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... took it from her pocket and gave it to him ; " only do not mention anything about it to Mamma , she might not like my having written ; or it might make her nervous in supposing herself worse than she is . It is not exactly a secret ...
... took it from her pocket and gave it to him ; " only do not mention anything about it to Mamma , she might not like my having written ; or it might make her nervous in supposing herself worse than she is . It is not exactly a secret ...
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... took up the books one by one off the table and looked at their titles - read them she could not - and then the doctor's heavy tread sounded on the staircase , and she went out and met him . " Will you come in here , Dr. Ashley ? " she ...
... took up the books one by one off the table and looked at their titles - read them she could not - and then the doctor's heavy tread sounded on the staircase , and she went out and met him . " Will you come in here , Dr. Ashley ? " she ...
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... . Amy too was silent ; perhaps she guessed what he would say next . Presently he laid his hand on hers as it rested on the woodwork of the gate . She did not with- draw it , and then he boldly took the small IT MAY BE TRUE . 35.
... . Amy too was silent ; perhaps she guessed what he would say next . Presently he laid his hand on hers as it rested on the woodwork of the gate . She did not with- draw it , and then he boldly took the small IT MAY BE TRUE . 35.
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Kate Wood. draw it , and then he boldly took the small fair hand in his . " Amy , " he said , softly , while she trembled exceedingly , " do you remember I said I would ask you once again ? The time has come . Amy , will you be my wife ...
Kate Wood. draw it , and then he boldly took the small fair hand in his . " Amy , " he said , softly , while she trembled exceedingly , " do you remember I said I would ask you once again ? The time has come . Amy , will you be my wife ...
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... she cared for me , on that very even- ing . How she trembled when I took her hand , ' said Charles . 99 Again Anne was at fault with the answer ; but whatever it was Charles's reply rang loud and clear- " 44 IT MAY BE TRUE .
... she cared for me , on that very even- ing . How she trembled when I took her hand , ' said Charles . 99 Again Anne was at fault with the answer ; but whatever it was Charles's reply rang loud and clear- " 44 IT MAY BE TRUE .
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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.