Riversdale Court: A Novel, Volume 1Tinsley, 1878 |
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... ANSWER X. DIVERS SUBJECTS XI . DIVERS MATTERS CONTINUED XII . EXTRACTS FROM SARIANN'S DIARY XIII . THE PICNIC · · XIV . THE PICNIC CONTINUED XV . THE PICNIC CONTINUED PAGE 1 10 19 27 · 68 81 . 89 . 98 . 109 . 118 135 € 160 . 179 . 190 ...
... ANSWER X. DIVERS SUBJECTS XI . DIVERS MATTERS CONTINUED XII . EXTRACTS FROM SARIANN'S DIARY XIII . THE PICNIC · · XIV . THE PICNIC CONTINUED XV . THE PICNIC CONTINUED PAGE 1 10 19 27 · 68 81 . 89 . 98 . 109 . 118 135 € 160 . 179 . 190 ...
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... answer . " You , you chicken ! Why you are actually still in the very middle of the doll - and - pinafore You talk of marrying ! " era . Another burst of merriment stopped further utterance . " I was not talking of marrying ; I was talk ...
... answer . " You , you chicken ! Why you are actually still in the very middle of the doll - and - pinafore You talk of marrying ! " era . Another burst of merriment stopped further utterance . " I was not talking of marrying ; I was talk ...
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... answered I , coldly . " Only child of the great judge , Sir William Denzell ! What an all - important affair it will be five years hence ! Quite a princess in that land of fire and scorpions ! " " Yes , " replied I , somewhat mollified ...
... answered I , coldly . " Only child of the great judge , Sir William Denzell ! What an all - important affair it will be five years hence ! Quite a princess in that land of fire and scorpions ! " " Yes , " replied I , somewhat mollified ...
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... answered gravely . all " You are thinking of your mother , " I said ; my childish anger dying out as thoughts of some of the stern realities of life , sickness , sor- row , and death , were brought to my mind by his words and manner ...
... answered gravely . all " You are thinking of your mother , " I said ; my childish anger dying out as thoughts of some of the stern realities of life , sickness , sor- row , and death , were brought to my mind by his words and manner ...
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... answer . " The pain - sometimes in my side , some- times in my chest ; but oftenest in the first , and sleepless nights , sleepless , very constantly , because when I lay down the pain worried me more . And everything I did began to ...
... answer . " The pain - sometimes in my side , some- times in my chest ; but oftenest in the first , and sleepless nights , sleepless , very constantly , because when I lay down the pain worried me more . And everything I did began to ...
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Page 263 - She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps, And lovers around her are sighing; But coldly she turns from their gaze, and weeps, For her heart in his grave is lying. She sings the wild songs of her dear native plains, Every note which he loved awaking — Ah! little they think, who delight in her strains, How the heart of the minstrel is breaking!
Page 70 - The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.