Douglas Archdale: A Tale of LucknowLondon Literary Society, 1885 - 219 pagina's |
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66 Sylvia admiration afraid Angus anxiety anxious Archdale's asked aunt Ayah bear beauty better Birkenholt bright brother Calcutta Captain Archdale Captain Lester Cawnpore CHAPTER cousin cried dear Dearest doubt DOUGLAS ARCHDALE Douglas's Edith Ryan Eric Randall excitement exclaimed eyes fancy father fear feelings gentle girl glad glance Gowanbrae hand Hassan heard heart Henry Lawrence honour hope husband India Janet kind Kunda ladies leave listen looked Lucknow Mem Sahib ment Meta Meta's Miss Earle Miss Lester Miss Ryan Missee Mordaunt Ryan mother Nana Sahib native once pain paused perhaps Poor quietly Ralph answered Ralph Elton replied Residency retorted returned Ryan's scarcely seemed sepoys Shahjehanpore silent Sir Colin Campbell Sir Henry Sir Henry Lawrence sister soon spoke strange suppose sure Sylvia Earle tell thought to-morrow tone trust turned Ungud waiting week whilst wife wish words wounded young
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Pagina 48 - Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted ; If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters, returning Back to their springs, like the rain, shall fill them full of refreshment ; That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.
Pagina 196 - WE therefore commit his body to the deep, to be turned into corruption, looking for the resurrection of the body, (when the sea shall give up her dead...
Pagina 219 - Thus everywhere we find our suffering God, And where He trod May set our steps : the Cross on Calvary Uplifted high Beams on the martyr host, a beacon light In open fight. To the still wrestlings of the lonely heart He doth impart The virtue of His midnight agony, When none was nigh, Save God and one good angel, to assuage The tempest's rage.
Pagina 80 - Words are mighty, words are living : Serpents with their venomous stings, Or bright angels, crowding round us, With heaven's light upon their wings : Every word has its own spirit, True or false, that never dies ; Every word man's lips have uttered Echoes in God's skies.
Pagina 86 - O God ! that one might read the book of fate, And see the revolution of the times Make mountains level, and the continent, Weary of solid firmness, melt itself Into the sea! and, other times, to see The beachy girdle of the ocean Too wide for Neptune's hips ; how chances mock, And changes fill the cup of alteration With divers liquors ! O, if this were seen.
Pagina 214 - And there are souls that seem to dwell Above this earth — so rich a spell Floats round their steps, where'er they move, From hopes fulfilled and mutual love. Such, if on high their thoughts are set, Nor in the stream the source forget, If prompt to quit the bliss they know, Following the Lamb where'er He go, By purest pleasures...
Pagina 102 - Here lies HENRY LAWRENCE, Who tried to do his duty. May the Lord have mercy on his soul ! Born 28th of June 1806.