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... asked gruffly : " Who are you ? What business have you here ? " " Oh ! how dared you murder him ? Do you think God will forgive you on the gallows ? " He was a man probably twenty - seven years of age — sin- gularly fair , handsome ...
... asked gruffly : " Who are you ? What business have you here ? " " Oh ! how dared you murder him ? Do you think God will forgive you on the gallows ? " He was a man probably twenty - seven years of age — sin- gularly fair , handsome ...
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... asked the surgeon . " Edna Earl . " " Do you live near this place ? " " Yes , sir , very near . " " Is your father at home ? " " I have no father , but grandpa has not gone to the shop yet . " " Will you show me the way to the house ...
... asked the surgeon . " Edna Earl . " " Do you live near this place ? " " Yes , sir , very near . " " Is your father at home ? " " I have no father , but grandpa has not gone to the shop yet . " " Will you show me the way to the house ...
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... asked herself again and again : " What have I done , that God should punish me so ? I thought I was grateful , I thought I was doing my duty ; but oh ! what dreadful sin have I committed , to deserve this awful afflic- tion ? " During ...
... asked herself again and again : " What have I done , that God should punish me so ? I thought I was grateful , I thought I was doing my duty ; but oh ! what dreadful sin have I committed , to deserve this awful afflic- tion ? " During ...
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... to coax her out of her chair by the chimney - corner , but she crouched there , a wan , mute figure of woe , pitiable to contemplate ; asking no questions , causing no trouble , receiving no consolation . [ 21 ] CHAPTER III. ...
... to coax her out of her chair by the chimney - corner , but she crouched there , a wan , mute figure of woe , pitiable to contemplate ; asking no questions , causing no trouble , receiving no consolation . [ 21 ] CHAPTER III. ...
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... asked the question which now stands as a melancholy epigram on family favoritism and human frailty . Gold gilds even the lineaments and haunts of Death , making Pere la Chaise a favored spot for fetes champetres ; while poverty hangs ...
... asked the question which now stands as a melancholy epigram on family favoritism and human frailty . Gold gilds even the lineaments and haunts of Death , making Pere la Chaise a favored spot for fetes champetres ; while poverty hangs ...
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