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... stood for a score of years perhaps, waiting for still expected occupiers; fathers of families, or the props of families, in sons and brothers, had been spirited away from Fairburn (even a little while ago), and had not come back again ...
... stood for a score of years perhaps, waiting for still expected occupiers; fathers of families, or the props of families, in sons and brothers, had been spirited away from Fairburn (even a little while ago), and had not come back again ...
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... stood a man of Herculean proportions, who by his dress might have been taken for an undergamekeeper, but for a very massive gold chain which hung from the top buttonhole of his waistcoat down to its deepflapped pocket. What is now, I ...
... stood a man of Herculean proportions, who by his dress might have been taken for an undergamekeeper, but for a very massive gold chain which hung from the top buttonhole of his waistcoat down to its deepflapped pocket. What is now, I ...
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... stood as firm as I could. "Take care, young gentleman, take care," said he; "that spirit of yours will not do down at Fairburn. Mr. Long does not seem to have taught you humility, I think. Marmaduke, go home." He spoke these last words ...
... stood as firm as I could. "Take care, young gentleman, take care," said he; "that spirit of yours will not do down at Fairburn. Mr. Long does not seem to have taught you humility, I think. Marmaduke, go home." He spoke these last words ...
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... stood beside me for some time, for they were deeper close to the place where I had lain, and there was also one impression there which looked as though the mysterious visitor had knelt. They had come and returned the same way, which was ...
... stood beside me for some time, for they were deeper close to the place where I had lain, and there was also one impression there which looked as though the mysterious visitor had knelt. They had come and returned the same way, which was ...
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... stood, crowded in upon my brain; the whole demesne seemed under a malign influence— enchanted ground. I turned from the spot, whose lonely beauty had once so won my soul, with fear and loathing; and as I turned, there rang out—it may ...
... stood, crowded in upon my brain; the whole demesne seemed under a malign influence— enchanted ground. I turned from the spot, whose lonely beauty had once so won my soul, with fear and loathing; and as I turned, there rang out—it may ...
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Lost Sir Massingberd. A Romance of Real Life James Payn,Dorothy Craigie,Graham Greene Limited preview - 2024 |
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