Lost sir Massingberd [by J. Payn].1864 |
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... never saw his pale secretive face , with the thin lips tightly closed , as if to prevent the escape of one truant word , without reflect- ing what a repository of dark and wicked deeds that keeper of Sir Massingberd's conscience needs ...
... never saw his pale secretive face , with the thin lips tightly closed , as if to prevent the escape of one truant word , without reflect- ing what a repository of dark and wicked deeds that keeper of Sir Massingberd's conscience needs ...
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... never was ill , and only very rarely was he so overcome with liquor as to require any assistance in retir- ing . The putting Sir Massingberd to bed must have been a bad quarter of an hour for Mr. Gilmore . I have mentioned that when I ...
... never was ill , and only very rarely was he so overcome with liquor as to require any assistance in retir- ing . The putting Sir Massingberd to bed must have been a bad quarter of an hour for Mr. Gilmore . I have mentioned that when I ...
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... never to be forgotten , which I had heard at that very spot some fifteen months before . Anywhere else , I should have re- cognized it ; but in that place it was impos- sible to doubt its identity . Knife - like , it clove the humid and ...
... never to be forgotten , which I had heard at that very spot some fifteen months before . Anywhere else , I should have re- cognized it ; but in that place it was impos- sible to doubt its identity . Knife - like , it clove the humid and ...
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... never insult people because they are poor , or mad ; one would not be either one or the other , you know , if one could help it . " " Heaven forbid , madam , that I should offer you any insult , " said I , touched by the evident ...
... never insult people because they are poor , or mad ; one would not be either one or the other , you know , if one could help it . " " Heaven forbid , madam , that I should offer you any insult , " said I , touched by the evident ...
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... never wished you worse than myself ; no , not when my poor baby died , and I could not weep . I feel that now ; if I could only weep , as in the good old times with my husband ! There was plenty of good weeping then - plenty . ” " But ...
... never wished you worse than myself ; no , not when my poor baby died , and I could not weep . I feel that now ; if I could only weep , as in the good old times with my husband ! There was plenty of good weeping then - plenty . ” " But ...
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