To the bitter end, by the author of 'Lady Audley's secret'. |
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... mornings in the orchard ; loved all the live creatures around her , from old Molly the dairymaid , whom she had known from her earliest childhood , to the yellow ducklings hatched yesterday ; and there an end . ' She had spent three ...
... mornings in the orchard ; loved all the live creatures around her , from old Molly the dairymaid , whom she had known from her earliest childhood , to the yellow ducklings hatched yesterday ; and there an end . ' She had spent three ...
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... Morning after morning he stared at the painted walls of his bed - chamber , bright in the glory of the summer sunshine , with a pang of disappointment , to think 6 TO THE BITTER END .
... Morning after morning he stared at the painted walls of his bed - chamber , bright in the glory of the summer sunshine , with a pang of disappointment , to think 6 TO THE BITTER END .
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... the very man to rough it in a new country . From the petty difficulties and annoyances of his existence here he turned with a yearning to the un- known life over there . So one fine March morning TO THE BITTER END . 9.
... the very man to rough it in a new country . From the petty difficulties and annoyances of his existence here he turned with a yearning to the un- known life over there . So one fine March morning TO THE BITTER END . 9.
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon. known life over there . So one fine March morning , after that friendly interview with his creditors , he went up to London , bought his outfit - a very eco- nomic and simple one - took his passage in a vessel ...
Mary Elizabeth Braddon. known life over there . So one fine March morning , after that friendly interview with his creditors , he went up to London , bought his outfit - a very eco- nomic and simple one - took his passage in a vessel ...
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... morning after morning she woke to a sense of desolation and misery . But she was hardly eighteen years of age . Little by little hope revived . A cheery letter , telling of the wanderer's safe arrival , was the first comfort that ...
... morning after morning she woke to a sense of desolation and misery . But she was hardly eighteen years of age . Little by little hope revived . A cheery letter , telling of the wanderer's safe arrival , was the first comfort that ...
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Page 242 - Romeo: and when he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun.
Page 127 - Here, my dear friend," he suddenly exclaimed, as he pulled a couple of little parcels out of his pocket, "is a quarter of a pound of tea and half a pound of sugar, for, though it is not in my power at present to return you the two guineas, you nor any man else shall ever have it to say that I want gratitude.
Page 140 - As one dead in the bottom of a tomb : Either my eyesight fails, or thou look'st pale. Rom. And trust me, love, in my eye so do you : Dry sorrow drinks our blood. — Adieu ! Juliet farewell !— My life !— Jul.