Mrs. Juliet, Volume 1Chatto & Windus, 1892 |
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... sure you will enjoy it . ' · ( I never enjoyed it when I was young . London was too big for me then . It is twice as big now , and I am twice as old . ' He sighed . She sighed too , but promptly said : ' And you know that you are only ...
... sure you will enjoy it . ' · ( I never enjoyed it when I was young . London was too big for me then . It is twice as big now , and I am twice as old . ' He sighed . She sighed too , but promptly said : ' And you know that you are only ...
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... sure , ' she once more repeated . ' It will do you good . ' ' I don't know , dear . When a man has such a home as I have , it is very foolish to leave it . ' The carriage had come to the door ; the luggage was being put in . ' Good ...
... sure , ' she once more repeated . ' It will do you good . ' ' I don't know , dear . When a man has such a home as I have , it is very foolish to leave it . ' The carriage had come to the door ; the luggage was being put in . ' Good ...
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... sure you will like her . ' Who is Mrs. Cradock ? ' was trembling on Mr. Gerard's lips , but Mr. Freeman ex- claimed : ' Don't say that you have not heard of Mrs. Cradock ! She is one of the richest women in the country . Her husband ...
... sure you will like her . ' Who is Mrs. Cradock ? ' was trembling on Mr. Gerard's lips , but Mr. Freeman ex- claimed : ' Don't say that you have not heard of Mrs. Cradock ! She is one of the richest women in the country . Her husband ...
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... sure I don't want to be conspicuous , ' exclaimed Juliet , between laughing and cry- ing . I will do anything you like . ' You will have to do that . For the future I insist on your staying quite close to me whenever people of this kind ...
... sure I don't want to be conspicuous , ' exclaimed Juliet , between laughing and cry- ing . I will do anything you like . ' You will have to do that . For the future I insist on your staying quite close to me whenever people of this kind ...
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... sure you might go and welcome . Why not ? Why should I wish to keep you here at this hour and lose my night's rest for your sake , and I in such need of rest and sleep , after the vexation and worry you have caused me ? ' 6 By this time ...
... sure you might go and welcome . Why not ? Why should I wish to keep you here at this hour and lose my night's rest for your sake , and I in such need of rest and sleep , after the vexation and worry you have caused me ? ' 6 By this time ...
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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.
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