Riversdale Court: A Novel, Volume 1Tinsley, 1878 |
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... Who would believe me a working student if I presented such brilliant facings as Tom Hodges , your cowherd ? No , you need not fear for me , grand mamma ; there never was a fellow required it less THE ORIEL DRAWING - ROOM . 23.
... Who would believe me a working student if I presented such brilliant facings as Tom Hodges , your cowherd ? No , you need not fear for me , grand mamma ; there never was a fellow required it less THE ORIEL DRAWING - ROOM . 23.
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... fear of what was coming . She made me sit down beside her on a sofa , and for a brief space was silent , resting her thin white hands , clasped in each other , on her lap , and gazing thoughtfully before her . " What is it , dear ...
... fear of what was coming . She made me sit down beside her on a sofa , and for a brief space was silent , resting her thin white hands , clasped in each other , on her lap , and gazing thoughtfully before her . " What is it , dear ...
Page 72
... left Oxford on the day fixed for his departure , and nothing more had since been seen or heard of him . Concealing for the present this apparent con- firmation of her worst fears from the poor mother , 72 RIVERSDALE COURT .
... left Oxford on the day fixed for his departure , and nothing more had since been seen or heard of him . Concealing for the present this apparent con- firmation of her worst fears from the poor mother , 72 RIVERSDALE COURT .
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A Novel Mrs. Forrest-Grant. firmation of her worst fears from the poor mother , until some more definite information was obtained , Dr. Beechley started at once for Oxford . Opposed as every supposition of the kind was to all their ...
A Novel Mrs. Forrest-Grant. firmation of her worst fears from the poor mother , until some more definite information was obtained , Dr. Beechley started at once for Oxford . Opposed as every supposition of the kind was to all their ...
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... Dr. Beechley , that your manner was full of anxiety as you asked the clerk whether your son was alone : what did you apprehend ? Who did you fear was his companion ? " " I feared that some girl - some woman — 76 RIVERSDALE COURT .
... Dr. Beechley , that your manner was full of anxiety as you asked the clerk whether your son was alone : what did you apprehend ? Who did you fear was his companion ? " " I feared that some girl - some woman — 76 RIVERSDALE COURT .
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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.