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... fell over Hampton , the fog was almost as thick there as it had been in London at midday . A train was due at the Molesey Station at five o'clock ; but there were several detentions upon the line , and a long one ( of course ) at ...
... fell over Hampton , the fog was almost as thick there as it had been in London at midday . A train was due at the Molesey Station at five o'clock ; but there were several detentions upon the line , and a long one ( of course ) at ...
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... fell around and about a beautifully cut face of ashy paleness ; out of which , however , gleamed , like stars , eyes which might have been grey , or hazel , or violet . Great yearning eyes they were , of marvellous beauty , like those ...
... fell around and about a beautifully cut face of ashy paleness ; out of which , however , gleamed , like stars , eyes which might have been grey , or hazel , or violet . Great yearning eyes they were , of marvellous beauty , like those ...
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... fell out that the scene just described was witnessed by the friendly and sympathising eyes of a stoutish , middle - aged spinster lady of kindly aspect , who , on hospitable thoughts intent , had entered the ante - chamber of the ...
... fell out that the scene just described was witnessed by the friendly and sympathising eyes of a stoutish , middle - aged spinster lady of kindly aspect , who , on hospitable thoughts intent , had entered the ante - chamber of the ...
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... fell and fen and moorland , besides more fertile acres ; but the loyalty of some members of the family , who were cavaliers to a man , and the extravagance of others , had sadly wasted the ancestral patrimony , so that when Cuthbert ...
... fell and fen and moorland , besides more fertile acres ; but the loyalty of some members of the family , who were cavaliers to a man , and the extravagance of others , had sadly wasted the ancestral patrimony , so that when Cuthbert ...
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... fell out that , on the death of Algernon , the estate passed at once to his nephew , Cuthbert Piercey , the son of Captain Crackenrode Manwaring , who , brought up to no definite profession , had lately married the beautiful , but ...
... fell out that , on the death of Algernon , the estate passed at once to his nephew , Cuthbert Piercey , the son of Captain Crackenrode Manwaring , who , brought up to no definite profession , had lately married the beautiful , but ...
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Page 203 - Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you For every day. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever ; Do noble things, not dream them, all day long : And so make life, death, and that vast for-ever One grand, sweet song.
Page 62 - Oh, the wild joys of living ! the leaping from rock up to rock, The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree, the cool silver shock Of the plunge in a pool's living water, the hunt of the bear, And the sultriness showing the lion is couched in his lair. And the meal, the rich dates yellowed over with gold dust divine, And the...
Page 182 - Even so the tongue is a little member and boasteth great things. Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity; so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
Page 21 - There's statues gracing This noble place in — All heathen gods And nymphs so fair ; Bold Neptune, Plutarch, And Nicodemus, All standing naked In the open air ! So now to finish This brave narration.
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Page 25 - ... just as if there were no such things in the world as daughters to be provided for; and he was perfectly content that it should be so.
Page 160 - This poem accompanied an address of congratulation to Her Majesty on the occasion of the...
Page 135 - Question — divide, bah ! bah ! the house divided. 192] [193 college of Physicians, and doomed ' him to two years' additional study, if he intended to try his fortune at the bar — and all this merely because he was not a member of the church of England, although his acquirements might be such as would reflect honour on any University in which he might graduate? With respect to the...