A Noble Life, Volume 2Hurst and Blackett, 1866 - 184 pages |
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Page 48
... called to mind you and my dear father . You will be very good to him while I am away ? but I need not ask you that . Six months , he says - I mean Captain Bruce - will , according to the Edinburgh doctor's advice , set up his he travels ...
... called to mind you and my dear father . You will be very good to him while I am away ? but I need not ask you that . Six months , he says - I mean Captain Bruce - will , according to the Edinburgh doctor's advice , set up his he travels ...
Page 108
... frail , flickering taper of a life , remained . Wherefore ? At length , in a whisper , he called " Helen ! " and she came and knelt beside the Earl's chair . " He is fast going , " said she . " I see that . " " In an hour 108 A Noble Life .
... frail , flickering taper of a life , remained . Wherefore ? At length , in a whisper , he called " Helen ! " and she came and knelt beside the Earl's chair . " He is fast going , " said she . " I see that . " " In an hour 108 A Noble Life .
Page 126
... called . Alexander had " " ' Boy , " par excellence , for even at that early period of his existence he gave tokens of being a most masculine character , with a reso- lute will of his own , and a power of howling till he got his will ...
... called . Alexander had " " ' Boy , " par excellence , for even at that early period of his existence he gave tokens of being a most masculine character , with a reso- lute will of his own , and a power of howling till he got his will ...
Page 143
... widow's pension from the East India Company , sufficed to make her independent of her father : but she did not refuse kindness to her boy . Never was there such a boy . " Boy " he was called from the first , never 66 baby A Noble Life .
... widow's pension from the East India Company , sufficed to make her independent of her father : but she did not refuse kindness to her boy . Never was there such a boy . " Boy " he was called from the first , never 66 baby A Noble Life .
Page 144
... sovereignty for any child -any human being - to wield , had there not been at least one person who was able to assume authority over him . This was , strange to say and yet not - 144 A Noble Life . he was called from the first, never ...
... sovereignty for any child -any human being - to wield , had there not been at least one person who was able to assume authority over him . This was , strange to say and yet not - 144 A Noble Life . he was called from the first, never ...
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