College debts, by an Oxford M.A.1870 |
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... moved towards the op- site end of the large room , stopping in her way to evoke from her pianoforte a few rich chords of music , which ceased in rather a premature manner , as the young lady , appa- rently reminded of something , took ...
... moved towards the op- site end of the large room , stopping in her way to evoke from her pianoforte a few rich chords of music , which ceased in rather a premature manner , as the young lady , appa- rently reminded of something , took ...
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... moved , for the most part , at a consistent , even speed . On the evening after that spoken of in our last chapter , the two ladies sat together in their drawing - room , the one drawn up to her full height in a high - backed chair ...
... moved , for the most part , at a consistent , even speed . On the evening after that spoken of in our last chapter , the two ladies sat together in their drawing - room , the one drawn up to her full height in a high - backed chair ...
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... moved forward to the table and took a book from it . " Thank you , Miss Busby . We'll have a little chat , and then I'll store your mind with information on a most recondite sub- ject . Somebody - one of those queer old specimens of ...
... moved forward to the table and took a book from it . " Thank you , Miss Busby . We'll have a little chat , and then I'll store your mind with information on a most recondite sub- ject . Somebody - one of those queer old specimens of ...
Page 46
... moved not , spoke not , till he drew her unresisting form more closely to him , looked down into her averted eyes , sought to coax her lips to give audible sound , and as more and more intently and passionately he watched them , the one ...
... moved not , spoke not , till he drew her unresisting form more closely to him , looked down into her averted eyes , sought to coax her lips to give audible sound , and as more and more intently and passionately he watched them , the one ...
Page 75
... moved in the throng of his fellow - undergraduates unrecognised , save by a few sober and discreet spirits like him- self . And blessed not a little are those men Per- who , like Sandilands , escape shoals and quick- E 2 COLLEGE DEBTS 75.
... moved in the throng of his fellow - undergraduates unrecognised , save by a few sober and discreet spirits like him- self . And blessed not a little are those men Per- who , like Sandilands , escape shoals and quick- E 2 COLLEGE DEBTS 75.
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