A strange world, by the author of 'Lady Audley's secret'. |
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Page 21
... comfort- able adjustment of the lodging question . He seated himself in an arm - chair by the hearth , and stretched out his legs in the ruddy glow , with a blissful sense of repose . Is there such a thing as a lad about the place who ...
... comfort- able adjustment of the lodging question . He seated himself in an arm - chair by the hearth , and stretched out his legs in the ruddy glow , with a blissful sense of repose . Is there such a thing as a lad about the place who ...
Page 23
... to Maurice's unaccustomed eye in the homely old- world comfort of the place . He took advantage of the light to steal a glance at the face of his hostess , as she helped ' O'ER ALL THERE HUNG A SHADOW AND A FEAR . ' 23.
... to Maurice's unaccustomed eye in the homely old- world comfort of the place . He took advantage of the light to steal a glance at the face of his hostess , as she helped ' O'ER ALL THERE HUNG A SHADOW AND A FEAR . ' 23.
Page 63
... comfort her as best he might , knowing so little of her grief . ' Muriel , ' he said gently , and her name so spoken seemed to have a softening influence upon her , ' I am almost a stranger to this place and to you , but I would gladly ...
... comfort her as best he might , knowing so little of her grief . ' Muriel , ' he said gently , and her name so spoken seemed to have a softening influence upon her , ' I am almost a stranger to this place and to you , but I would gladly ...
Page 64
... comfort to your father and mother . ' At that last word an angry cry broke from the pale lips . ' Mother ! ' echoed Muriel , ' I have no mother . That woman yonder , ' pointing towards the house , 6 is my worst enemy . Mother ! My ...
... comfort to your father and mother . ' At that last word an angry cry broke from the pale lips . ' Mother ! ' echoed Muriel , ' I have no mother . That woman yonder , ' pointing towards the house , 6 is my worst enemy . Mother ! My ...
Page 93
... that amount of plenteousness and luxury in all things which makes life smooth and pleasant , without the faintest ostentation . A certain subdued comfort reigned everywhere , and ' WE ARE PAST THE SEASON OF DIVIDED ILLS . ' 93.
... that amount of plenteousness and luxury in all things which makes life smooth and pleasant , without the faintest ostentation . A certain subdued comfort reigned everywhere , and ' WE ARE PAST THE SEASON OF DIVIDED ILLS . ' 93.
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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...