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... cried . " Well , my dear , it is time now to say good - bye . But remember , if ever you should be in any trouble or difficulty , you will always find a welcome and a home here . Come now . " I followed Mrs. Compton , whose school I was ...
... cried . " Well , my dear , it is time now to say good - bye . But remember , if ever you should be in any trouble or difficulty , you will always find a welcome and a home here . Come now . " I followed Mrs. Compton , whose school I was ...
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... cries on the rocky coast , there to expire . The grandeur of the spectacle was over- powering . I felt faint and dizzy . Living in London all my life , I had never seen any- thing greater or grander than the sea at Brighton . 16 VERNEY ...
... cries on the rocky coast , there to expire . The grandeur of the spectacle was over- powering . I felt faint and dizzy . Living in London all my life , I had never seen any- thing greater or grander than the sea at Brighton . 16 VERNEY ...
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... cried . " You shall never , never leave this place , at least not till I have left it first . I have got you now , and I'll keep you . You shall share my captivity , and make it less dreary . What your name ? " is " Grace Melville , " I ...
... cried . " You shall never , never leave this place , at least not till I have left it first . I have got you now , and I'll keep you . You shall share my captivity , and make it less dreary . What your name ? " is " Grace Melville , " I ...
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... Not up yet , you lazy thing ! " she cried . " Do you know how much we have to do to- day ? I'll give you just half an hour to dress , mind , no longer , and if you're not ready when I come back , I'll- " she shook her little CHAPTER IV. ...
... Not up yet , you lazy thing ! " she cried . " Do you know how much we have to do to- day ? I'll give you just half an hour to dress , mind , no longer , and if you're not ready when I come back , I'll- " she shook her little CHAPTER IV. ...
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... dog . " Now leave those things alone , " cried Catherine . " You might have had all that done long ago , only you're such a spiteful old fellow that you always contrive to be here when I come down , because you know no one 48 VERNEY COURT :
... dog . " Now leave those things alone , " cried Catherine . " You might have had all that done long ago , only you're such a spiteful old fellow that you always contrive to be here when I come down , because you know no one 48 VERNEY COURT :
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Page 47 - 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!
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Page 85 - And sic a night he taks the road in As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in. The wind blew as 'twad blawn its last; The rattling...
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Page 277 - ... dress that one of the young men — the young savants — was so good as to drop there. Did you see the young savants who work under Gordon's orders ? I thought they were too forlorn ; there is n't one of them you would look at. If you can believe it, there was n't one of them that looked at me ; they took no more notice of me than if I had been the charwoman. They might have shown me some attention, at least, as the wife of the proprietor. What is it that Gordon 's called — is n't there some...
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Page 1 - SEVERAL years have passed since the events occurred which I am about to relate in this narrative.