Mrs. Juliet, Volume 1Chatto & Windus, 1892 |
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... mean those I don't know , ' she added apologetically- ' those that send me letters asking me to till what they call little forgotten or neglected corners in the heavenly vineyard . ' Mr. Gerard gazed curiously in the lady's face he ...
... mean those I don't know , ' she added apologetically- ' those that send me letters asking me to till what they call little forgotten or neglected corners in the heavenly vineyard . ' Mr. Gerard gazed curiously in the lady's face he ...
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... mean ? ' asked Mrs. Cradock , as soon as she had , after mighty struggles , settled herself down to her liking in her chair . He looked . It was the same clever - looking man who had been talking to Miss Juliet in the drawing - room ...
... mean ? ' asked Mrs. Cradock , as soon as she had , after mighty struggles , settled herself down to her liking in her chair . He looked . It was the same clever - looking man who had been talking to Miss Juliet in the drawing - room ...
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... mean . He did speak in such favourable terms of my poor demised husband . There was not a dry eye in the whole church . Not that I was there to see ; how could I go there or anywhere within a few days of the time when my dear Cradock ...
... mean . He did speak in such favourable terms of my poor demised husband . There was not a dry eye in the whole church . Not that I was there to see ; how could I go there or anywhere within a few days of the time when my dear Cradock ...
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Mrs. Margaret Hunt. could she mean ? The great potato ' - was she mad ? Suddenly Rabelais ' last words flashed upon his mind , and all was explained . Mrs. Cradock's peut - être was a large - sized British vegetable , and she had rolled ...
Mrs. Margaret Hunt. could she mean ? The great potato ' - was she mad ? Suddenly Rabelais ' last words flashed upon his mind , and all was explained . Mrs. Cradock's peut - être was a large - sized British vegetable , and she had rolled ...
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... mean what I say , ' insisted Mr. Gerard , and , indeed , I ought to mean it . I should be the basest of men if I could forget what your father did and suffered for me . Whenever I can do anything for you , come to me as confidently as ...
... mean what I say , ' insisted Mr. Gerard , and , indeed , I ought to mean it . I should be the basest of men if I could forget what your father did and suffered for me . Whenever I can do anything for you , come to me as confidently as ...
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Page 1 - Latimer must have walked erect; and in which Hooker, in his young days, possibly flaunted in a vein of no discommendable vanity. In the depth of college shades, or in his lonely chamber, the poor student shrunk from observation. He found shelter among books, which insult not ; and studies, that ask no questions of a youth's finances.
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Page 183 - Why dost thou heap up wealth, which thou must quit, Or, what is worse, be left by it ? Why dost thou load thyself, when thou'rt to fly, Oh man, ordain'd to die ? Why dost thou build up stately rooms on high, Thou who art under ground to lie ? Thou sow'st and plantest, but no fruit must see, For death, alas ! is sowing thee.
Page 256 - To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labour tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution.
Page 200 - Dishonesty (of seeming and not being) in all manner of Rulers, and appointed Watchers, spiritual and temporal, must there not, through long ages, have gone on accumulating! It will accumulate: moreover, it will reach a head; for the first of all Gospels is this, that a Lie cannot endure for ever.
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