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... passed since the events occurred which I am about to relate in this narrative . It is not , however , lest they should slip from my memory that I have now resolved to write them . There is little chance of that while I sit at my window ...
... passed since the events occurred which I am about to relate in this narrative . It is not , however , lest they should slip from my memory that I have now resolved to write them . There is little chance of that while I sit at my window ...
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... passed out , I glanced at the gentle- man who stood there . He was young and handsome , and had the air - despite a certain something I did not like - of one in a good position . " Is it far to Verney Court ? " I enquired of the driver ...
... passed out , I glanced at the gentle- man who stood there . He was young and handsome , and had the air - despite a certain something I did not like - of one in a good position . " Is it far to Verney Court ? " I enquired of the driver ...
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... passed through their midst like a queen making a royal entrance , with her soldiers drawn up to receive her . As we emerged from this glen , a scene of such varied and romantic beauty as I had never conceived burst upon my view . Moun ...
... passed through their midst like a queen making a royal entrance , with her soldiers drawn up to receive her . As we emerged from this glen , a scene of such varied and romantic beauty as I had never conceived burst upon my view . Moun ...
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... Passing through it , we were in a square court , grass - grown and over - run with weeds like the avenue . No sign of flowers or garden- beds anywhere , but near the house - which was directly opposite - stood several tall trees that ...
... Passing through it , we were in a square court , grass - grown and over - run with weeds like the avenue . No sign of flowers or garden- beds anywhere , but near the house - which was directly opposite - stood several tall trees that ...
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... sympathy , and none would have dared to offer it , even had they felt inclined . If he had passed through the fire , it had not purified , but scathed him . I could not exactly define , though I tried hard 34 VERNEY COURT :
... sympathy , and none would have dared to offer it , even had they felt inclined . If he had passed through the fire , it had not purified , but scathed him . I could not exactly define , though I tried hard 34 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...
Page 240 - twas visible— I saw not, but I felt that it was there. That which I saw was the revealed abode Of Spirits in beatitude: my heart Swelled in my breast—' I have been dead,' I cried,
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.