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... thought . He was balancing in his mind conflicting sentiments of justice and mercy , and meditating it what way to meet the probable contrition of his guilty relative ; but he was not prepared to see him seek a refuge in effrontery ...
... thought . He was balancing in his mind conflicting sentiments of justice and mercy , and meditating it what way to meet the probable contrition of his guilty relative ; but he was not prepared to see him seek a refuge in effrontery ...
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... thought he heard - not footsteps , but a little strain of music , so faint and fleeting , it was more like the moonlight sha- dow of a fleecy cloud that glides along the hills , and fades ere you can say it is , than any certain truth ...
... thought he heard - not footsteps , but a little strain of music , so faint and fleeting , it was more like the moonlight sha- dow of a fleecy cloud that glides along the hills , and fades ere you can say it is , than any certain truth ...
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... thought . Accordingly there is more artlessness , more passion than is usual with us in England ; the soft dark eyes of a creole girl seem to speak of such de- * votion and earnestness of spirit , that you cannot chose but make your ...
... thought . Accordingly there is more artlessness , more passion than is usual with us in England ; the soft dark eyes of a creole girl seem to speak of such de- * votion and earnestness of spirit , that you cannot chose but make your ...
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