Riversdale Court: A Novel, Volume 1Tinsley, 1878 |
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... speaking in tones of suppressed rapture , and hastening the while towards an open door . Accordingly in I was brought , and put to stand on a chair , and my black nurse and Mrs. Patter- son , the housekeeper , proceeded at once to ...
... speaking in tones of suppressed rapture , and hastening the while towards an open door . Accordingly in I was brought , and put to stand on a chair , and my black nurse and Mrs. Patter- son , the housekeeper , proceeded at once to ...
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... speaking in a voice in which all banter and gaiety had so entirely given place to a sad seriousness that , had I not become accustomed to these varying moods in Charles since Edith's death , I should have been greatly astonished at this ...
... speaking in a voice in which all banter and gaiety had so entirely given place to a sad seriousness that , had I not become accustomed to these varying moods in Charles since Edith's death , I should have been greatly astonished at this ...
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... this dreadful interview ! I could not bear it much longer , I felt sure . I have reasons for wishing to know , ' I again urged . Please answer these questions unreservedly , as though you were speaking of some 42 RIVERSDALE COURT .
... this dreadful interview ! I could not bear it much longer , I felt sure . I have reasons for wishing to know , ' I again urged . Please answer these questions unreservedly , as though you were speaking of some 42 RIVERSDALE COURT .
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... speaking in an almost angry tone . ' I conclude your motive is a good and an urgent one , or you could hardly , at your age , be so singularly merciless to yourself . Yes , your lungs are seriously diseased . ' " Tell me all , doctor ...
... speaking in an almost angry tone . ' I conclude your motive is a good and an urgent one , or you could hardly , at your age , be so singularly merciless to yourself . Yes , your lungs are seriously diseased . ' " Tell me all , doctor ...
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... speaking in my sleep ; but I know I was very calm and , fortunately , self- controlled . Thank you , Doctor Mardyke , for the trouble you have taken , and for so honestly telling me the truth , ' I said , handing him his fee . He would ...
... speaking in my sleep ; but I know I was very calm and , fortunately , self- controlled . Thank you , Doctor Mardyke , for the trouble you have taken , and for so honestly telling me the truth , ' I said , handing him his fee . He would ...
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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.