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When he looked at Maggie, and thought of the moorland home from which she had never wandered, the mysteriously beautiful lines of Wordsworth seemed to become sun clear to him. WHEN HE LOOKED AT MAGGIE AND THOUGHT OF THE MOORLAND HOME FROM WHICH SHE NEVER WANDERED THE MYSTERIOUSLY BEAUTIFUL LINES OF WORDSWORTH SEEMED TO BECOME SON CLEAR TO HIM
e idea of the code which makes and shows a nation's conscience: but Edward's details of the ways in which the letter so often baffles the spirit, made him recoil. With some anger against himself, for viewing the profession with disgust, because it was degraded by those who embraced it, instead of looking upon it as what might be ennobled and purified into a vast intelligence by high and pure-minded men, he got up abruptly and left the room. The girls were sitting over the drawing-room fire, with unlighted candles on the table, talking, he felt, about his mother; but when he came in they rose, and changed their tone. Erminia went to the piano, and sang her newest and choicest French airs. Frank was gloomy and silent; but when she changed into more solemn music his mood was softened, Maggie's simple and hearty admiration, untinged by the slightest shade of envy for Erminia's accomplishments, charmed him. The one appeared to him the perfection of elegant art, the other of graceful nature. LIVELIHOOD AS TO GAIN SOME IDEA OF THE CODE WHICH MAKES AND SHOWS A NATION'S CONSCIENCE BUT EDWARD'S DETAILS OF THE WAYS IN WHICH THE LETTER SO OFTEN BAFFLES THE SPIRIT MADE HIM RECOIL WITH SOME ANGER AGAINST HIMSELF FOR VIEWING THE PROFESSION WITH DISGUST BECAUSE IT WAS DEGRADED BY THOSE WHO EMBRACED IT INSTEAD OF LOOKING UPON IT AS WHAT MIGHT BE ENNOBLED AND PURIFIED INTO A VAST INTELLIGENCE BY HIGH AND PURE MINDED MEN HE GOT UP ABRUPTLY AND LEFT THE ROOM THE GIRLS WERE SITTING OVER THE DRAWING ROOM FIRE WITH UNLIGHTED CANDLES ON THE TABLE TALKING HE FELT ABOUT HIS MOTHER BUT WHEN HE CAME IN THEY ROSE AND CHANGED THEIR TONE EMILIA WENT TO THE PIANO AND SANG HER NEWEST AND CHOICEST FRENCH AIRS FRANK WAS GLOOMY AND SILENT BUT WHEN SHE CHANGED INTO MORE SOLEMN MUSIC HIS MOOD WAS SOFTENED MAGGIE'S SIMPLE AND HEARTY ADMIRATION UNTINGED BY THE SLIGHTEST SHADE OF ENVY FOR ROMINIA'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS CHARMED HIM THE ONE APPEARED TO HIM THE PERFECTION OF ELEGANT ART THE OTHER OF GRACEFUL NATURE
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