Not for Him: the Story of a Forgotten HeroR. Carter & Brothers, 1883 - 224 pages |
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Page 28
... room , and in another minute the regular tap of approaching crutches was audible . Clarice imagined their wearer to be some old woman - perhaps the mother of Mistress Under- done . But as soon as the door was opened 28 NOT FOR HIM .
... room , and in another minute the regular tap of approaching crutches was audible . Clarice imagined their wearer to be some old woman - perhaps the mother of Mistress Under- done . But as soon as the door was opened 28 NOT FOR HIM .
Page 59
... Perhaps few would have ventured on that assertion except himself . Edmund of Lancaster was among the most handsome of our princes . " Beshrew you both ! " cried King Edward , unfra- ternally ; " wherever will these fellows ramble with ...
... Perhaps few would have ventured on that assertion except himself . Edmund of Lancaster was among the most handsome of our princes . " Beshrew you both ! " cried King Edward , unfra- ternally ; " wherever will these fellows ramble with ...
Page 66
... Perhaps , thought Clarice , those girls were the happiest who did not care , who took life as it came , and made all the fun they could out of it . But she knew well that this was how life and she would never take each other . Whitehall ...
... Perhaps , thought Clarice , those girls were the happiest who did not care , who took life as it came , and made all the fun they could out of it . But she knew well that this was how life and she would never take each other . Whitehall ...
Page 69
... Perhaps if she had paused , and made the inquiry , she might have discovered that life had changed to her since she came to Westminster . The things eternal , of which Heliet alone had spoken to her , had faded away into far distance ...
... Perhaps if she had paused , and made the inquiry , she might have discovered that life had changed to her since she came to Westminster . The things eternal , of which Heliet alone had spoken to her , had faded away into far distance ...
Page 70
... perhaps dis- gust and sorrow . And - in some voyages , the hope dies early . " " True - if it has reference only to the day . " " Ah , " responded the Prince , with a smile which had more sadness than mirth in it , " you mean to point ...
... perhaps dis- gust and sorrow . And - in some voyages , the hope dies early . " " True - if it has reference only to the day . " " Ah , " responded the Prince , with a smile which had more sadness than mirth in it , " you mean to point ...
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