Queen MabD. Appleton, 1864 - 476 pages |
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Page 11
... gave him a thrust of his cane , and drawing a packet of papers from the breast - pocket of his coat , he put them on the table with an emphatic thump of his left hand , and a significant " there ! " Mr. Ford took the papers up and ...
... gave him a thrust of his cane , and drawing a packet of papers from the breast - pocket of his coat , he put them on the table with an emphatic thump of his left hand , and a significant " there ! " Mr. Ford took the papers up and ...
Page 14
... gave them a scrutinizing glance , then opening the drawing - room door , he signed them to enter . They obeyed , in silence . He followed them on tiptoe , and closed the door with so much care , that it made not the least noise . The ...
... gave them a scrutinizing glance , then opening the drawing - room door , he signed them to enter . They obeyed , in silence . He followed them on tiptoe , and closed the door with so much care , that it made not the least noise . The ...
Page 15
... gave back no distinct image to the look of Mrs. Ford . Books , woman's work , graceful trifles were ab- sent from this melancholy apartment , where all spoke of a pain- ful stillness - of a life suddenly and prematurely checked in its ...
... gave back no distinct image to the look of Mrs. Ford . Books , woman's work , graceful trifles were ab- sent from this melancholy apartment , where all spoke of a pain- ful stillness - of a life suddenly and prematurely checked in its ...
Page 19
... gave her the last pang she could suffer as a mother . Another image of her husband ! She never recovered the shock - disease seized her , and made her helpless in her own home . Perhaps the divine chastisement of too much pride . This ...
... gave her the last pang she could suffer as a mother . Another image of her husband ! She never recovered the shock - disease seized her , and made her helpless in her own home . Perhaps the divine chastisement of too much pride . This ...
Page 21
... gave her warning this morning - that girl is getting unmanageable . ' And so she was ; and Mr. Ford , whom the practice of seven years had not yet made perfect in the art of invention , had resolved to get rid of this troublesome person ...
... gave her warning this morning - that girl is getting unmanageable . ' And so she was ; and Mr. Ford , whom the practice of seven years had not yet made perfect in the art of invention , had resolved to get rid of this troublesome person ...
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Page 278 - He began walking up and down the room, with his hands in his pockets, talking aloud, and feeling with his old irritated fingers the two watches which he wore in his two fobs.