A Noble Life, Volume 2Hurst and Blackett, 1866 - 184 pages |
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Page 18
... light from the joy that they saw , and caused to shine , in the eyes around him . It was after many days of fatiguing travel that Lord Cairnforth reached the ferry , opposite Cairnforth . There the Castle stood , just as he had left it ...
... light from the joy that they saw , and caused to shine , in the eyes around him . It was after many days of fatiguing travel that Lord Cairnforth reached the ferry , opposite Cairnforth . There the Castle stood , just as he had left it ...
Page 28
... light delight of his life , was clear ; in losing of his eyes , the was gone . He sat in his chair - quite still ; as indeed he always was but now it was a deathlike quietness , without the least sign of that wonderful mobility of ...
... light delight of his life , was clear ; in losing of his eyes , the was gone . He sat in his chair - quite still ; as indeed he always was but now it was a deathlike quietness , without the least sign of that wonderful mobility of ...
Page 95
... on the opposite side of what was then a morass , but is now railways and gardens , rose tier upon tier , like a fairy palace , the glittering lights of the Old Old Town of Edinburgh . Chapter the Fourth . VOL . II . H HE A Noble Life . 95.
... on the opposite side of what was then a morass , but is now railways and gardens , rose tier upon tier , like a fairy palace , the glittering lights of the Old Old Town of Edinburgh . Chapter the Fourth . VOL . II . H HE A Noble Life . 95.
Page 100
... It seemed , in truth , as if an if an almost miraculous amount of endurance and energy had been given to that frail body- for this hour of need . The Earl's dark eyes were gleaming with light , and every tone of his voice 100 A Noble Life .
... It seemed , in truth , as if an if an almost miraculous amount of endurance and energy had been given to that frail body- for this hour of need . The Earl's dark eyes were gleaming with light , and every tone of his voice 100 A Noble Life .
Page 100
... . " It seemed , in truth , as if an almost miraculous amount of endurance and energy had been given to that frail body- for this hour of need . The Earl's dark eyes were gleaming with light , and every tone of his voice 100 A Noble Life .
... . " It seemed , in truth , as if an almost miraculous amount of endurance and energy had been given to that frail body- for this hour of need . The Earl's dark eyes were gleaming with light , and every tone of his voice 100 A Noble Life .
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