A Pair of Blue Eyes/Volume 1
A PAIR OF BLUE EYES.
LONDON:
ROBSON AND SONS, PRINTERS, PANCRAS ROAD, N.W.
A PAIR OF BLUE EYES.
A Novel.
By THOMAS HARDY,
AUTHOR OF
'UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE,' 'DESPERATE REMEDIES,' ETC.
'A violet in the youth of primy nature,
Forward, not permanent, sweet, not lasting,
The perfume and suppliance of a minute;
No more.'
Forward, not permanent, sweet, not lasting,
The perfume and suppliance of a minute;
No more.'
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
LONDON:
TINSLEY BROTHERS, 8 CATHERINE ST. STRAND.
1873.
[The right of translation and reproduction is reserved.]
CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| II. | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| III. | 'Melodious Birds sing Madrigals' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| IV. | 'Where heaves the Turf in many a mould ring Heap' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
44 |
| V. | 'Bosom'd high in tufted Trees' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| VI. | 'Fare thee weel a while' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| VII. | 'No more of me you knew, my Love' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
104 |
| VIII. | 'Allen-a-Dale is no Baron or Lord' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
147 |
| IX. | 'Her Father did fume' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
171 |
| X. | 'Beneath the Shelter of an aged Tree' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
192 |
| XI. | 'Journeys end in Lovers' Meeting' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
220 |
| XII. | 'Adieu! she cries, and waved her lily Hand' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| XIII. | 'He set in order many Proverbs' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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NAMES OF THE PERSONS.
Elfride Swancourt, a young lady.
Stephen Fitzmaurice Smith, an architect.
Henry Knight, a reviewer and essayist.
Christopher Swancourt, a clergyman.
Spenser Hugo Luxellian, a lord.
Helen, Lady Luxellian, his wife.
MARY and Kate, two little girls.
Charlotte Troyton, a rich widow.
Gertrude Jethway, a poor widow.
Lord Luxellian's master-mason.
The master-mason's wife.
A dazed man-servant.
An imperturbable factotum.
Other servants, mechanics, a sexton, clowns, &c.
Stephen Fitzmaurice Smith, an architect.
Henry Knight, a reviewer and essayist.
Christopher Swancourt, a clergyman.
Spenser Hugo Luxellian, a lord.
Helen, Lady Luxellian, his wife.
MARY and Kate, two little girls.
Charlotte Troyton, a rich widow.
Gertrude Jethway, a poor widow.
Lord Luxellian's master-mason.
The master-mason's wife.
A dazed man-servant.
An imperturbable factotum.
Other servants, mechanics, a sexton, clowns, &c.
Scene: chiefly near the coast of a western county;
occasionally in London.
occasionally in London.
This work was published before January 1, 1930, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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