All the Year RoundChapman and Hall, 1889 |
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... kind of Royal and Imperial flavour about it . So that , after bringing us away from Paris , as swiftly and directly as it can , the river seems more inclined to carry us back again . For here is Boulogne , and , beyond , the bosky ...
... kind of Royal and Imperial flavour about it . So that , after bringing us away from Paris , as swiftly and directly as it can , the river seems more inclined to carry us back again . For here is Boulogne , and , beyond , the bosky ...
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... kind of you . How beautiful- the suggestion aside as though it were lovely ! What a pity I am in mourning . quite beneath him . Why , it is a nugget , " said Maud , lean- " Thank you , Mary ; but I did not going forward to admire the ...
... kind of you . How beautiful- the suggestion aside as though it were lovely ! What a pity I am in mourning . quite beneath him . Why , it is a nugget , " said Maud , lean- " Thank you , Mary ; but I did not going forward to admire the ...
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... kind- ness towards her which , in her present mood , she was quick enough to recognise and be grateful for . But we are letting the clock run on too fast , for this state of things came about after Rebecca knew that ' Liza was dead . It ...
... kind- ness towards her which , in her present mood , she was quick enough to recognise and be grateful for . But we are letting the clock run on too fast , for this state of things came about after Rebecca knew that ' Liza was dead . It ...
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... kind - hearted , charitable people of Middleton that the devil is farther away from me than they choose to believe . " " Ah , my dear boy , " said Mr. Butter worth , as Clement bade him farewell , " remember this , the devil is never so ...
... kind - hearted , charitable people of Middleton that the devil is farther away from me than they choose to believe . " " Ah , my dear boy , " said Mr. Butter worth , as Clement bade him farewell , " remember this , the devil is never so ...
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... kind of fame . The man who rivalled Solomon in the stern passion of conviction with which he bewailed the vanity of all things all , from the first laugh of the new - born child to the death - sigh of the wearied octo genarian — was not ...
... kind of fame . The man who rivalled Solomon in the stern passion of conviction with which he bewailed the vanity of all things all , from the first laugh of the new - born child to the death - sigh of the wearied octo genarian — was not ...
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Page 497 - Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the Lord, and made vows. Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
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Page 497 - Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay and was fast asleep.
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