All the Year RoundChapman and Hall, 1889 |
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... less brilliant than usual ; but her timorous , clinging help- lessness made ample amends for any loss of light . Her ordinary assertive demeanour , coupled with her little affecta- tions of importance , had led Clement to look upon her ...
... less brilliant than usual ; but her timorous , clinging help- lessness made ample amends for any loss of light . Her ordinary assertive demeanour , coupled with her little affecta- tions of importance , had led Clement to look upon her ...
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... less than ten minutes the whole of the after part of the ship was on fire , the lurid glare lighting up the superincumbent clouds and leaden sea , and producing a scene of surpassing grandeur . And now another danger was threaten- ing ...
... less than ten minutes the whole of the after part of the ship was on fire , the lurid glare lighting up the superincumbent clouds and leaden sea , and producing a scene of surpassing grandeur . And now another danger was threaten- ing ...
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... less . Oh , if you ever loved him - as I am sure you must have done - do not try to sting and hit him with cruel words now ! He wants to be your friend ; he wants to help you . He wants to make you under- stand , and you won't - you won ...
... less . Oh , if you ever loved him - as I am sure you must have done - do not try to sting and hit him with cruel words now ! He wants to be your friend ; he wants to help you . He wants to make you under- stand , and you won't - you won ...
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... less , had received less ; whilst Brownie herself , from whom little could have been ex- pected , had been presented with a stone . But not only with a stone ; for affixed to its jagged side was a small blue and white label , such as a ...
... less , had received less ; whilst Brownie herself , from whom little could have been ex- pected , had been presented with a stone . But not only with a stone ; for affixed to its jagged side was a small blue and white label , such as a ...
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... less one by such studies , nor is the infidel made less amenable to the in- fluences of religion . If a man be accomplished in the sense of poetry , whether expressed in music , art , or literature , he will be the better able to ...
... less one by such studies , nor is the infidel made less amenable to the in- fluences of religion . If a man be accomplished in the sense of poetry , whether expressed in music , art , or literature , he will be the better able to ...
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