All the Year RoundChapman and Hall, 1889 |
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... death of one would be the preservation of the other . " No succour could reach them he knew while the calm lasted ; but this was not the thought that was haunting his mind . The day passed slowly , as many days " One of them must die ...
... death of one would be the preservation of the other . " No succour could reach them he knew while the calm lasted ; but this was not the thought that was haunting his mind . The day passed slowly , as many days " One of them must die ...
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be beyond question the most painful of all deaths ; but it is doubtful if the long- drawn agonies which were being ... death were coming , his only prayer was that it might come quickly . Slowly , minute by minute , the life was ebbing ...
be beyond question the most painful of all deaths ; but it is doubtful if the long- drawn agonies which were being ... death were coming , his only prayer was that it might come quickly . Slowly , minute by minute , the life was ebbing ...
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... death of the old King , no more Versailles for seven long years . The centre of affairs was now the Palais Royal , and the road to Versailles , lately so thronged , was now a desert , while grass grew in the Royal courtyards ...
... death of the old King , no more Versailles for seven long years . The centre of affairs was now the Palais Royal , and the road to Versailles , lately so thronged , was now a desert , while grass grew in the Royal courtyards ...
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... death , " and Mazie has a child's unquestioning faith in help from above : in the strengthening of the feeble knees , the upholding of the drooping hands . Not in her own feeble strength , but in the strength of Heaven has she set out ...
... death , " and Mazie has a child's unquestioning faith in help from above : in the strengthening of the feeble knees , the upholding of the drooping hands . Not in her own feeble strength , but in the strength of Heaven has she set out ...
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... death even to think of it ; but in all such times a woman can help a man by beating herself down as much as possible . There is surely time enough for her to lie down under the grief of it all when it is over . So , when we come to say ...
... death even to think of it ; but in all such times a woman can help a man by beating herself down as much as possible . There is surely time enough for her to lie down under the grief of it all when it is over . So , when we come to say ...
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