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Page 15
... give his appearance a blank- ness which savoured more of a figure at Madame Tussaud's than a living man . Nevertheless , this still flesh and blood covered a world of passions . " You won't get a better offer for her , in this by ...
... give his appearance a blank- ness which savoured more of a figure at Madame Tussaud's than a living man . Nevertheless , this still flesh and blood covered a world of passions . " You won't get a better offer for her , in this by ...
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... Give her in promise - only in promise , and I will wait . I love her as Jacob loved Rachel , and can wait seven years , if need be . But there is no need . " " I don't know as to that . She would be only twenty - four when the seven ...
... Give her in promise - only in promise , and I will wait . I love her as Jacob loved Rachel , and can wait seven years , if need be . But there is no need . " " I don't know as to that . She would be only twenty - four when the seven ...
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... for her to be your wife , and should be well pleased if you win her . " " I am thankful ; very , very thankful to you , Mr. Rivers . Your words come to me VOL . I. 2 like a blessing , and give me and give me AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE . 17.
... for her to be your wife , and should be well pleased if you win her . " " I am thankful ; very , very thankful to you , Mr. Rivers . Your words come to me VOL . I. 2 like a blessing , and give me and give me AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE . 17.
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Stephen Watson Fullom. like a blessing , and give me and give me new heart . Now I beseech you to say as much to Letty herself . " " Nay , I can't do that . You must speak in your own behalf , though you may say it has sanction . Here ...
Stephen Watson Fullom. like a blessing , and give me and give me new heart . Now I beseech you to say as much to Letty herself . " " Nay , I can't do that . You must speak in your own behalf , though you may say it has sanction . Here ...
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... gives a pursuit to princes , bringing highest and lowest together , and it preserves some of the usages of the earliest epochs . These usages , indeed , may not long survive in the practical future we are approaching , and even now are ...
... gives a pursuit to princes , bringing highest and lowest together , and it preserves some of the usages of the earliest epochs . These usages , indeed , may not long survive in the practical future we are approaching , and even now are ...
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Page 22 - O gentlemen, the time of life is short ! To spend that shortness basely were too long, If life did ride upon a dial's point, Still ending at the arrival of an hour.
Page 8 - And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: 30.