Joseph's coat, Volume 2Chatto & Windus, 1881 |
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... eyes in whose gaze he had been familiar . ' I've never been a don at travellin ' , ' said Daniel , an ' I'm a bit mythered - like ; ' he meant , confused and mentally harassed . ' An ' it feels cold out o ' doors . Mayhap I've growed ...
... eyes in whose gaze he had been familiar . ' I've never been a don at travellin ' , ' said Daniel , an ' I'm a bit mythered - like ; ' he meant , confused and mentally harassed . ' An ' it feels cold out o ' doors . Mayhap I've growed ...
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... eyes was not unbe- coming , that you will let me come and see you now and then . ' with Dinah would be glad to see him , so she said , at any time . She read him now like a book . And she waited for him to ask about Ethel ; but John ...
... eyes was not unbe- coming , that you will let me come and see you now and then . ' with Dinah would be glad to see him , so she said , at any time . She read him now like a book . And she waited for him to ask about Ethel ; but John ...
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... eyes , and on many a winter night had shrieked and creaked complainingly against the stormy weather , was taken down and relegated to a lumber room , and ultimately chopped up for firewood . For weeks the front of the house was obscured ...
... eyes , and on many a winter night had shrieked and creaked complainingly against the stormy weather , was taken down and relegated to a lumber room , and ultimately chopped up for firewood . For weeks the front of the house was obscured ...
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... eyes saw nothing but a silvery mist with splashes in it of alternate ink and fire . More than anything else could have done his fear sobered him . He had been taking God's name in vain , horribly , and now perhaps he was going to die ...
... eyes saw nothing but a silvery mist with splashes in it of alternate ink and fire . More than anything else could have done his fear sobered him . He had been taking God's name in vain , horribly , and now perhaps he was going to die ...
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... hoodwink this great financier , and make a cat's - paw of him ; and when he saw the lofty grey head and the sagacious eyes of the man , he repented of his coming . . Sir Jonas made pencil marks on various papers 犀 58 JOSEPH'S COAT .
... hoodwink this great financier , and make a cat's - paw of him ; and when he saw the lofty grey head and the sagacious eyes of the man , he repented of his coming . . Sir Jonas made pencil marks on various papers 犀 58 JOSEPH'S COAT .
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Academy Notes amazement answered asked Author baronet began BESANT and JAMES brother certificate Chaplain CHARLES GIBBON Cheston cloth extra cloth limp cried criminal Crown 8vo Daniel dear Demy 8vo Dinah door Edited Ethel eyes face Facsimile fancy feel fellow felt gaol George Banks George Bushell gone Governor grey hands heart hope JAMES PAYN JAMES RICE Joe Bushell Joe's John Keen JULIAN HAWTHORNE JUSTIN MCCARTHY knew lady look MACQUOID MARK TWAIN marriage married mind Miss Banks Miss Donne never numerous Illustrations old George old George's OUIDA PICCADILLY NOVELS Portrait Post 8vo prisoner Saracen scoundrel sexton Sir Jonas Sir Sydney Cheston Somerset House Square 8vo story tell Theer's thing thought told took town trouble Uncle George voice W. H. MALLOCK WALTER BESANT Waston Church whilst wicked WILKIE COLLINS woman wonder Wrethedale young George
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