride it , resting his fists and chin ...
... seen it in the corner of your eye ever so long , and in your pretence of errands , " said Kate , while the girls came to put their feet on the fender , and Hans , pushing his chair near them , sat astride it , resting his fists and chin ...
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... seen her- the memor- able cloak that had once been wetted for a winding- sheet . She had come downstairs equipped in this way , and when Mrs. Meyrick said , in a tone of question , " You like to go in that dress , dear ? " she answered ...
... seen her- the memor- able cloak that had once been wetted for a winding- sheet . She had come downstairs equipped in this way , and when Mrs. Meyrick said , in a tone of question , " You like to go in that dress , dear ? " she answered ...
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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.