The Silence of Dean Maitland, Volume 1Kegan Paul, Trench & Company, 1887 - 349 pages |
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... took on with this love nonsense . " And she did not know that by declining that brief drive she had refused the one chance of escaping all the subsequent tragedy , and that her fate was even now approaching in the growing gloom . But ...
... took on with this love nonsense . " And she did not know that by declining that brief drive she had refused the one chance of escaping all the subsequent tragedy , and that her fate was even now approaching in the growing gloom . But ...
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... took hold of the road , the great wheels slowly turned , a shower of confused harmony fell in dropping sweetness from the bells , and with creaking and groaning , and nodding heads , and rhythmic blending of paces and music , the wagon ...
... took hold of the road , the great wheels slowly turned , a shower of confused harmony fell in dropping sweetness from the bells , and with creaking and groaning , and nodding heads , and rhythmic blending of paces and music , the wagon ...
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... took care not to relate the incident to his wife ; it was only his rough tribute to Alma's unac- customed beauty , and signified no more than a gracefully turned allusion in higher circles . " And Mr. Cyril must go a - spiling of she ...
... took care not to relate the incident to his wife ; it was only his rough tribute to Alma's unac- customed beauty , and signified no more than a gracefully turned allusion in higher circles . " And Mr. Cyril must go a - spiling of she ...
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... took the chair Mrs. Lee handed him . " Why , I've not had tea with you for an age , " continued Cyril , stroking a large tabby cat , which sprang purring upon his knee the moment he was seated ; " and I don't deserve any now , since I ...
... took the chair Mrs. Lee handed him . " Why , I've not had tea with you for an age , " continued Cyril , stroking a large tabby cat , which sprang purring upon his knee the moment he was seated ; " and I don't deserve any now , since I ...
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... Lee , in a tone of consolation . " That's just how I felt the first time I acted parlor - maid , Jane being took ill , and a party to dinner , and I housemaid . You mid a seen the glasses knock THE SILENCE OF DEAN MAITLAND . 19.
... Lee , in a tone of consolation . " That's just how I felt the first time I acted parlor - maid , Jane being took ill , and a party to dinner , and I housemaid . You mid a seen the glasses knock THE SILENCE OF DEAN MAITLAND . 19.
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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...