The Head of the Family: A NovelHarper & brothers, 1871 - 528 páginas |
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... believe the fact . There was such a passionate intensity in her look , such a grace and wom- anly refinement about her dress and mien , quite different from the carelessness usually manifested by those hapless ones from whom Heaven has ...
... believe the fact . There was such a passionate intensity in her look , such a grace and wom- anly refinement about her dress and mien , quite different from the carelessness usually manifested by those hapless ones from whom Heaven has ...
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... believe that she was really so mad as Mrs. Forsyth thought . Eagerly now , as at every visit , he asked , " If there was any change ? " " None . She just holds her tongue , except for a few words now and then to me . Always kindly , too ...
... believe that she was really so mad as Mrs. Forsyth thought . Eagerly now , as at every visit , he asked , " If there was any change ? " " None . She just holds her tongue , except for a few words now and then to me . Always kindly , too ...
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... believe there was such a solitary old - fashioned place so near the centre of a city like Edinburgh . Ninian , who had a fancy for all quaint , quiet nooks , scanned his new home , and gloried in it . All was so still and deserted , it ...
... believe there was such a solitary old - fashioned place so near the centre of a city like Edinburgh . Ninian , who had a fancy for all quaint , quiet nooks , scanned his new home , and gloried in it . All was so still and deserted , it ...
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... believe - and I hinted the same to you long ago — that any man who did so would only bring sorrow on himself . " " I know it . But in these matters we can not help our- selves . If we could , what an awful thing that I , a minis- ter ...
... believe - and I hinted the same to you long ago — that any man who did so would only bring sorrow on himself . " " I know it . But in these matters we can not help our- selves . If we could , what an awful thing that I , a minis- ter ...
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... believe so , for a time at least , " said Ninian ; but he had too much tact to intrude his own particular theory on that subject , though from it he drew consolation as re- garded his friend . " At length , when I was half beside myself ...
... believe so , for a time at least , " said Ninian ; but he had too much tact to intrude his own particular theory on that subject , though from it he drew consolation as re- garded his friend . " At length , when I was half beside myself ...
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Ansted's answered Ninian Armadale asked beautiful better Chester Terrace child Cloth cousin Rachel creature cried Tinie dear door Edges and Gilt Edinburgh Edmund eyes face fancy father feel felt girl glad Gowans grave Half Calf hand happy heard heart Heaven Helensburgh Hope Ansted Hope's husband Jane Sedley John Forsyth JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY JOHN S. C. Abbott Kenneth knew Lady Ulverston lassie laugh Lindsay little Walter marriage married mind Miss Ansted Miss Græme Miss Reay mother Musselburgh never night Ninian Græme Ninian looked Ninian thought once passion paused perhaps poor professor quiet Rachel Armstrong round scarcely seemed silent sister smile speak stood strange sure sweet talk tell tenderness thing Tinie's to-night told took turned Ulver Uncut Edges utter voice walked watching whispered wife wish woman word young
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Página 246 - ALL people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice ; Him serve with fear, his praise forth tell ; Come ye before him and rejoice.
Página 168 - Work — work — work! It is the iron ploughshare that goes over the field of the heart, rooting up all the pretty grasses, and the beautiful, hurtful weeds that we have taken such pleasure in growing, laying them all under, fair and foul together — making plain, dull-looking arable land for our neighbours to peer at ; until at night-time, down in the deep furrows the angels come and sow.