The Silence of Dean Maitland, Volume 1Kegan Paul, Trench & Company, 1887 - 349 pages |
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... night , Jem , " turned his back on the wagon and opened the gate , through which Alma passed quickly , followed by her protector , while the cumbrous wagon went on its way to the rhythmic jangle of the sweetly clashing bells , and ...
... night , Jem , " turned his back on the wagon and opened the gate , through which Alma passed quickly , followed by her protector , while the cumbrous wagon went on its way to the rhythmic jangle of the sweetly clashing bells , and ...
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... night- O Mr. Cyril , I beg your pardon , sir ! " and she dropped a courtesy , while her hus- band turned and rose . " May I come in ? " asked Cyril , pausing , hat in hand , and smiling his genial smile . " Your tea is very tempting ...
... night- O Mr. Cyril , I beg your pardon , sir ! " and she dropped a courtesy , while her hus- band turned and rose . " May I come in ? " asked Cyril , pausing , hat in hand , and smiling his genial smile . " Your tea is very tempting ...
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... nights , " said Ben Lee , " though , to be sure , there's only our own people about on the estate . " Before Alma's mind there arose a vision of the Swaynestone drawing - room as she had seen it once at tea - time when she was summoned ...
... nights , " said Ben Lee , " though , to be sure , there's only our own people about on the estate . " Before Alma's mind there arose a vision of the Swaynestone drawing - room as she had seen it once at tea - time when she was summoned ...
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... night , Ben " ; and , placing the cat very gently on the warm hearth , and shaking hands with his hosts , Cyril rose , took his hat , and followed Alma out into the darkness . She bore the candle , and by its light guided him to the ...
... night , Ben " ; and , placing the cat very gently on the warm hearth , and shaking hands with his hosts , Cyril rose , took his hat , and followed Alma out into the darkness . She bore the candle , and by its light guided him to the ...
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... night . " Good night , Alma , " he returned carelessly , and stepped briskly down the dark meadow , the grass of which was crisped now by frost ; while Alma remained at the wicket , that he might have the benefit of the candle's feeble ...
... night . " Good night , Alma , " he returned carelessly , and stepped briskly down the dark meadow , the grass of which was crisped now by frost ; while Alma remained at the wicket , that he might have the benefit of the candle's feeble ...
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Page 92 - The fir trees dark and high; I used to think their slender tops Were close against the sky: It was a childish ignorance, But now 'tis little joy To know I'm farther off from- Heaven Than when I was a boy.
Page 291 - ... not an open enemy, that hath done me this dishonour : for then I could have borne it.
Page 256 - The image of his Maker, hope to win by't? Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues: be just and fear not. Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's: then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell!
Page 101 - Jog on, jog on, the foot-path way, And merrily hent the stile-a : A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a mile-a.
Page 235 - ... reached the steps, and, descending them, found to his dismay that the gate was locked. CHAPTER V. THERE is almost always some small but vitally important hitch in the best-laid human plans, and the hitch in Balfour's arrangement was that he forgot the nightly locking of the gate leading on to the bastion. He had approached the tree from the other side, passing the sentries, being challenged by them, and giving the word in reply. Everard knew the bastion, and had had many a pleasant stroll there...
Page 79 - Look, where he comes ! Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow'dst yesterday.
Page 203 - Maxwelton braes are bonnie Where early fa's the dew, And it's there that Annie Laurie Gie'd me her promise true— Gie'd me her promise true, Which ne'er forgot will be; And for bonnie Annie Laurie I'd lay me doune and dee.
Page 337 - Then he took from his pocket a piece of folded paper, which he held in his left hand, as if it were some talisman, and found strength to begin. CHAPTER IX. As he opened his lips, a vision of the little church at Malbourne rushed swiftly before his mental gaze. He saw the familiar faces clustered about the heavy gray pillars, and the reverend figure of his father in the ancient pulpit, and all the holy counsels uttered in that father's beloved voice came upon him in one moment; but he did not know...
Page 333 - O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!"—words so nobly simple in their unutterable sorrow.
Page 251 - I was a stranger, and ye took me in ; naked, and ye clothed me ; sick and in prison and ye visited me...