Belgravia, a London magazine, conducted by M.E. Braddon, Volume 121870 - 2 pages |
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... dark - faced stranger was the favourite for those matrimonial stakes he had entered himself to run for . He looked at Mr. Saltram with a critical eye many times in the course of the evening , wondering what possible merit any sensible ...
... dark - faced stranger was the favourite for those matrimonial stakes he had entered himself to run for . He looked at Mr. Saltram with a critical eye many times in the course of the evening , wondering what possible merit any sensible ...
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... darkness , and made his way through the more obscure streets between Char- ing - cross and Wardour - street . The way seemed familiar enough to him , and he only paused now and then to take note of some alteration in the buildings which ...
... darkness , and made his way through the more obscure streets between Char- ing - cross and Wardour - street . The way seemed familiar enough to him , and he only paused now and then to take note of some alteration in the buildings which ...
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... dark . ' As you please , though I can see no reason for secrecy in the matter . ' " " It is not a question of secrecy , but only of prudential reserve . ' It may be as you wish , ' answered the old man carelessly . Good - night . ' He ...
... dark . ' As you please , though I can see no reason for secrecy in the matter . ' " " It is not a question of secrecy , but only of prudential reserve . ' It may be as you wish , ' answered the old man carelessly . Good - night . ' He ...
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... dark eyes , I remember , and rather a stern look in them . ' This was rather too vague a description to make any impression upon Gilbert . It was something certainly to know that his rival had dark eyes , if indeed this man of whom the ...
... dark eyes , I remember , and rather a stern look in them . ' This was rather too vague a description to make any impression upon Gilbert . It was something certainly to know that his rival had dark eyes , if indeed this man of whom the ...
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... dark , and not handsome . ' ' Yes . Has the lady gray eyes , and dark - brown hair , and a very bright expressive face ? ' ' Yes , sir . ' ( Pray try to remember the name of the gentleman to whom the Grange belongs . It is of great ...
... dark , and not handsome . ' ' Yes . Has the lady gray eyes , and dark - brown hair , and a very bright expressive face ? ' ' Yes , sir . ' ( Pray try to remember the name of the gentleman to whom the Grange belongs . It is of great ...
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Popular passages
Page 68 - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Page 201 - It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log, at last, dry, bald, and sere: A lily of a day, Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall, and die that night; It was the plant, and flower of light. In small proportions, we just beauties see: And in short measures, life may perfect be.
Page 201 - His forehead was broad and high, light as if built of ivory, with large projecting eyebrows, and his eyes rolling beneath them like a sea with darkened lustre. "A certain tender bloom his face o'erspread," a purple tinge as we see it in the pale thoughtful complexions of the Spanish portrait-painters, Murillo and Velasquez.
Page 298 - Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
Page 227 - In a calm retirement the gay vanity of youth no longer fluttered in her bosom ; she listened to the voice of truth and passion, and I might presume to hope that I had made some impression on a virtuous heart.
Page 257 - Crosse he bore, The deare remembrance of his dying Lord, For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore, And dead, as living, ever him ador'd : Upon his shield the like was also scor'd, For soveraine hope which in his helpe he had.
Page 453 - There, when the sounds of flute and fiddle Gave signal sweet, in that old hall, Of hands across and down the middle, Hers was the subtlest spell by far Of all that...
Page 228 - After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate; I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son; my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life. My cure was accelerated by a faithful report of the tranquillity and cheerfulness of the lady herself, and my love subsided in friendship and esteem.
Page 449 - The turning of coats so common is grown, That no one would think to attack it ; But no case until now was so flagrantly known Of a schoolboy's turning his jacket.
Page 42 - And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant...