Helen Lester, by the authors of 'Garestone hall'.

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Página 45 - THE day is cold, and dark, and dreary ; It rains, and the wind is never weary ; The vine still clings to the mouldering wall, But at every gust the dead leaves fall, And the day is dark and dreary.
Página 1 - Ah ! what would the world be to us If the children were no more ? We should dread the desert behind us Worse than the dark before. What the leaves are to the forest, With light and air for food, Ere their sweet and tender juices Have been hardened into wood, — That to the world are children ; Through them it feels the glow Of a brighter and sunnier climate Than reaches the trunks below.
Página 223 - YES, the Year is growing old, And his eye is pale and bleared ! Death, with frosty hand and cold, Plucks the old man by the beard, Sorely, — sorely...
Página 269 - RECOLLECTIONS of a WINTER CAMPAIGN IN INDIA, in 1857—58. By CAPTAIN OLIVER J. JONES, RN With numerous illustrations drawn on stone by Day, from the Author's Sketches. In 1 vol. royal 8vo, 16s.
Página 270 - GEORGE STEPHEN. With illustrations by Cruikshank. New and cheaper Edition, 5s. THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS, Elegant Gift Book for the Season. Beautifully bound in green watered silk, with coloured plates. Containing the Art of Conveying Sentiments of Esteem and Affection.
Página 248 - Now what is love? I pray thee, tell. It is that fountain and that well Where pleasure and repentance dwell.
Página 101 - HAPPY is the man who hears Instruction's warning voice ; And who celestial Wisdom makes his early, only choice. 2 For she has treasures greater far than east or west unfold ; And her rewards more precious are than all their stores of gold.
Página 270 - THE HANDBOOK OF TURNING, With numerous plates. A complete and Practical Guide to the Beautiful Science of Turning in all its Branches. 1 vol. 7s. 6d. TEXTS FOR TALKERS. By FRANK FOWLER. 3s. 6d.
Página 266 - Adversity is like the period of the former and of the latter rain — cold, comfortless, unfriendly to man and to animal ; yet from that season have their birth the flower and the fruit, the date, the rose, and the pomegranate.
Página 269 - A Trip to the Trenches ;' &c. 1 vol. 7s. CAMPAIGNING IN KAFFIRLAND; or, SCENES AND ADVENTURES IN THE KAFFIR WAR OF 1851—52. By Captain WR KING.

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