A strange world, by the author of 'Lady Audley's secret'. |
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... LOVE , THERE IS NO BETTER LIFE THAN THIS ' 235 XVIII . LOVE IS A THING TO WHICH WE SOON CONSENT ' 251 XIX . SORROW AUGMENTETH THE MALADY 265 xx . BUT OH ! THE THORNS WE STAND UPON ! ' 281 A STRANGE WORLD CHAPTER I. 6 ' FAREWELL , '
... LOVE , THERE IS NO BETTER LIFE THAN THIS ' 235 XVIII . LOVE IS A THING TO WHICH WE SOON CONSENT ' 251 XIX . SORROW AUGMENTETH THE MALADY 265 xx . BUT OH ! THE THORNS WE STAND UPON ! ' 281 A STRANGE WORLD CHAPTER I. 6 ' FAREWELL , '
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... better than reading and writing , ' said Elspeth , with a grin . ' What kind of things may those be ? ' asked Maurice . ' Things that other people don't know . ' ' Well , my lass , I won't trouble you by sounding the obscure depths of ...
... better than reading and writing , ' said Elspeth , with a grin . ' What kind of things may those be ? ' asked Maurice . ' Things that other people don't know . ' ' Well , my lass , I won't trouble you by sounding the obscure depths of ...
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... better go back now , my girl , or it'll be dark long before you reach home . ' Elspeth laughed , a queer impish cachination , which made Maurice feel rather uncomfortable . ' You don't suppose I'm afraid of the dark , ' she said , in ...
... better go back now , my girl , or it'll be dark long before you reach home . ' Elspeth laughed , a queer impish cachination , which made Maurice feel rather uncomfortable . ' You don't suppose I'm afraid of the dark , ' she said , in ...
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... better than any other man in the district , and was a general favourite . People said that the good blood of the old Trevanards showed in young Martin . CHAPTER III . HE COMETH NOT , ' SHE SAID ' O'ER ALL THERE HUNG A SHADOW AND A FEAR ...
... better than any other man in the district , and was a general favourite . People said that the good blood of the old Trevanards showed in young Martin . CHAPTER III . HE COMETH NOT , ' SHE SAID ' O'ER ALL THERE HUNG A SHADOW AND A FEAR ...
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... open the windows on sunny days , and there's nothing better than air and sun to keep a room dry . I had the fire lighted to - night for cheerfulness ' sake . ' You are very kind , ' replied Maurice , pleased 32 A STRANGE WORLD .
... open the windows on sunny days , and there's nothing better than air and sun to keep a room dry . I had the fire lighted to - night for cheerfulness ' sake . ' You are very kind , ' replied Maurice , pleased 32 A STRANGE WORLD .
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Page 246 - To have done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery. Take the instant way For honour travels in a strait so narrow, W'here one but goes abreast: keep then the path; For emulation hath a thousand sons, That one by one pursue: If you give way...
Page 34 - O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear ; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted!
Page 24 - ... occasionally felt severely the loss of her children; often when she thought of them, she shut herself up in her garret, and wept bitterly. She carefully avoided schools, and every place where children were to be met; and seemed to be particularly conscientious in paying off the debts of Gottfried. She loved money, not so much for its own sake, as because it afforded her the means of making a figure among her acquaintances, and so of gratifying her vanity. Yet in spite of all these murders, she...