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Page 57
... heart , shall bring down his wife and daugh- ters , to taste the sea breezes . I always know the date of their arrival . It is easy to see it in their countenance . A day or two they go wandering on the shingles , picking up cockle ...
... heart , shall bring down his wife and daugh- ters , to taste the sea breezes . I always know the date of their arrival . It is easy to see it in their countenance . A day or two they go wandering on the shingles , picking up cockle ...
Page 61
... heart . He is his own sympathiser ; and instinctively feels that none can so well perform that office for him . He cares for few spectators to his tragedy . Only that punctual face of the old nurse pleases him , that announces his ...
... heart . He is his own sympathiser ; and instinctively feels that none can so well perform that office for him . He cares for few spectators to his tragedy . Only that punctual face of the old nurse pleases him , that announces his ...
Page 81
... I never had the confidence to think as much ) . He went on to descant on the expediency of retiring at a certain time of life ( how my heart panted ! ) , - and asking me a few questions as to the amount II . G THE SUPERANNUATED MAN . 81.
... I never had the confidence to think as much ) . He went on to descant on the expediency of retiring at a certain time of life ( how my heart panted ! ) , - and asking me a few questions as to the amount II . G THE SUPERANNUATED MAN . 81.
Page 85
... heart smote me . I had violently broken the bands betwixt us . It was at least not courteous . I shall be some time before I get quite reconciled to the separation . Farewell , old cronies , yet not for long , for again and again I will ...
... heart smote me . I had violently broken the bands betwixt us . It was at least not courteous . I shall be some time before I get quite reconciled to the separation . Farewell , old cronies , yet not for long , for again and again I will ...
Page 98
... heart- rending colloquy , she has felt real hot tears come trickling from her , which ( to use her powerful ex- pression , ) have perfectly scalded her back . I am not quite so sure that it was Mrs. Porter ; but it was some great ...
... heart- rending colloquy , she has felt real hot tears come trickling from her , which ( to use her powerful ex- pression , ) have perfectly scalded her back . I am not quite so sure that it was Mrs. Porter ; but it was some great ...
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