Belgravia, a London magazine, conducted by M.E. Braddon, Volume 121870 - 2 pages |
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... took the trouble to penetrate the domicile of the laundress who officiated in Mr. Sal- tram's chambers , in order to obtain some more particular informa- tion as to her employer's movements , and after infinite difficulty succeeded in ...
... took the trouble to penetrate the domicile of the laundress who officiated in Mr. Sal- tram's chambers , in order to obtain some more particular informa- tion as to her employer's movements , and after infinite difficulty succeeded in ...
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... took care to inform the landlord of the hotel that he was not an American , but had returned to the land of his birth after an absence of something like fifteen years , and after realising a handsome fortune upon the other side of the ...
... took care to inform the landlord of the hotel that he was not an American , but had returned to the land of his birth after an absence of something like fifteen years , and after realising a handsome fortune upon the other side of the ...
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... took the candle from the mantelpiece , and held it up before the bearded face of the traveller . ' Yes , yes , yes , ' he said slowly ; at last ! It is you , Percival , my only son . I thought you were dead long ago . I had a right to ...
... took the candle from the mantelpiece , and held it up before the bearded face of the traveller . ' Yes , yes , yes , ' he said slowly ; at last ! It is you , Percival , my only son . I thought you were dead long ago . I had a right to ...
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... took things as coolly as it was his habit to take everything , while his father carefully concealed what- ever deeper feeling might be stirred in the depths of his heart by this unexpected return . ' You do not ask any questions about ...
... took things as coolly as it was his habit to take everything , while his father carefully concealed what- ever deeper feeling might be stirred in the depths of his heart by this unexpected return . ' You do not ask any questions about ...
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... took particular notice of the lady . She was as pretty a woman as ever I set eyes upon - quite a girl . I noticed that the gentleman was very careful and tender with her when he put her into the carriage , wrapping her up , and so on ...
... took particular notice of the lady . She was as pretty a woman as ever I set eyes upon - quite a girl . I noticed that the gentleman was very careful and tender with her when he put her into the carriage , wrapping her up , and so on ...
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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...