Mrs. Juliet, Volume 1Chatto & Windus, 1892 |
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... woman , who liked to see her house filled . People of that disposition have no difficulty in gratifying such a taste . The Freemans lived in a mansion in Duke's Gardens . Mr. Gerard was rather tired with his journey , and rested in his ...
... woman , who liked to see her house filled . People of that disposition have no difficulty in gratifying such a taste . The Freemans lived in a mansion in Duke's Gardens . Mr. Gerard was rather tired with his journey , and rested in his ...
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... woman of me in a week if they had their way . I 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 ...
... woman of me in a week if they had their way . I 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 ...
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... woman next door was still bullying her unfortunate niece . Mr. Gerard could hear her , even after he was shut in his own room again . London houses , however high their rent may be , never leave you in much doubt as to whether an ...
... woman next door was still bullying her unfortunate niece . Mr. Gerard could hear her , even after he was shut in his own room again . London houses , however high their rent may be , never leave you in much doubt as to whether an ...
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... woman , and cannot possibly live long . When she dies I shall be much better off . I don't want to be dependent on Mrs. Cradock's favour . I want to keep my wife myself . But won't you come , sir ? It is getting so late . ' ' Young man ...
... woman , and cannot possibly live long . When she dies I shall be much better off . I don't want to be dependent on Mrs. Cradock's favour . I want to keep my wife myself . But won't you come , sir ? It is getting so late . ' ' Young man ...
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... woman he loved might be driven from her home any day at the caprice of an ill - tempered old woman . ' Poor fellow ! ' thought Mr. Gerard , of course I will marry him to her . That idea of his about securing a pension to her in this way ...
... woman he loved might be driven from her home any day at the caprice of an ill - tempered old woman . ' Poor fellow ! ' thought Mr. Gerard , of course I will marry him to her . That idea of his about securing a pension to her in this way ...
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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.
Page 72 - Tu proverai si come sa di sale Lo pane altrui, e com' e duro calle Lo scendere e '1 salir per 1
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.
Page 277 - Give full stretch to your imagination, says a writer who had witnessed what he describes, —think of everything that is cruel, inhuman, infernal, and you cannot then conceive anything so diabolical as what these demons in human form have perpetrated.
Page 58 - ... may, relying on the grace of God and the support of all my brother-Congressmen. This fact cannot however diminish, it rather deepens, the gratitude which I feel to you for the signal honour you have conferred upon me in electing me your President at this juncture. Words fail me to express what I feel. I thank you for it from the bottom of my heart. You will agree with me when I say that no predecessor of mine ever stood in need of greater indulgence and more unstinted support from the Congress...