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... speech with Weldon , that on the morrow Weldon would leave the school . In a second he had seated him before the open dictionary , and in another second he was kneeling at his own bedside . Hardly had he bowed his head when there came a ...
... speech with Weldon , that on the morrow Weldon would leave the school . In a second he had seated him before the open dictionary , and in another second he was kneeling at his own bedside . Hardly had he bowed his head when there came a ...
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... one thing that had brought zest to the day and dreams to the night ; there was even a little speech which he had re- hearsed , but for the moment he was dumb . He plucked absently at his cuff , to the palms of 38 Tristrem Varick .
... one thing that had brought zest to the day and dreams to the night ; there was even a little speech which he had re- hearsed , but for the moment he was dumb . He plucked absently at his cuff , to the palms of 38 Tristrem Varick .
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... speech of his she looked at him , musingly . " I wish I deserved that , " she said . Tristrem began again with new courage . " It is like anything else , I fancy . I doubt if anyone , ignorant of difficulties overcome , ever appreciates ...
... speech of his she looked at him , musingly . " I wish I deserved that , " she said . Tristrem began again with new courage . " It is like anything else , I fancy . I doubt if anyone , ignorant of difficulties overcome , ever appreciates ...
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... speech . It seemed to him that he lacked the tact of other men , and that , could she see him as he really was when unemotionalized by her presence , if the eloquence which came to him in soli- of love , and is better than love itse ...
... speech . It seemed to him that he lacked the tact of other men , and that , could she see him as he really was when unemotionalized by her presence , if the eloquence which came to him in soli- of love , and is better than love itse ...
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... at the door of the smoking - 100m . Near- by , at a small table , two men were drinking brandy . He caught a fragment of their speech : it was about irresistible breath of a night in May . Tristrem turned 54 Tristrem Varick .
... at the door of the smoking - 100m . Near- by , at a small table , two men were drinking brandy . He caught a fragment of their speech : it was about irresistible breath of a night in May . Tristrem turned 54 Tristrem Varick .
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Page 105 - No person having a husband, wife, child or parent, shall, by his or her last will and testament, devise or bequeath to any benevolent, charitable, literary, scientific, religious or missionary society, association or corporation, in trust or otherwise, more than one-half part of his or her estate, after the payment of his or her debts, and such devise or bequest shall be valid to the extent of one-half, and no more.
Page 106 - ... no such devise or bequest shall be valid in any will which shall not have been made and executed at least two months before the death of the testator.