The dull stone house, by Kenner Deene, Volume 2; Volume 1051862 |
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Page 77
... murder you . " " Hah ! Charles Roggmoore , you have You have broken my heart . " done worse . " Oh , confound your heart , " he inter- rupted , brutally . " You were never any- thing but a man - trap laid to ensnare me . Do you dare to ...
... murder you . " " Hah ! Charles Roggmoore , you have You have broken my heart . " done worse . " Oh , confound your heart , " he inter- rupted , brutally . " You were never any- thing but a man - trap laid to ensnare me . Do you dare to ...
Page 151
... murder , the murder of Charles Bingham Roggmoore , Esq . , of Roggmoore Lodge . " CHAPTER V. WHAT THE PAPERS SAID . " FRIGHTFUL MURDER THE DULL STONE HOUSE . 151.
... murder , the murder of Charles Bingham Roggmoore , Esq . , of Roggmoore Lodge . " CHAPTER V. WHAT THE PAPERS SAID . " FRIGHTFUL MURDER THE DULL STONE HOUSE . 151.
Page 152
Charlotte Smith. CHAPTER V. WHAT THE PAPERS SAID . " FRIGHTFUL MURDER IN WALES . - Last week the inhabitants of ... murdered . The circum- stances of the case are of an exaggerated barbarity , and accompanied by facts which go far towards ...
Charlotte Smith. CHAPTER V. WHAT THE PAPERS SAID . " FRIGHTFUL MURDER IN WALES . - Last week the inhabitants of ... murdered . The circum- stances of the case are of an exaggerated barbarity , and accompanied by facts which go far towards ...
Page 154
... murdered gentleman , who came down with his bro- ther occasionally in the autumn for shooting of wild ducks , & c . There was a daughter in the case , a creature frail and fair . The seductive arts of this syren were put into execution ...
... murdered gentleman , who came down with his bro- ther occasionally in the autumn for shooting of wild ducks , & c . There was a daughter in the case , a creature frail and fair . The seductive arts of this syren were put into execution ...
Page 157
... on Tuesday morning an appalling and alarming proof of the murder came to light . In a retired part of the mountain , within a few yards of where Withers must have passed in his lonely night walk THE DULL STONE HOUSE . 157.
... on Tuesday morning an appalling and alarming proof of the murder came to light . In a retired part of the mountain , within a few yards of where Withers must have passed in his lonely night walk THE DULL STONE HOUSE . 157.
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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...