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Page 12
... steward if you act discreetly , but that doesn't seem to be in your nature . " " " Letty turned a wistful look on the speaker , but only to drop the long lashes over her eyes . " He is a favourite with your father , " pursued Mrs ...
... steward if you act discreetly , but that doesn't seem to be in your nature . " " " Letty turned a wistful look on the speaker , but only to drop the long lashes over her eyes . " He is a favourite with your father , " pursued Mrs ...
Page 15
... I have my income as steward , which I am to keep , and am just stepping into the Beech farm ; and I won't press on the marriage till I have the farm in hand , so that she will at once be mistress of a house- AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE . 15.
... I have my income as steward , which I am to keep , and am just stepping into the Beech farm ; and I won't press on the marriage till I have the farm in hand , so that she will at once be mistress of a house- AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE . 15.
Page 44
... steward , was coming through the old gate from the park , when he encountered Ralph Granby . " Where are you off to , Bradley ? " said the young squire , stopping , " not far , I hope , for I want you to go with me to- morrow , to have ...
... steward , was coming through the old gate from the park , when he encountered Ralph Granby . " Where are you off to , Bradley ? " said the young squire , stopping , " not far , I hope , for I want you to go with me to- morrow , to have ...
Page 46
... steward took off his hat and wiped his brow , bedewed by the fever of his mind . " You mustn't take it so seriously , " ob- served Ralph , with some agitation . " Re- member there are plenty of girls in the world , and as good fish in ...
... steward took off his hat and wiped his brow , bedewed by the fever of his mind . " You mustn't take it so seriously , " ob- served Ralph , with some agitation . " Re- member there are plenty of girls in the world , and as good fish in ...
Page 47
... " I will ask no more , " said the steward . Well , we will send up to the house to I shall not be in to dinner , and I can go on with you at once . " CHAPTER VIII . THE SHEARERS ' FEAST . RALPH and RALPH IS TAKEN INTO CONFIDENCE . 47.
... " I will ask no more , " said the steward . Well , we will send up to the house to I shall not be in to dinner , and I can go on with you at once . " CHAPTER VIII . THE SHEARERS ' FEAST . RALPH and RALPH IS TAKEN INTO CONFIDENCE . 47.
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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.