The dull stone house, by Kenner Deene, Volume 2; Volume 1051862 |
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... sister . We were just going to tea . Emma and I have been gathering plums all the afternoon , for your mother to make preserves with to - morrow . Come in . It's the last opportunity you will have , for some time to come , of witnessing ...
... sister . We were just going to tea . Emma and I have been gathering plums all the afternoon , for your mother to make preserves with to - morrow . Come in . It's the last opportunity you will have , for some time to come , of witnessing ...
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... sister , and I love you . Your honour is very dear to me . " " Be completely at your ease . I am the fittest guardian of my own honour . " " I know you think so ; but may not love blind you ? If ambition sways you , then I may leave you ...
... sister , and I love you . Your honour is very dear to me . " " Be completely at your ease . I am the fittest guardian of my own honour . " " I know you think so ; but may not love blind you ? If ambition sways you , then I may leave you ...
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... sister , and then he went for his horse . The sun had gone down , and it was in the autumn twilight that he left the white house , amidst the whispering trees , and turned his horse's head towards Aberglace . . C VOL . II . CHAPTER III ...
... sister , and then he went for his horse . The sun had gone down , and it was in the autumn twilight that he left the white house , amidst the whispering trees , and turned his horse's head towards Aberglace . . C VOL . II . CHAPTER III ...
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... sister that he would only give her a week , during which she was to come to some definite arrangement with Charles Bingham Roggmoore , Charles Rogg- moore rode into the pathway leading to Roggmoore Lodge . 70 THE DULL STONE HOUSE .
... sister that he would only give her a week , during which she was to come to some definite arrangement with Charles Bingham Roggmoore , Charles Rogg- moore rode into the pathway leading to Roggmoore Lodge . 70 THE DULL STONE HOUSE .
Page 91
... one moment that this gentleman would ever have married his sister ? It was not to be thought of , and Emma had again and again declared that she had met with no wrong at his hands . After all , it was perhaps THE DULL STONE HOUSE . 91.
... one moment that this gentleman would ever have married his sister ? It was not to be thought of , and Emma had again and again declared that she had met with no wrong at his hands . After all , it was perhaps THE DULL STONE HOUSE . 91.
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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.
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...