Peccavi! Or, Geoffrey Singleton's mistake, Volume 2 |
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... tion . Will you follow this handsome soldier and tie yourself to the tail of the baggage waggon for the rest of your life ? Can you resign all that you have been , relinquish your high aims , abandon the ground you have gained , come ...
... tion . Will you follow this handsome soldier and tie yourself to the tail of the baggage waggon for the rest of your life ? Can you resign all that you have been , relinquish your high aims , abandon the ground you have gained , come ...
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... him from sheer exhaus- tion . " Poor old Caversham ! 1 suppose he thinks he gave me a good settling down . But he got as good as he gave . I wonder whether I shall ever meet him again ? I could beat GEOFFREY SINGLETON'S MISTAKE . 53.
... him from sheer exhaus- tion . " Poor old Caversham ! 1 suppose he thinks he gave me a good settling down . But he got as good as he gave . I wonder whether I shall ever meet him again ? I could beat GEOFFREY SINGLETON'S MISTAKE . 53.
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... must have brought convic- tion to his doubting mind . All there was chaos . The low small table was indeed still covered with her work , but heaps of clothes , shreds of torn papers , and an indiscriminate litter of 60 PECCAVI ! OR.
... must have brought convic- tion to his doubting mind . All there was chaos . The low small table was indeed still covered with her work , but heaps of clothes , shreds of torn papers , and an indiscriminate litter of 60 PECCAVI ! OR.
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... tion of kissing the maid while there was a chance of winning the mistress . So Geoffrey gave chace , and ran his quarry to ground . At the end of the last chapter we left him on the point of entering the Curzon Street drawing room ...
... tion of kissing the maid while there was a chance of winning the mistress . So Geoffrey gave chace , and ran his quarry to ground . At the end of the last chapter we left him on the point of entering the Curzon Street drawing room ...
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... tion of other women than men are . It is , I suppose , because women are behind the scenes , and know exactly how much wiles and seductive graces are worth . They can separate the wheat from the chaff ; they can apply their own ...
... tion of other women than men are . It is , I suppose , because women are behind the scenes , and know exactly how much wiles and seductive graces are worth . They can separate the wheat from the chaff ; they can apply their own ...
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Page 188 - To think how poorly eloquence of words Translates the poetry of hearts like ours ! And when night came, amidst the breathless Heavens We'd guess what star should be our home when love Becomes immortal; while the perfumed light Stole through the mists of alabaster lamps, And every air was heavy with the sighs Of orange -groves and music from sweet lutes, And murmurs of low fountains that gush forth I' the midst of roses ! — Dost thou like the picture ? Pauline.
Page 54 - Why so pale and wan, fond lover? Prithee, why so pale? Will, when looking well can't move her, Looking ill prevail? Prithee, why so pale?
Page 188 - Thy curse would blast me less than thy forgiveness. Pauline [laughing wildly]. "This is thy palace, where the perfumed light Steals through the mist of alabaster lamps, And every air is heavy with the sighs Of orange-groves, and music from the sweet lutes, And murmurs of low fountains, that gush forth I
Page 23 - ... Something seems to oppress me — I am faint — I can scarcely breathe — Myrrhina shall give you the missive to-morrow. In the meantime, we are alone. Esca, you will not betray me. I can depend upon you. You are my slave, is it not so ? This shall be your manacle !" While she yet spoke, she took the bracelet from her arm and tried to clasp it round his wrist ; but the glittering fetter was too narrow for the largeboned Briton, and she could not make it meet. Pressing it hard with both hands,...