The Cornhill MagazineWilliam Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder and Company, 1887 |
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... thought , or quiver with pain . Her hands trembled , for she was nervous , whilst tying the bandages . She felt that his eyes were on her head . It would have been well , perhaps , ' said Dennis , if we had both gone over the edge ...
... thought , or quiver with pain . Her hands trembled , for she was nervous , whilst tying the bandages . She felt that his eyes were on her head . It would have been well , perhaps , ' said Dennis , if we had both gone over the edge ...
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... thought , and now there was no laughter in her eyes , no dimples in her soft cheeks , little colour in them , and the merry lips were agitated with distress . ' The Squire thought it best that she should go . So do I. ' ' And Gerans ...
... thought , and now there was no laughter in her eyes , no dimples in her soft cheeks , little colour in them , and the merry lips were agitated with distress . ' The Squire thought it best that she should go . So do I. ' ' And Gerans ...
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... thought that it was no wonder she was shown disrespect when she received scant courtesy from her own husband . Whose fault was it that she had met with this outrage ? Whose but Gerans's , who had shown Dennis and everyone that he would ...
... thought that it was no wonder she was shown disrespect when she received scant courtesy from her own husband . Whose fault was it that she had met with this outrage ? Whose but Gerans's , who had shown Dennis and everyone that he would ...
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... thought of the night of the Goose Fair , and of the declaration of his despair in the snow ! His life had indeed been broken by the loss of her . As for Gerans , he took everything easily . Nothing disconcerted him for long . When Rose ...
... thought of the night of the Goose Fair , and of the declaration of his despair in the snow ! His life had indeed been broken by the loss of her . As for Gerans , he took everything easily . Nothing disconcerted him for long . When Rose ...
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... thought to be a close and hard man about money . For him to give her ten pounds proved that she had made some way into his regard . To part with it must have cost him a struggle . Squire Gaverock had not been gone long before the ...
... thought to be a close and hard man about money . For him to give her ten pounds proved that she had made some way into his regard . To part with it must have cost him a struggle . Squire Gaverock had not been gone long before the ...
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Page 558 - And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
Page 521 - I oft have heard of Lydford law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after.
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Page 369 - Love took up the harp of life; smote on all the chords with might; Smote the chord of self, which, trembling, passed in music out of sight.
Page 93 - Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth.
Page 93 - And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.
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