The dull stone house, by Kenner Deene, Volume 2; Volume 1051862 |
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... once passion has fairly usurped the mastery , did ever this prudent question recal one being to a sense of pru- dence ? I trow not . Paul went on his way , not rejoicing , scarcely fearing ; treasuring up looks and smiles which she ...
... once passion has fairly usurped the mastery , did ever this prudent question recal one being to a sense of pru- dence ? I trow not . Paul went on his way , not rejoicing , scarcely fearing ; treasuring up looks and smiles which she ...
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Charlotte Smith. white , cold face . I remember speaking to her once on the beach at Aberglace , when we first came down here . I was a little idiot then , and I had heard so much of these great Percies ; and one of the Perfect- ways ...
Charlotte Smith. white , cold face . I remember speaking to her once on the beach at Aberglace , when we first came down here . I was a little idiot then , and I had heard so much of these great Percies ; and one of the Perfect- ways ...
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... Once more the Percy woods , once more the pretty lodge gates , once more the lordly park for a long mile , and then the great house , and the servant who held his horse ; and Paul crosses the marble hall , and is shewn this time into ...
... Once more the Percy woods , once more the pretty lodge gates , once more the lordly park for a long mile , and then the great house , and the servant who held his horse ; and Paul crosses the marble hall , and is shewn this time into ...
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... once . It was the same blooming face which had rivetted Paul Withers's gaze in the park the day before ; the same golden , brown hair ; even the same dark hat , and drooping feather . She was a creature full of grace , was Flora ...
... once . It was the same blooming face which had rivetted Paul Withers's gaze in the park the day before ; the same golden , brown hair ; even the same dark hat , and drooping feather . She was a creature full of grace , was Flora ...
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... once Hebe - like and angelic , was of a brighter beauty than the statue - like Margaret . She wore a dress of white lace , with no orna- ment of any kind . Cecil Percy sat stately , at the head of his table , and behaved with THE DULL ...
... once Hebe - like and angelic , was of a brighter beauty than the statue - like Margaret . She wore a dress of white lace , with no orna- ment of any kind . Cecil Percy sat stately , at the head of his table , and behaved with THE DULL ...
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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...