The dull stone house, by Kenner Deene, Volume 2; Volume 1051862 |
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... lived long enough . " " You harass me terribly , Emma . You speak as though you were lost . " " I am not ; my honour is untouched , but my love is terrible , my jealousy wake- ful . Paul , if you could know all you would see that I ...
... lived long enough . " " You harass me terribly , Emma . You speak as though you were lost . " " I am not ; my honour is untouched , but my love is terrible , my jealousy wake- ful . Paul , if you could know all you would see that I ...
Page 68
... , her German maid . " Gretchen was a pretty , plump , blue - eyed Austrian , who had lived with Miss Percy four years . " I give up my authoress because I feel that she strove to mislead me . I give you 68 THE DULL STONE HOUSE .
... , her German maid . " Gretchen was a pretty , plump , blue - eyed Austrian , who had lived with Miss Percy four years . " I give up my authoress because I feel that she strove to mislead me . I give you 68 THE DULL STONE HOUSE .
Page 69
... lived in Germany . Gretchen and I are old friends . I have lodged in her father's house . " " And now you counsel her dismissal . Oh , Mr. Roggmoore ! " " Well , well . But what right had the little stumpy German to set me against you ...
... lived in Germany . Gretchen and I are old friends . I have lodged in her father's house . " " And now you counsel her dismissal . Oh , Mr. Roggmoore ! " " Well , well . But what right had the little stumpy German to set me against you ...
Page 119
... lived abroad , in all the cities where sojourned once the hider of that parchment , that I might try and trace it to its place , but all in vain . I have paid spies and searchers among the servants of the Percies , to try and bring this ...
... lived abroad , in all the cities where sojourned once the hider of that parchment , that I might try and trace it to its place , but all in vain . I have paid spies and searchers among the servants of the Percies , to try and bring this ...
Page 177
... lived in the reign of terror , Sir . Your stoical quali- fications would have had ample opportunity for display . You might have danced at a ball while the tumbril was carrying your mother to execution 1 5 THE DULL STONE HOUSE . 177 At ...
... lived in the reign of terror , Sir . Your stoical quali- fications would have had ample opportunity for display . You might have danced at a ball while the tumbril was carrying your mother to execution 1 5 THE DULL STONE HOUSE . 177 At ...
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Popular passages
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.
Page 156 - He was a good man and his loss will be deeply felt by a large circle of friends...
Page 210 - Towards the close of the last century, that is to say, about seventy years ago...