Love And Mirage or The Waiting On An Island and Other Tales |
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93rd SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS admirable Arthur Venning asked AUTHOR OF JOHN beautiful beechen Black Lake bright châlet character charming child DAVID ELGINBROD despair Dollar dreams Edition EDWARD IRVING Elizabeth and Flora English Eva's eyes fancy father feeling felt flowers forest friends GENTLEMAN girl hand happy heart heaven Hervey hope human humour HURST AND BLACKETT interest island James's Gazette Jeaffreson JEANNE D'ALBRET JOHN HALIFAX Josiah JULIA KAVANAGH kind knew Lady Felicia Laird of Norlaw least living London longer look lover MAC DONALD marriage marry Marshal Bugeaud MARY RUSSELL MITFORD mind mother nature never novel OLIPHANT passionate pathos picture pity pleasant poor Post reader SAM SLICK Sammle scene seemed Selina Sir Gibbie sister smile sorrow spirit Standard Library story sure sweet taste thing thought tion touches truth voice vols volume weep whilst wife woman word written
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Page 279 - THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS. BY ELIOT WARBURTON. " Independent of its value as an original narrative, and its useful and interesting information, this work is remarkable for the colouring power and play of fancy with which its descriptions are enlivened. Among its greatest and most lasting charms is its reverent and serious spirit.
Page 279 - Mr. Warburton has fulfilled the promise of his title-page. The ' Realities of Eastern Travel' are described with a vividness which Invests them with deep and abiding interest; while the 'Romantic' adventures which the enterprising tourist met with in his course are narrated with a spirit which shows how much he enjoyed these reliefs from the ennui of every-day life."— Olobe.
Page 278 - JOHN HALIFAX.' Each in One Volnme, elegantly printed, bound, and illustrated, price 5s. JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN. A WOMAN'S THOUGHTS ABOUT WOMEN. A LIFE FOR A LIFE. NOTHING NEW. MISTRESS AND MAID. CHRISTIAN'S MISTAKE. A NOBLE LIFE. HANNAH. THE UNKIND WORD. A BRAVE LADY. STUDIES FROM LIFE. THE WOMAN S KINGDOM. WORKS BY THE AUTHOR OF 'SAM SLICK.