Farnorth, Volume 2Chapman & Hall, 1866 |
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... hand as he bade her good night . " You may always look to me for your pin - money , Clara . I cannot allow my handsome niece to in- dulge her whim of wearing cotton dresses , " he said . Clara was to leave Farnorth by the mid - day ...
... hand as he bade her good night . " You may always look to me for your pin - money , Clara . I cannot allow my handsome niece to in- dulge her whim of wearing cotton dresses , " he said . Clara was to leave Farnorth by the mid - day ...
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... hand which is so eagerly outstretched to her at parting . I fancy Dr. Banques will not find any great improvement in his patient when he makes his professional call this day . " How pale you look , my poor child , ” Clara says to her ...
... hand which is so eagerly outstretched to her at parting . I fancy Dr. Banques will not find any great improvement in his patient when he makes his professional call this day . " How pale you look , my poor child , ” Clara says to her ...
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... hand it is has bent the fatal bow . " Papa must bear the whole onus of this affair , " Clara decides . “ I will make the path perfectly easy for him , but I will not appear ; our secret might be valueless if Dives suspected it was known ...
... hand it is has bent the fatal bow . " Papa must bear the whole onus of this affair , " Clara decides . “ I will make the path perfectly easy for him , but I will not appear ; our secret might be valueless if Dives suspected it was known ...
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... hand he held in his . Foolish Zoé rushed away to solitude with her bitter thoughts when the Plantagenet carriage had borne away her visitors . Pride and Love were holding a grand tournament in the child's heart , and I am afraid poor ...
... hand he held in his . Foolish Zoé rushed away to solitude with her bitter thoughts when the Plantagenet carriage had borne away her visitors . Pride and Love were holding a grand tournament in the child's heart , and I am afraid poor ...
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... hands for such a sum . When we are alone I do a great deal of the cooking myself . " The Miss Middletons raised their eye - brows with horrified amazement ; the patricians could scarcely believe it possible that any one , who called ...
... hands for such a sum . When we are alone I do a great deal of the cooking myself . " The Miss Middletons raised their eye - brows with horrified amazement ; the patricians could scarcely believe it possible that any one , who called ...
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Algy Algy's daughter Algy's wife Ann Dalton Banques Baronet beautiful believe Belle Grange better carissima carriage child Clara Silvester Clarry cried dead dear death Denassie dinner Doctor dooce eagerly Edward Sparkles excitement eyes face Farnorth father French Giles Houndly glad Gothic Hall Grandly Manor Grandly of Grandly Halley hand handsome Harding Harding's heard heart hope Horace Snowe house of Plantagenet impatiently John Dalton Jove Lady Mortimer Lady Plantagenet ladyship late lawyer lips little girl little heiress look Madame Maison de Santé mamma manner marriage Mary Snowe master of Becklands miserable Miss Alathea Miss Grandly Miss Middletons Miss Snowe Miss Winifred Monseigneur morning mother never Newcome once pale papa Plantagenet Park poor Miss pretty Quilea relict Rose Cottage scarcely Sir Mortimer Plantagenet sister smile Snowdrop soldier sorry tell thing thought tion told uncle unhappy Weasle woman words Zoé's
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Page 135 - Hamlet with the part of the Prince of Denmark omitted, for so far I have said nothing whatever about technical education.
Page 55 - ... this little girl with me to your mother, Edward, that she may question her, if she wishes it, about poor Michael, and I wish you to go with us, my dear boy ; it is better that your poor mother should have you with her." " You are going to tell mother ?" said the boy with a shudder. " Yes, Edward ! — it must be done, and the sooner it is over the better. Your mother is a good woman, and a pious Christian, my dear boy. She will know and feel that all that can befall her is the will of God ; and...
Page 136 - The autocrat, encouraged by impunity and the weakness of the great Powers of Europe, would employ himself in making preparations for another and still more formidable aggression upon his neighbours. I repeat that it is impossible now that the war can be averted consistently with England's honour.
Page 127 - You may depend upon it that now is the time for resistance ; now is the time for the powers of Western and Central Europe to form an alliance with Turkey, and so combine to punish the daring bigot who imperils the best interests of civilization to feed his miserable vanity and insatiable ambition.
Page 128 - He pretends that it is not the lust of conquest which urges him to attempt the supremacy of his church and the expulsion of the Mussulmans from Europe. He seeks to hide the bloody sword of ambition beneath the robe of the fanatic. It is false...
Page 251 - It is a very long time since we have had such a funeral in Farnorth as we shall see to-day. Sparkles has made all the arrangements, and I think they will do him credit. After you, Sir Mortimer," the doctor added, courteously, as he wrestled helplessly with his stiff black gloves.