Checkmate, Volume 2Hurst and Blackett, 1871 |
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... leave . But go he must ; and so , a last touch of the hand , a last look , and the parting is over . Down- stairs he ... leaves , or on the drooping stalks of the neglected grass , is trans- muted into a diamond . As he stands for an in ...
... leave . But go he must ; and so , a last touch of the hand , a last look , and the parting is over . Down- stairs he ... leaves , or on the drooping stalks of the neglected grass , is trans- muted into a diamond . As he stands for an in ...
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... leave without no unpleasant feelin ' , and good wishes for your ' ealth and ' appiness , both , gentlemen . " And blandly , and with a sly sleepy smile , this insinuating person with- drew . " It is the reward he is thinking of , " said ...
... leave without no unpleasant feelin ' , and good wishes for your ' ealth and ' appiness , both , gentlemen . " And blandly , and with a sly sleepy smile , this insinuating person with- drew . " It is the reward he is thinking of , " said ...
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... leave , and thus restore him to his tête - à - tête . But was there - or was it fancy - a change scarcely perceptible , but unpleasant , in the manner of this sworn brother ? Was it not very provoking , and a little odd , that he did ...
... leave , and thus restore him to his tête - à - tête . But was there - or was it fancy - a change scarcely perceptible , but unpleasant , in the manner of this sworn brother ? Was it not very provoking , and a little odd , that he did ...
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... leaves , nestle and flutter the small birds whose whistlings cheer and sadden the evening air . Every tree and bush that bore fruit , in this old garden , had grown quite beyond the common stature of its kind , and a good gardener would ...
... leaves , nestle and flutter the small birds whose whistlings cheer and sadden the evening air . Every tree and bush that bore fruit , in this old garden , had grown quite beyond the common stature of its kind , and a good gardener would ...
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... leaves of the tall fruit - trees , in whose thick foliage the birds were still singing their ves- pers . Walking down the broad walk towards the garden - door , she felt the saddening in- fluence of the hour returning ; and as she reach ...
... leaves of the tall fruit - trees , in whose thick foliage the birds were still singing their ves- pers . Walking down the broad walk towards the garden - door , she felt the saddening in- fluence of the hour returning ; and as she reach ...
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Page 173 - The poor beetle, which we tread upon, In corporal sufferance feels a pang as great As when a giant dies.
Page 100 - Ah! well-a-day ! "Brightest hopes are fleetest." I the wedding ring had got, Wedding clothes provided ; Sure the church would bind a knot, Ne'er to be divided ; Married we straight must be ; She her vows had plighted ; Vows, alas ! as frail as glass ; All my hopes are blighted. Maidens, wavering and untrue, Many a heart have broken ; Sweetest lips the world e'er knew, Falsest words have spoken.
Page 118 - Go — you may call it madness, folly; You shall not chase my gloom away. There's such a charm in melancholy, I would not, if I could, be gay.
Page 11 - To this he never yielded for an instant. Alas, in this age numbers of men are setting up to be their own inspired writers. I have been told that every man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client...
Page 100 - Once I loved a maiden fair, But she did deceive me : She with Venus might compare In my mind, believe me : She was young, and among All our maids the sweetest : Now I say " Ah ! well-a-day ! " Brightest hopes are fleetest.
Page 320 - Kevenge does make me happy : well for some people if it didn't. Except for those I love or those I hate, I live for none. The rest live for me. I owe them no more than I do this rotten stick. Let them rot and fatten my land ; let them burn and bake my bread.
Page 273 - I should be so much obliged if you would allow me to see it.
Page 165 - Alone again. Not a soul in human shape to disclose my wounds to, not a soul.
Page 162 - She seemed to have something on her mind, and not to know how to begin. At length, after some little conversation, which flagged once or twice — " I have been thinking, Mr. Lougcluse, I must have appeared very stupid,