A Noble Life, Volume 2Hurst and Blackett, 1866 - 184 pages |
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... written : she had said she should , the night before her marriage , and he had heard her moving about in her room , and even sobbing , he fancied , long after the house was gone to rest . Nay , he felt sure he had seen her on her ...
... written : she had said she should , the night before her marriage , and he had heard her moving about in her room , and even sobbing , he fancied , long after the house was gone to rest . Nay , he felt sure he had seen her on her ...
Page 51
... writing became blurred , as if large drops had fallen on the paper while she wrote . ) " It is twelve o'clock , and I must bid you good night — and God bless you ever and ever ! The last ... written , and thus he sat and A Noble Life . 51.
... writing became blurred , as if large drops had fallen on the paper while she wrote . ) " It is twelve o'clock , and I must bid you good night — and God bless you ever and ever ! The last ... written , and thus he sat and A Noble Life . 51.
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Dinah Maria Mulock Craik. Thus she had written , and thus he sat and read these two , who had been - and were so very dear to one another . Perhaps the good angels , who watch over human lives and human destinies , might have looked with ...
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik. Thus she had written , and thus he sat and read these two , who had been - and were so very dear to one another . Perhaps the good angels , who watch over human lives and human destinies , might have looked with ...
Page 79
... written again . He did not expect it : scarcely - — - sore . wished it and yet the blank was More and more he withdrew from all but necessary associations : shutting himself up in the Castle for weeks together : - neither reading , nor ...
... written again . He did not expect it : scarcely - — - sore . wished it and yet the blank was More and more he withdrew from all but necessary associations : shutting himself up in the Castle for weeks together : - neither reading , nor ...
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... side - With his after the one formal letter which she had requested should be written to Colonel Bruce , announcing Captain Bruce's death - Helen - which evidently wished to keep up no acquaint- ance 140 A Noble Life .
... side - With his after the one formal letter which she had requested should be written to Colonel Bruce , announcing Captain Bruce's death - Helen - which evidently wished to keep up no acquaint- ance 140 A Noble Life .
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