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... received nothing but a mere pittance on her father's death had in no ways affected her husband's equanimity . He knew , before he married her , that Lord Ingle- borough's property would go away under the law of entail to a distant ...
... received nothing but a mere pittance on her father's death had in no ways affected her husband's equanimity . He knew , before he married her , that Lord Ingle- borough's property would go away under the law of entail to a distant ...
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... received . A more selfish man never existed , and the ruling maxim by which he steered his conduct was the base one , " Take care of Number One . " When he set up on his own hook , the young lawyer felt the want of ready money , and he ...
... received . A more selfish man never existed , and the ruling maxim by which he steered his conduct was the base one , " Take care of Number One . " When he set up on his own hook , the young lawyer felt the want of ready money , and he ...
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... received ; while her religious education was lovingly and carefully superintended by the Rector , whose merry , beaming daughter , Mary , was her playmate in childhood , and her dearest friend as she grew older . Left motherless at the ...
... received ; while her religious education was lovingly and carefully superintended by the Rector , whose merry , beaming daughter , Mary , was her playmate in childhood , and her dearest friend as she grew older . Left motherless at the ...
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... received is the most crushing and most deadly of all blows that can be dealt ! It was near nine o'clock in the evening when Dr. Massenger came up to Wilfred's room . After the expression of a cold and mechanical hope that he was feeling ...
... received is the most crushing and most deadly of all blows that can be dealt ! It was near nine o'clock in the evening when Dr. Massenger came up to Wilfred's room . After the expression of a cold and mechanical hope that he was feeling ...
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... received , he showed him to his room . " Here be a letter for ' ee from the Squire , Master Wilfred , " said he ; and , putting a letter , sealed with a great coat of arms , into his hand , he hurried out of the room . Wilfred burst ...
... received , he showed him to his room . " Here be a letter for ' ee from the Squire , Master Wilfred , " said he ; and , putting a letter , sealed with a great coat of arms , into his hand , he hurried out of the room . Wilfred burst ...
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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...
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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...