A Noble Life, Volume 2Hurst and Blackett, 1866 - 184 pages |
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Page 41
... character ; that not believe in the duty of everybody to tell out everything . Helen often argued with him , and even laughed at him , for this ; but he only smiled silently , and held to his own opinion , taught by experience . He knew ...
... character ; that not believe in the duty of everybody to tell out everything . Helen often argued with him , and even laughed at him , for this ; but he only smiled silently , and held to his own opinion , taught by experience . He knew ...
Page 56
... character stood ; good - natured , kindly - per- haps not even unloveable ; but destitute of the very foundations of all that constitutes worth in a man or woman either truthfulness , independence , honour , honesty . And he was Helen's ...
... character stood ; good - natured , kindly - per- haps not even unloveable ; but destitute of the very foundations of all that constitutes worth in a man or woman either truthfulness , independence , honour , honesty . And he was Helen's ...
Page 59
... God grant he may love her- that she may be happy anyhow - - anywhere ! " But all this while , with the almost morbid prevision of his character , Lord Cairnforth took every precaution that Helen should be guarded , A Noble Life . 59.
... God grant he may love her- that she may be happy anyhow - - anywhere ! " But all this while , with the almost morbid prevision of his character , Lord Cairnforth took every precaution that Helen should be guarded , A Noble Life . 59.
Page 78
... of her husband's conduct and character : specu- lating whether it was possible to touch pitch and not be defiled : and whether the wife of Captain Bruce had become in any way different from , and inferior to , innocent 78 A Noble Life .
... of her husband's conduct and character : specu- lating whether it was possible to touch pitch and not be defiled : and whether the wife of Captain Bruce had become in any way different from , and inferior to , innocent 78 A Noble Life .
Page 86
... character , and that Helen Cardross and Helen Bruce were two different women . As he went home , having arranged to come daily every forenoon to sit with the minister , and to read a little Greek with Duncan , lest the lad's studies ...
... character , and that Helen Cardross and Helen Bruce were two different women . As he went home , having arranged to come daily every forenoon to sit with the minister , and to read a little Greek with Duncan , lest the lad's studies ...
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