A Noble Life, Volume 2Hurst and Blackett, 1866 - 184 pages |
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... expression of his face to their dying day . " Take me home , Malcolm ; I will go to the Manse another time . ' Carry me in your arms the quickest way . " Malcolm lifted his master , and carried him , just as in the days when the Earl ...
... expression of his face to their dying day . " Take me home , Malcolm ; I will go to the Manse another time . ' Carry me in your arms the quickest way . " Malcolm lifted his master , and carried him , just as in the days when the Earl ...
Page 29
... expression in them which Mrs. Campbell had first noticed when he sat by the housekeeper's fire . said " My bairn , my bairn ! " was all she ― for she was a very simple woman I but she loved him . And somehow , her love comforted him ...
... expression in them which Mrs. Campbell had first noticed when he sat by the housekeeper's fire . said " My bairn , my bairn ! " was all she ― for she was a very simple woman I but she loved him . And somehow , her love comforted him ...
Page 70
... expressing most bitter regret , yet gave sufficiently valid reasons for not returning in her husband's still delicate health , after June , Lord Cairn- forth fell into a condition , less of physical than mental sickness , which lasted a ...
... expressing most bitter regret , yet gave sufficiently valid reasons for not returning in her husband's still delicate health , after June , Lord Cairn- forth fell into a condition , less of physical than mental sickness , which lasted a ...
Page 110
... expression changed . And when , after a short disappearance , she re - entered the room with her child , who had dropped contentedly asleep again , nestling to her bosom - she was perfectly transformed . No longer the plain , almost ...
... expression changed . And when , after a short disappearance , she re - entered the room with her child , who had dropped contentedly asleep again , nestling to her bosom - she was perfectly transformed . No longer the plain , almost ...
Page 113
... his eyes , in which the Earl thought was an expression almost approaching tenderness . " Poor thing - poor thing ! her long trouble is over . " VOL . II . I These were the last words he ever said , for A Noble Life . 113.
... his eyes , in which the Earl thought was an expression almost approaching tenderness . " Poor thing - poor thing ! her long trouble is over . " VOL . II . I These were the last words he ever said , for A Noble Life . 113.
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