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Page 56
... tried to put it from him and think of other things . Of Jones , for instance . Why had he spoken of Viola ? And then , in the flight of fancies which surged through his mind , there was one that he stayed and detained . It was that he ...
... tried to put it from him and think of other things . Of Jones , for instance . Why had he spoken of Viola ? And then , in the flight of fancies which surged through his mind , there was one that he stayed and detained . It was that he ...
Page 82
... tried to take from her the whip , that he might rub the hand that held it too , the girl re- covered consciousness again . The swoon had lasted but a moment or so , yet to him who watched it She drew away the had been unmeasured time ...
... tried to take from her the whip , that he might rub the hand that held it too , the girl re- covered consciousness again . The swoon had lasted but a moment or so , yet to him who watched it She drew away the had been unmeasured time ...
Page 120
... he the gate his excitement increased . In his was a tightening sensation . And then at e stopped short . On the door of the cottage . a sign , bearing for legend , " To Let - Fur- sound . He tried the door - it was lock.
... he the gate his excitement increased . In his was a tightening sensation . And then at e stopped short . On the door of the cottage . a sign , bearing for legend , " To Let - Fur- sound . He tried the door - it was lock.
Page 121
A Novel Edgar Saltus. sound . He tried the door - it was lock " But it is impossible , " he kept repea " To let - furnished ; for particulars ap Brown , at the Casino . ' Most certainly , certainly , " and monologuing in the fas peculiar ...
A Novel Edgar Saltus. sound . He tried the door - it was lock " But it is impossible , " he kept repea " To let - furnished ; for particulars ap Brown , at the Casino . ' Most certainly , certainly , " and monologuing in the fas peculiar ...
Page 138
... tried to sand - paper his thoughts . Don't you suppose that Murillo was a poet ? Don't you suppose that Guido was ? Don't you think that anyone who is in love with beauty must be ? I say beauty where I might say the ideal . That is the ...
... tried to sand - paper his thoughts . Don't you suppose that Murillo was a poet ? Don't you suppose that Guido was ? Don't you think that anyone who is in love with beauty must be ? I say beauty where I might say the ideal . That is the ...
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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.