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... Hall as much as ever ; but was , in Julia's opinion , more pleased with him , and more contented to put up with his grave reproofs than she used to be ; and how Julia thought it would be a match in the end , and wondered what kind of a ...
... Hall as much as ever ; but was , in Julia's opinion , more pleased with him , and more contented to put up with his grave reproofs than she used to be ; and how Julia thought it would be a match in the end , and wondered what kind of a ...
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... Hall into my confidence , the result of which has been that I have promised , some long time hence , to become Mrs. Hall ; and for the time being , we are turned into a pair of turtle - doves , only instead of billing and cooing , we ...
... Hall into my confidence , the result of which has been that I have promised , some long time hence , to become Mrs. Hall ; and for the time being , we are turned into a pair of turtle - doves , only instead of billing and cooing , we ...
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... Hall's dismay , as he was , of course , faut de mieux , as Anne said , taken into her confidence . Some twenty minutes Anne had been standing at one of the windows of the morning - room , which being just above the library , commanded a ...
... Hall's dismay , as he was , of course , faut de mieux , as Anne said , taken into her confidence . Some twenty minutes Anne had been standing at one of the windows of the morning - room , which being just above the library , commanded a ...
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... , remembering , as she went , that she had hung it on the stand in the hall to dry . She was returning up - stairs with it on her arm , when Charles's voice sounded in the morning - room . Anne hesitated a mo- IT MAY BE TRUE . 43.
... , remembering , as she went , that she had hung it on the stand in the hall to dry . She was returning up - stairs with it on her arm , when Charles's voice sounded in the morning - room . Anne hesitated a mo- IT MAY BE TRUE . 43.
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... Hall , and trust the day is not so far distant as you seem to imagine when you will settle down into a pattern clergyman's wife . I fear there is little chance of our meeting again as you so kindly wish , as the very delicate state of ...
... Hall , and trust the day is not so far distant as you seem to imagine when you will settle down into a pattern clergyman's wife . I fear there is little chance of our meeting again as you so kindly wish , as the very delicate state of ...
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Page 140 - And slight withal may be the things which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever: it may be a sound — A tone of music— summer's eve — or spring — A flower — the wind — the ocean — which shall wound, Striking the electric chain wherewith we are darkly bound ; XXIV.
Page 179 - 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.
Page 140 - But ever and anon of griefs subdued There comes a token like a Scorpion's sting, Scarce seen, but with fresh bitterness imbued ; And slight withal may be the things which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever...
Page 179 - I have done ; and howsoever My language may appear to you, it carries No other than my fair and just intent To your delights, without curb to their modest And noble freedom.