The dull stone house, by Kenner Deene, Volume 2; Volume 1051862 |
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Page 10
... true that when one is in love it renders one indifferent to all the faces that one meets ; because , if the soul is engrossed with one image , if one name is ever trembling on the lips , if the fond , yearning heart is for ever ...
... true that when one is in love it renders one indifferent to all the faces that one meets ; because , if the soul is engrossed with one image , if one name is ever trembling on the lips , if the fond , yearning heart is for ever ...
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... true sympathy between patrician and plebeian . I have been a consummate ass . ' And then Charles Roggmoore opened the French window , and walked out into the mellow , September sunshine ; and the cool breeze fanned his brow , and he ...
... true sympathy between patrician and plebeian . I have been a consummate ass . ' And then Charles Roggmoore opened the French window , and walked out into the mellow , September sunshine ; and the cool breeze fanned his brow , and he ...
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... true ; but still I am bound to say that I love rank , power , place . I shall glory in being the wife of the richest earl in England . You cannot understand that , Flora ? " " No. I can understand wishing to be the wife of the greatest ...
... true ; but still I am bound to say that I love rank , power , place . I shall glory in being the wife of the richest earl in England . You cannot understand that , Flora ? " " No. I can understand wishing to be the wife of the greatest ...
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... true one . " " I am credibly informed that only yes- terday you used all your powers of per- suasion to dissuade Margaret from accepting me . " 99 " That is not true . I know nothing against you , Mr. Roggmoore . Why should I speak ...
... true one . " " I am credibly informed that only yes- terday you used all your powers of per- suasion to dissuade Margaret from accepting me . " 99 " That is not true . I know nothing against you , Mr. Roggmoore . Why should I speak ...
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... true , for all that is good is beautiful , and you have taught me nothing good . But you , who have made me a lady ; you , who taught me life's convention- alities ; you , whom I have long regarded as the bravest and noblest of men , I ...
... true , for all that is good is beautiful , and you have taught me nothing good . But you , who have made me a lady ; you , who taught me life's convention- alities ; you , whom I have long regarded as the bravest and noblest of men , I ...
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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...