The dull stone house, by Kenner Deene, Volume 2; Volume 1051862 |
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... Miss were very earthly . was even gentle . Percy . Her attributes She was beautiful ; she She looked earnestly , truthful , and tender , sometimes through those violet eyes of hers . If that was her soul looking through the eyes , it ...
... Miss were very earthly . was even gentle . Percy . Her attributes She was beautiful ; she She looked earnestly , truthful , and tender , sometimes through those violet eyes of hers . If that was her soul looking through the eyes , it ...
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... Miss Percy behaved thus gently to every- body . She had very suave manners . And then , Paul had saved her life . One day , just when the first flush of autumn had faintly flooded the woods with its glow ; just at B 2 THE DULL STONE ...
... Miss Percy behaved thus gently to every- body . She had very suave manners . And then , Paul had saved her life . One day , just when the first flush of autumn had faintly flooded the woods with its glow ; just at B 2 THE DULL STONE ...
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Charlotte Smith. clined his head very stiffly indeed when Paul entered . " Miss Percy is very unwell , Mr. - Mr.- " " Withers , " said Paul . " Oh , " said Mr. Percy , without repeating the name . Paul felt the pulse . His own fluttered ...
Charlotte Smith. clined his head very stiffly indeed when Paul entered . " Miss Percy is very unwell , Mr. - Mr.- " " Withers , " said Paul . " Oh , " said Mr. Percy , without repeating the name . Paul felt the pulse . His own fluttered ...
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... Miss Percy knew . He was a being of a different order . Quite a creature beneath her . Nothing , in her eyes , positively nothing ; and he went out from her presence , that golden autumn day , completely awakened from his dream of the ...
... Miss Percy knew . He was a being of a different order . Quite a creature beneath her . Nothing , in her eyes , positively nothing ; and he went out from her presence , that golden autumn day , completely awakened from his dream of the ...
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... Miss Percy , the palm for mere regularity of outline might have been awarded to her ; but here , if it existed at all , the superiority ceased . The hazel eyes were joyous and brilliant , soft and beautiful , the complexion delicate as ...
... Miss Percy , the palm for mere regularity of outline might have been awarded to her ; but here , if it existed at all , the superiority ceased . The hazel eyes were joyous and brilliant , soft and beautiful , the complexion delicate as ...
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Page 131 - If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us; but if we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Page 109 - Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!
Page 106 - Ne'er tell me of glories serenely adorning The close of our day, the calm eve of our night: Give me back, give me back the wild freshness of morning, — Its smiles and its tears are worth evening's best light.
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Page 210 - Towards the close of the last century, that is to say, about seventy years ago...