Riversdale Court: A Novel, Volume 1Tinsley, 1878 |
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... 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 divest me of my ...
... 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 divest me of my ...
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... tone , the offensive laugh still ringing loudly in my ears . " What a midge it was , to be sure , when first it appeared amongst us ! " soliloquized my tormentor . An indignant silence on my part . " Look , " he continued , " do you see ...
... tone , the offensive laugh still ringing loudly in my ears . " What a midge it was , to be sure , when first it appeared amongst us ! " soliloquized my tormentor . An indignant silence on my part . " Look , " he continued , " do you see ...
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... tones of mock fondness and admiration , you are a perfect emblem of her , -he - m ! I mean of what she was . Yes ; just such another interestingly blanched , scorched - up bit of vegetation as was that atom of ... tone 14 RIVERSDALE COURT .
... tones of mock fondness and admiration , you are a perfect emblem of her , -he - m ! I mean of what she was . Yes ; just such another interestingly blanched , scorched - up bit of vegetation as was that atom of ... tone 14 RIVERSDALE COURT .
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... tone . " None , " 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 ...
... tone . " None , " 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 ...
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... tone ; " in fact , just the right sort of appearance for a bookworm . 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 ...
... tone ; " in fact , just the right sort of appearance for a bookworm . 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 ...
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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.