The First Lieutenant's Story, Volume 140Routledge, 1856 - 455 pages |
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... strong religious opinions which suggested the name , bringing with them no harshness , were tolerated for his sake , and in many instances indeed became , through him , reverenced for their own . Under circumstances of less intolerable ...
... strong religious opinions which suggested the name , bringing with them no harshness , were tolerated for his sake , and in many instances indeed became , through him , reverenced for their own . Under circumstances of less intolerable ...
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... the anxious anticipations which had , for days before , occu- pied them ; but now again they rushed upon me with that force which every one with strong feelings has probably felt , THE FIRST - LIEUTENANT'S STORY . 13.
... the anxious anticipations which had , for days before , occu- pied them ; but now again they rushed upon me with that force which every one with strong feelings has probably felt , THE FIRST - LIEUTENANT'S STORY . 13.
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lady Catharine Long. which every one with strong feelings has probably felt , but of which to others it is vain to speak ; and when I got to the door , which was as the veil which divided the imaginary from the real , my heart literally ...
lady Catharine Long. which every one with strong feelings has probably felt , but of which to others it is vain to speak ; and when I got to the door , which was as the veil which divided the imaginary from the real , my heart literally ...
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... As I did so , and remembered that months - years perhaps might pass away before we met again , my saddened feelings , which I had kept down for a time with so strong a hand 30 THE FIRST - LIEUTENANT'S STORY . CHAPTER V. ...
... As I did so , and remembered that months - years perhaps might pass away before we met again , my saddened feelings , which I had kept down for a time with so strong a hand 30 THE FIRST - LIEUTENANT'S STORY . CHAPTER V. ...
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lady Catharine Long. kept down for a time with so strong a hand , rose rebelliously against me ; and bitter regrets - the bitterness of a first grief- pressed heavily on my heart . I thought this sudden separation a cruelty , and ...
lady Catharine Long. kept down for a time with so strong a hand , rose rebelliously against me ; and bitter regrets - the bitterness of a first grief- pressed heavily on my heart . I thought this sudden separation a cruelty , and ...
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