Falkner Lyle, Or The Story of Two Wives, Volume 1B. Tauchnitz, 1866 |
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Falkner Lyle, Or the Story of Two Wives, Vol. 1 of 3 (Classic Reprint) Mark Lemon No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 216 - Out upon Time ! it will leave no more Of the things to come than the things before ! Out upon Time! who for ever will leave But enough of the past for the future to grieve O'er that which hath been, and o'er that which must be!
Page 281 - Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays...
Page 85 - Futteghur, and gave him two chupatties, little unleavened cakes, the common food of the poorer classes. He ordered him to make ten more, and give two to each of the five nearest chowkeydars with the same order. He was obeyed, and in a few days the whole country was in commotion with chowkeydars running about with these cakes.
Page 195 - Bank, va l) (das Feuer) decken, so dass es nur langsam fortbrennt, aber nicht ausgeht; 2) häufeln, dh die Erde um die Pflanzen...
Page 141 - Cast all your care upon him; for he careth for you. And Paul (1 Cor. x.) saith, God is true, he will not suffer you to be tempted above your might. And, Psalm lv., Cast thy care upon the Lord.
Page 110 - Bertha! lovely as you have ever seemed to your husband's eyes, you would have been a hundred times more beautiful discharging your first and honest duty, sharing your life with the most helpless of created things. They barter to much loss who exchange for any other pleasure a mother's sacred privilege...
Page 193 - ... spider ; while the lizard rambles fearlessly along those dormant punkahs, that have for so many a day remained quiescent. But " the spell is past, the dream is o'er ; " its walls are resonant again with the sounds of jollity and preparation. The sable pagan has started into activity, and the dusty chandeliers once more glitter in their joy ; the crimson-edged flounces of the punkahs, fresh from the hands of the blanchisseur, glimmer with spotless purity. The stewards, indefatigable fellows, defiant...
Page 193 - ... dance-inspiring band. Those chandeliers, those wall-lights, with their crystal sheltering«, have become the home of the spider ; while the lizard rambles fearlessly along those dormant punkahs, that have for so many a day remained quiescent. But " the spell is past, the dream is o'er ; " its walls are resonant again with the sounds of jollity and preparation. The sable pagan has started into activity, and the dusty chandeliers once more glitter in their joy ; the crimson-edged flounces of the...
Page 85 - ... two chupatties, little unleavened cakes, the common food of the poorer classes. He ordered him to make ten more, and give two to each of the five nearest chowkeydars with the same order. He was obeyed, and in a few days the whole country was in commotion with chowkeydars running about with these cakes. They passed on from district to district with wonderful rapidity, and nobody seemed able to give any account of the mystery. A similar transmission of small cakes throughout the country had, however,...
Page 226 - When we hear the continental workman mentioned to the disadvantage of our own countrymen, we remember that no human being on the face of the earth labours so incessantly as an Englishman.