Langbarrow HallD. Appleton and Company, 1905 - 401 páginas |
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Página 258
... Purcell possessed an on - duty and an off - duty face , and at this moment he was decidedly off duty , hav- ing just arrived from India on a year's leave so long anticipated . He was idly leaning up against a rail which guarded the top ...
... Purcell possessed an on - duty and an off - duty face , and at this moment he was decidedly off duty , hav- ing just arrived from India on a year's leave so long anticipated . He was idly leaning up against a rail which guarded the top ...
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... Purcell . Mr. and Mrs. Purcell had only been in the house a few months , but already the quaint parlor was filled with as great a mixture of the curious and the intensely com- monplace as might be imagined . 66 The Purcells , now ...
... Purcell . Mr. and Mrs. Purcell had only been in the house a few months , but already the quaint parlor was filled with as great a mixture of the curious and the intensely com- monplace as might be imagined . 66 The Purcells , now ...
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... Purcell rather than the presence that showed that here was a great man . The head was extraordinarily developed , deep and wide , and handsomely set off by a wealth of silver waved hair . The forehead was graven into thick fur- rows ...
... Purcell rather than the presence that showed that here was a great man . The head was extraordinarily developed , deep and wide , and handsomely set off by a wealth of silver waved hair . The forehead was graven into thick fur- rows ...
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... Purcell , who , although the day was warm , was seated near a small fire turning the letters over in a rather shaky hand . " And such firm , straightforward writing too , " she continued . " He'll be a treasure ! " laughed her nephew ...
... Purcell , who , although the day was warm , was seated near a small fire turning the letters over in a rather shaky hand . " And such firm , straightforward writing too , " she continued . " He'll be a treasure ! " laughed her nephew ...
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... Purcell knew that he owed all that was best in him to these , his only near relatives , who had brought him up in a narrow school so far as this world was con- cerned , but in one which tended to develop the spirit of a man , and to ...
... Purcell knew that he owed all that was best in him to these , his only near relatives , who had brought him up in a narrow school so far as this world was con- cerned , but in one which tended to develop the spirit of a man , and to ...
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Página 314 - But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Página 314 - I say, brethren, the time is short : it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none ; and they that weep, as though they wept not ; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not ; and they that buy, as though they possessed not ; and they that use this world, as though they used it not :: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Página 345 - Work while it is called to-day ' — ' Speak while it is called today' — ' The night cometh when no man can work, and thy tongue shall be silent in the dust.
Página 53 - For better for worse, for richer for poorer, till death us do part," is no longer the sole and solemn bond of matrimony.
Página 70 - Jack, rising to his feet and rubbing his eyes; "you would have done the same if you had been in my place.
Página 123 - But would the smooth-spoken visitor have declared that he knew everything, if he had not really penetrated the mystery of her life ? It was scarcely probable. He had implored her to accept the property, if not for her own sake at least for the sake of another. And when she asked him whom he meant he had answered, " Mademoiselle Marguerite," but he was undoubtedly thinking of Wilkie.
Página 315 - ... the following extract from one of her communications to Mr. Johns, written shortly before her last imprisonment . — " Blessed be God, who hath given us access by our Lord Jesus Christ. My earnest prayer to God is, that he would enable me to obey the words of Jesus to his disciples, Matt. xvi. 24. ' If any man desire to come after me, let him deny himself,
Página 110 - I SUPPOSE there is no just cause or impediment why you should not go out golfing with me this morning ? " asked Bridget, one bright Saturday in November.