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... look upon his letter as an impertinence , seeing she had given him no permission to write ? So he made up his mind to go to Ashleigh without warning , for come what might , he must go . Robert Vavasour was not of an impulsive character ...
... look upon his letter as an impertinence , seeing she had given him no permission to write ? So he made up his mind to go to Ashleigh without warning , for come what might , he must go . Robert Vavasour was not of an impulsive character ...
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... look at him before he goes out of sight ; he'll turn down the elm tree walk in another moment . " But before Amy could have reached the window , had she been so inclined , he had opened the little gate , and was coming up the gravel ...
... look at him before he goes out of sight ; he'll turn down the elm tree walk in another moment . " But before Amy could have reached the window , had she been so inclined , he had opened the little gate , and was coming up the gravel ...
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... look on his visit as an intrusion ; and soon he was quite at home with them all , and when Amy , who had been out to Hannah , to try and make some addition to their homely dinner , returned , she was surprised to see on what friendly ...
... look on his visit as an intrusion ; and soon he was quite at home with them all , and when Amy , who had been out to Hannah , to try and make some addition to their homely dinner , returned , she was surprised to see on what friendly ...
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... looks so very ill ? " she asked , anxiously . " I think there is great weakness , " he replied , evading a direct answer . " Have you a clever medical attendant here ? " " Yes , I think so . Dr. Sellon , is at least , very kind and ...
... looks so very ill ? " she asked , anxiously . " I think there is great weakness , " he replied , evading a direct answer . " Have you a clever medical attendant here ? " " Yes , I think so . Dr. Sellon , is at least , very kind and ...
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... look back to . It is perhaps just as well Dr. Ashley should see her at her worst . What is his opinion of Mrs. Neville ? ” " I did not ask him , and he never volunteered to tell me ; but I must ascertain to - day . Do you not think I ...
... look back to . It is perhaps just as well Dr. Ashley should see her at her worst . What is his opinion of Mrs. Neville ? ” " I did not ask him , and he never volunteered to tell me ; but I must ascertain to - day . Do you not think I ...
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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.