 ... was not David's wife but herself who had been the real love of his life. Mrs. Norton declares : "Oh feel sure, Eleanor! He spoke no more than truth when he told you, you were his ideal of love and loveliness. The woman who is so loved may have successors,...  Stuart of Dunleath: A Story of the Present Time - Page 126by Caroline Sheridan Norton - 1851 - 129 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Grant - 1864 - 420 pages
...may have successors, as she may have had predecessors; but rivals—properly so called—she can have none. Lone and different as the moon in a heaven full...may be the love of his youth, or the wife of his old age—first love, or last love—it matters not. The love—the one love that fulfils all the exigencies... | |
 | Jane Gray Perkins - 1909 - 358 pages
...loveliness. The woman who is so loved may have successors, as she has had predecessors ; but rivals she has none. Lone and different as the moon in a...love, it matters not. The love, the one love that fulfils all the exigencies of illusion, all the charms of sense, and all the pleasures of companionship,... | |
 | Jane Gray Perkins - 1909 - 356 pages
...loveliness. The woman who is so loved may have successors, as she has had predecessors ; but rivals she has none. Lone and different as the moon in a...love, it matters not. The love, the one love that fulfils all the exigencies of illusion, all the charms of sense, and all the pleasures of companionship,... | |
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