A strange world, by the author of 'Lady Audley's secret'. |
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... give a picturesque cast to the patrician- looking head . ' A nice face , ' said Maurice , critically . There is a little look of my poor friend James Penwyn , but not much . Poor Jim had a gayer , brighter ex- pression , and had not ...
... give a picturesque cast to the patrician- looking head . ' A nice face , ' said Maurice , critically . There is a little look of my poor friend James Penwyn , but not much . Poor Jim had a gayer , brighter ex- pression , and had not ...
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... give me for love or money . ' Mrs. Darvis lapsed into meditation . ' The nearest farmhouse is Trevanard's , at Borcel End . They might give you a bed there , for the place is large enough for a barrack , but they are ' FAREWELL , AND ...
... give me for love or money . ' Mrs. Darvis lapsed into meditation . ' The nearest farmhouse is Trevanard's , at Borcel End . They might give you a bed there , for the place is large enough for a barrack , but they are ' FAREWELL , AND ...
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... Give me a truss of clean hay in one of your barns , if you're afraid to have me in the house . ' ' Don't be ill - natured , old lady , ' said the young man , ' the gentleman is a gentleman . One can see that with half an eye ...
... Give me a truss of clean hay in one of your barns , if you're afraid to have me in the house . ' ' Don't be ill - natured , old lady , ' said the young man , ' the gentleman is a gentleman . One can see that with half an eye ...
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... Borcel . ' We've stacked the fourteen acre piece , mother , ' said the farmer , as he pulled on his coat , stack it is , too , as sweet as a hazel nut . and a fine No fear of mildew this year . And now I'll give myself a.
... Borcel . ' We've stacked the fourteen acre piece , mother , ' said the farmer , as he pulled on his coat , stack it is , too , as sweet as a hazel nut . and a fine No fear of mildew this year . And now I'll give myself a.
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon. mildew this year . And now I'll give myself a wash- He stopped , surprised at beholding a stranger standing by his hearth . Maurice had risen to receive the master of the house . Martin explained the traveller's ...
Mary Elizabeth Braddon. mildew this year . And now I'll give myself a wash- He stopped , surprised at beholding a stranger standing by his hearth . Maurice had risen to receive the master of the house . Martin explained the traveller's ...
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actress asked Maurice beauty better Borcel End bright burglar Cavendish Square child chintz church Churchill Penwyn clotted cream comfort Cornish Cornwall dare say dark Darvis daughter dear dinner door dress Eborsham Elspeth eyes face fair fancy father feel fellow fire Flittergilt gipsy girl grandmother grey hair hand happy hear heard heart Helstone hour husband James Penwyn's Justina kind knew Lady Cheshunt light lodge lodge-keeper London look Madge Manor House married Martin Trevanard Matthew Elgood Maurice Clissold Maurice's mind Miss Bellingham moorland morning mother murder Muriel never old woman Penwyn Manor perhaps pleasant poet poor pretty Rebecca Seacomb seemed seen servant Sir Lewis Dallas sister sorrow soul Squire Squire's supper suppose sweet talk Tarpan tell theatre There's thing thought Maurice told Tresillian turned Viola walked wife word young
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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...