Wooed and Married: A NovelMacmillan, 1900 - 498 pages |
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... lady's good - natured face , and , if truth were to be told , her motherly soul yearned to comfort the young cul- prit before her ; but Beatrix , who had hitherto held aloof , struck in here with her calm , sarcastic voice . " I don't ...
... lady's good - natured face , and , if truth were to be told , her motherly soul yearned to comfort the young cul- prit before her ; but Beatrix , who had hitherto held aloof , struck in here with her calm , sarcastic voice . " I don't ...
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... ladies came up the stairs . She would hide sometimes in a dark corner on the landing below and watch them , as one watches a flock of strange birds . What wonderful plumage , she thought ; what white throats and queenly heads ! She ...
... ladies came up the stairs . She would hide sometimes in a dark corner on the landing below and watch them , as one watches a flock of strange birds . What wonderful plumage , she thought ; what white throats and queenly heads ! She ...
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... lady alone . " Certainly the oddest person . A cousin - Dym had never heard of him . Stop ; had not Edith talked often of a Cousin Guy ? Perhaps this was he . What a tall man he was ! big , too , and dressed in an odd foreign sort of ...
... lady alone . " Certainly the oddest person . A cousin - Dym had never heard of him . Stop ; had not Edith talked often of a Cousin Guy ? Perhaps this was he . What a tall man he was ! big , too , and dressed in an odd foreign sort of ...
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... lady of fifty- five - Miss Dale I think they called her - poured it out for me , and the time before that I found a very stout widow lady in charge . " It was impossible not to laugh at Mr. Chichester's mis- chievous tone , and Dym did ...
... lady of fifty- five - Miss Dale I think they called her - poured it out for me , and the time before that I found a very stout widow lady in charge . " It was impossible not to laugh at Mr. Chichester's mis- chievous tone , and Dym did ...
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... lady , why Mr. Chichester's in- vitation to herself was not very pressing . " Mrs. Tressilian would not like it , and you are quite able to take care of Edith without me . " ' True , noblesse oblige . What tiresome things les conve ...
... lady , why Mr. Chichester's in- vitation to herself was not very pressing . " Mrs. Tressilian would not like it , and you are quite able to take care of Edith without me . " ' True , noblesse oblige . What tiresome things les conve ...
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Page 333 - So here hath been dawning Another blue Day : Think wilt thou let it Slip useless away. Out of Eternity This new Day is born ; Into Eternity, At night, will return. Behold it aforetime No eye ever did : So soon it forever From all eyes is hid. Here hath been dawning Another blue Day : Think wilt thou let it Slip useless away.
Page 377 - Rest comes at length, though life be long and dreary, The day must dawn, and darksome night be past ; Faith's journey ends in welcome to the weary, And Heaven, the heart's true home, will come at last.
Page 257 - There are who sigh that no fond heart is theirs, None loves them best — O vain and selfish sigh ! Out of the bosom of His love He spares — The Father spares the Son, for thee to die : For thee He died — for thee He lives again : O'er thee He watches in His boundless reign.
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Page 288 - You must remember you are not as young as you used to be, and you ought not to move about so quickly.
Page 330 - Humphrey Nethecote might have felt inclined to lose their hearts to her. " I suppose I shall have to go now," continued Humphrey. " I am putting off the evil moment as long as I can, for, though I wouldn't wish it, it is hard to go home and miss the Duchess.