Mrs Lorimer: A Sketch in Black and WhiteMacmillan, 1892 - 415 pages |
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... course of his childhood , in dropping pebbles into a still pond or pool , and watching the graceful rings which , after the first little splash , spread themselves in ever - widening circles over the face of the water . A good - sized ...
... course of his childhood , in dropping pebbles into a still pond or pool , and watching the graceful rings which , after the first little splash , spread themselves in ever - widening circles over the face of the water . A good - sized ...
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... has the reputation of having been rather a celebrated oar at college , must have , as a matter of course , many years before him . It was simply from the social point of view that the Clay- CH . I. 13 A SKETCH IN BLACK AND WHITE .
... has the reputation of having been rather a celebrated oar at college , must have , as a matter of course , many years before him . It was simply from the social point of view that the Clay- CH . I. 13 A SKETCH IN BLACK AND WHITE .
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... course , chosen the Church for his profession , and reigned in due time as squire and clergyman of Claybrooke . To some minds , in these critical and enlightened days , a fact such as this presents food not only for thought but for ...
... course , chosen the Church for his profession , and reigned in due time as squire and clergyman of Claybrooke . To some minds , in these critical and enlightened days , a fact such as this presents food not only for thought but for ...
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... course of her life ; and now they ruled her completely . If you deprived her of them she would have felt like a lost child , uncertain what to do and where to turn . The foundations being shaken , the righteous — as represented by Mrs ...
... course of her life ; and now they ruled her completely . If you deprived her of them she would have felt like a lost child , uncertain what to do and where to turn . The foundations being shaken , the righteous — as represented by Mrs ...
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... was intolerable to her . She desired desper- ately to get away and cast in her lot with the Frank Lorimers . She saw clearly that no middle course would be possible for long - she would have CH . III . A SKETCH IN BLACK AND WHITE . 43.
... was intolerable to her . She desired desper- ately to get away and cast in her lot with the Frank Lorimers . She saw clearly that no middle course would be possible for long - she would have CH . III . A SKETCH IN BLACK AND WHITE . 43.
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