Perplexity, by Sydney Mostyn, Том 3 |
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... looked up , and said , ' Mother , I have something to tell you . ' She raised her eyes and examined him . His face foreshadowed a momentous confession . She laid her work on the table , and clasping her hands , said , ' What is it ...
... looked up , and said , ' Mother , I have something to tell you . ' She raised her eyes and examined him . His face foreshadowed a momentous confession . She laid her work on the table , and clasping her hands , said , ' What is it ...
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... looked at him suspiciously , doubting him .. But there was no questioning the truth of his clear gaze . She drew herself erect , and with a sneer exclaimed , " Oh , indeed ! and pray who is your wife ? ' ' Kate Howard . ' The Fairborns ...
... looked at him suspiciously , doubting him .. But there was no questioning the truth of his clear gaze . She drew herself erect , and with a sneer exclaimed , " Oh , indeed ! and pray who is your wife ? ' ' Kate Howard . ' The Fairborns ...
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... looked , reposing white and low against the overtopping foliage of the trees that veiled it from the road . Near it stood a well , a little outhouse . I heard the cackling of hens and went towards it . From an open door a woman emerged ...
... looked , reposing white and low against the overtopping foliage of the trees that veiled it from the road . Near it stood a well , a little outhouse . I heard the cackling of hens and went towards it . From an open door a woman emerged ...
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... looked . During this week , considering we were inmates of the same house , I had seen comparatively little of Lady Monck . We met at meal - times of course ; and though I would have infinitely preferred the solitude of my own chamber ...
... looked . During this week , considering we were inmates of the same house , I had seen comparatively little of Lady Monck . We met at meal - times of course ; and though I would have infinitely preferred the solitude of my own chamber ...
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... looked upon you as some bright spirit who had glided like a breath from one of the trees . Her confusion was awe ; did she kneel and worship ? ' ' Unfortunately she had some eggs in her hand which she dared not risk by prostrating ...
... looked upon you as some bright spirit who had glided like a breath from one of the trees . Her confusion was awe ; did she kneel and worship ? ' ' Unfortunately she had some eggs in her hand which she dared not risk by prostrating ...
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Сторінка 8 - I REQUIRE and charge you both, as ye will answer at the dreadful day of judgment when the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed, that if either of you know any impediment, why ye may not be lawfully joined together in Matrimony, ye do now confess it.
Сторінка 19 - Like one that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round, walks on, And turns no more his head ; Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread.
Сторінка 90 - Pure, bracing ventilation they must have up there at all times, indeed. One may guess the power of the north wind blowing over the edge by the excessive slant of a few stunted firs at the end of the house, and by a range of gaunt thorns all stretching their limbs one way, as if craving alms of the sun.
Сторінка 85 - As fills a father's eyes with light; And pleasures flow in so thick and fast Upon his heart, that he at last Must needs express his love's excess With words of unmeant bitterness. Perhaps 'tis pretty to force together Thoughts so all unlike each other, To mutter and mock a broken charm, To dally with wrong that does no harm. Perhaps 'tis tender too and pretty 670 At each wild word to feel within A sweet recoil of love and pity.