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... suppose you never heard of the great Bethune lawsuit ? " " But the other - the girl ? " " His granddaughter , I think he said . " " She is the most beautiful human creature I ever beheld ! " the young man exclaimed , rather breathlessly ...
... suppose you never heard of the great Bethune lawsuit ? " " But the other - the girl ? " " His granddaughter , I think he said . " " She is the most beautiful human creature I ever beheld ! " the young man exclaimed , rather breathlessly ...
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... suppose he quite understands that you are not infected with any of your father's Socialistic theories ? Of course it's all very well for an enor- mously rich man like your father to play with Communism - it must be an exciting sort of ...
... suppose he quite understands that you are not infected with any of your father's Socialistic theories ? Of course it's all very well for an enor- mously rich man like your father to play with Communism - it must be an exciting sort of ...
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... suppose you were too busy examining the political machine , and the machinists . But I'm glad you didn't ; I couldn't trust you ; and I'm going to do it for you myself . You are my boy : I'm going to provide for you . And I haven't ...
... suppose you were too busy examining the political machine , and the machinists . But I'm glad you didn't ; I couldn't trust you ; and I'm going to do it for you myself . You are my boy : I'm going to provide for you . And I haven't ...
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... suppose , " she said , sharply - but here Maisrie Bethune came upstairs and into the room , carrying some parcels in her hand , and instantly the landlady's face changed its expression , and became as amiable and smiling as the gaunt ...
... suppose , " she said , sharply - but here Maisrie Bethune came upstairs and into the room , carrying some parcels in her hand , and instantly the landlady's face changed its expression , and became as amiable and smiling as the gaunt ...
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... suppose Maisrie had some fancy about them - my granddaughter Maisrie " 66 It was a kind of introduction . The young man , modestly veiling the quick flash of delight in his eyes at this unexpected happiness , respectfully bowed ...
... suppose Maisrie had some fancy about them - my granddaughter Maisrie " 66 It was a kind of introduction . The young man , modestly veiling the quick flash of delight in his eyes at this unexpected happiness , respectfully bowed ...
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Page 260 - Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice; Him serve with fear, his praise forth tell, Come ye before him and rejoice. 2 The Lord, ye know, is God indeed, Without our aid he did us make ; We are his flock, he doth us feed, And for his sheep he doth us take. 3 O enter then his gates with praise, Approach with joy his courts unto; Praise, laud, and bless his name always, For it is seemly so to do. 4 For why? the Lord our God is good, His mercy is for ever sure; His truth at all times firmly stood, And shall...
Page 248 - Their beds are made in the heavens high, Down at the foot of our good lord's knee, Weel set about wi' gillyflowers : , I wot sweet company for to see.
Page 174 - An' fill it in a silver tassie ; That I may drink before I go A service to my bonnie lassie : The boat rocks at the pier o...
Page 17 - Like snaw-wreaths in thaw, John, I'm wearin' awa' To the land o' the leal. There's nae sorrow there, John, There's neither cauld nor care, John, The day is aye fair In the land o' the leal. Our bonnie bairn's there, John, She was baith gude and fair, John, And oh ! we grudged her sair To the land o
Page 83 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
Page 194 - He cam' and lookit again at her ; 0 gin her skin was white ! " I might hae spared that bonnie face To hae been some man's delight."
Page 193 - Tis not sic cauld that makes me cry, But my Love's heart grown cauld to me. When we came in by Glasgow town We were a comely sight to see; My Love was clad in the black velvet, And I mysell in cramasie.
Page 184 - O yon is the mountain of hell,' he cried, 'Where you and I will go.' And aye when she turn'd her round about, Aye taller he seemed for to be; Until that the tops o' that gallant ship Nae taller were than he.
Page 167 - Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.