College debts, by an Oxford M.A.1870 |
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Page 61
... talk and laugh over the matter with his brothers in office . Meanwhile Mr. Busby sat still , and the old responsibility - look threw longer and darker shadows over his brow . Grantley , in whose rooms they were assembled , asserted his ...
... talk and laugh over the matter with his brothers in office . Meanwhile Mr. Busby sat still , and the old responsibility - look threw longer and darker shadows over his brow . Grantley , in whose rooms they were assembled , asserted his ...
Page 63
... talk respecting the new life opening out before two of the party . The squire had fallen into a deep sleep , when a well known sound arrested the attention of the friends . " Hark ! that's our good friend Tom's nightly warning , " said ...
... talk respecting the new life opening out before two of the party . The squire had fallen into a deep sleep , when a well known sound arrested the attention of the friends . " Hark ! that's our good friend Tom's nightly warning , " said ...
Page 87
... talk , and so confusedly did his sentences run into each other , that Grantley extracted only fragment- ary information from them . Odd ideas , how- ever , floated in his mind that his new acquaintance meant to inform him he kept his ...
... talk , and so confusedly did his sentences run into each other , that Grantley extracted only fragment- ary information from them . Odd ideas , how- ever , floated in his mind that his new acquaintance meant to inform him he kept his ...
Page 140
... talk to such a man . I'd settle with him at once . " " But the fellow haunts me of late with his yellow , sanctimonious face , and the governor hasn't replied to my last letter yet , as I expected he would do . The wretch was even ...
... talk to such a man . I'd settle with him at once . " " But the fellow haunts me of late with his yellow , sanctimonious face , and the governor hasn't replied to my last letter yet , as I expected he would do . The wretch was even ...
Page 207
... talk . The curls were still sunny , and the eyes had really lost only a little of their brightness , but the gaiety had degenerated into a forced , artificial semblance of it . She was a disappointed woman - the victim of her own ...
... talk . The curls were still sunny , and the eyes had really lost only a little of their brightness , but the gaiety had degenerated into a forced , artificial semblance of it . She was a disappointed woman - the victim of her own ...
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æger Agnes appeared asked Aunt Busby better breakfast Busby's Captain Edgar Fitzjames chair CHAPTER Charlotte Busby Christ Church Colonel course dear Charlotte dear fellow debtor's prison door Edward Grantley entered expression eyes face father feel felt gentleman give glance Grantley and Lockwood Grantley looked Grantley's hand happy head Headington Hill hear heard heart honour hope hour lady lady's laugh listen Lord Forester Madeline maid matter mean merry mind Miss Busby Miss Charlotte morning nature never Newdegate once Osborne Osborne's papa pleasant present quadruped rector replied Grantley returned Robert round Sandilands scout seat seemed silent Skye terrier smile squire tell there's thing thought tion to-night told tone took turn tutor Uncle Busby uncon undergraduate University vinaigrette voice walked Ward WELBECK STREET wine word-painter words young
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