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... walked towards the window and , enter- ing the deep recess , gazed out . None of the windows commanded a beauti- ful view , for the house was sunk in a valley , surrounded by marsh and moorland ; but the view from this window was more ...
... walked towards the window and , enter- ing the deep recess , gazed out . None of the windows commanded a beauti- ful view , for the house was sunk in a valley , surrounded by marsh and moorland ; but the view from this window was more ...
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... She was very pale , and I thought her eyes had a strange , spirit look in them , as of one who had held commune with the dead . A A superstitious terror suddenly seized me . I hastily walked towards the AN IRISH NOVEL . 63.
... She was very pale , and I thought her eyes had a strange , spirit look in them , as of one who had held commune with the dead . A A superstitious terror suddenly seized me . I hastily walked towards the AN IRISH NOVEL . 63.
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Maria Nethercott. terror suddenly seized me . I hastily walked towards the door , and opening it , rushed along the dark gallery . I did not feel safe till I stood once more in the daylight , with the oak door between me and that ...
Maria Nethercott. terror suddenly seized me . I hastily walked towards the door , and opening it , rushed along the dark gallery . I did not feel safe till I stood once more in the daylight , with the oak door between me and that ...
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... walked- " he began . " Oh yes of course you walked your horse it was the wisest plan I declare that's what I often say to Mr. Preston take him gently don't go too fast mind his feet and he won't get stuck , " interrupted the impatient ...
... walked- " he began . " Oh yes of course you walked your horse it was the wisest plan I declare that's what I often say to Mr. Preston take him gently don't go too fast mind his feet and he won't get stuck , " interrupted the impatient ...
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... walked away , calling back the last few words , and Mrs. Preston joining in a chorus of- 66 Hope to see you soon come over think it will rain get home make haste . " CHAPTER IX . " THE MAN OF THE WRECK . AN IRISH NOVEL . 135.
... walked away , calling back the last few words , and Mrs. Preston joining in a chorus of- 66 Hope to see you soon come over think it will rain get home make haste . " CHAPTER IX . " THE MAN OF THE WRECK . AN IRISH NOVEL . 135.
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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!
Page 13 - The youth of green savannahs spake, And many an endless, endless lake With all its fairy crowds Of islands, that together lie As quietly as spots of sky Among the evening clouds.
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...
Page 259 - I could not have been asleep for more than an hour, when I was awakened by the peculiar creaking noise which the opening of my door always produced.
Page 1 - SEVERAL years have passed since the events occurred which I am about to relate in this narrative.