Queen MabD. Appleton, 1864 - 476 pages |
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Page 13
... wife had been an accom- plished musician , and none but a first - rate instrument would answer her . " God help me ! " he exclaimed , distractedly ; " it will be all out if she does not get that harmonium , and it will break her heart ...
... wife had been an accom- plished musician , and none but a first - rate instrument would answer her . " God help me ! " he exclaimed , distractedly ; " it will be all out if she does not get that harmonium , and it will break her heart ...
Page 14
... wife ? " Decidedly she is getting better , " he thought ; " for once she could bear no noise , and now she wants to make a noise that will fill the house . She is getting better , that is one comfort . " case . " The boys are ready ...
... wife ? " Decidedly she is getting better , " he thought ; " for once she could bear no noise , and now she wants to make a noise that will fill the house . She is getting better , that is one comfort . " case . " The boys are ready ...
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... wife's long and mysterious illness one of the many sorrows of his lot , and not without cause . She had been , though he knew it not , the good genius of his life ; and it was since her withdrawal from its concerns that it had sunk into ...
... wife's long and mysterious illness one of the many sorrows of his lot , and not without cause . She had been , though he knew it not , the good genius of his life ; and it was since her withdrawal from its concerns that it had sunk into ...
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... wife ; he sat down by her side . She shut her eyes . She could look at her children , but the sight of any other ... wife's ten thousand pounds in a speculation that promised well , but from which wise men soon withdrew . Mr. Ford ...
... wife ; he sat down by her side . She shut her eyes . She could look at her children , but the sight of any other ... wife's ten thousand pounds in a speculation that promised well , but from which wise men soon withdrew . Mr. Ford ...
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... wife's confidence . She still hoped in him , and believed in the future ; but a few years after this loss , five thousand pounds which Mr. Ford inherited from an uncle , shared the same fate ; Mrs. Ford had little or no imagination ...
... wife's confidence . She still hoped in him , and believed in the future ; but a few years after this loss , five thousand pounds which Mr. Ford inherited from an uncle , shared the same fate ; Mrs. Ford had little or no imagination ...
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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.