The Relentless CurrentG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912 - 324 էջ |
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... called by name and seemed to know well , but who was to him only a disgusting manifestation of a weakness in a fool member of the human family . Now the storm , which had so long threatened , broke with pent - up fury and let loose upon ...
... called by name and seemed to know well , but who was to him only a disgusting manifestation of a weakness in a fool member of the human family . Now the storm , which had so long threatened , broke with pent - up fury and let loose upon ...
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... called himself a fool for his pains . This was evidently his tipsy acquaintance of the evening before . He had come to bed too drunk to undress , and had probably had a nightmare , as he well might after his much imbibing . That ...
... called himself a fool for his pains . This was evidently his tipsy acquaintance of the evening before . He had come to bed too drunk to undress , and had probably had a nightmare , as he well might after his much imbibing . That ...
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... called a bed , and , despite his strange position and harass- ing thoughts , was soon in a deep and dreamless sleep . Meanwhile , the little town awoke to the excite- ment and interest of a strangely sensational murder , that proved a ...
... called a bed , and , despite his strange position and harass- ing thoughts , was soon in a deep and dreamless sleep . Meanwhile , the little town awoke to the excite- ment and interest of a strangely sensational murder , that proved a ...
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... called forth his admiration , while her sunny disposition gave him the cheer and gladness which did not come to him in his uncle's austere home . He was an Anglo - Indian child . His father , a famous soldier , had been killed in India ...
... called forth his admiration , while her sunny disposition gave him the cheer and gladness which did not come to him in his uncle's austere home . He was an Anglo - Indian child . His father , a famous soldier , had been killed in India ...
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... most sociable hour in that home circle , the Rector called Merry to read to him in his study , and for a quiet hour she gave her mind wholly to the profound and somewhat dry subject upon which 58 The Relentless Current.
... most sociable hour in that home circle , the Rector called Merry to read to him in his study , and for a quiet hour she gave her mind wholly to the profound and somewhat dry subject upon which 58 The Relentless Current.
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Էջ 49 - Wommn, .• wilt thou have this Man to thy wedded husband, to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony? Wilt thou obey him, and serve him, love, honour, and keep him in sickness and in health; and, forsaking all others, keep thee only unto him, so long as ye both shall live?
Էջ 207 - SUNSET and evening star, And one clear call for me ! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea, But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home. Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark ! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For tho...
Էջ 196 - Ask, and it shall be given unto you ; seek, and ye shall find ; knock, and it shall be opened unto you...
Էջ 324 - THE END A Selection from the Catalogue of GP PUTNAM'S SONS Complete Catalogue sent on application A Commentary " None, we are sure, will finish this book without being stirred to some thought and sympathy of the life beyond their life.
Էջ 91 - Bar," rang out the sonorous words, "look upon the jury. Gentlemen of the jury, look upon the prisoner at the bar.
Էջ 137 - I did want to bring Mrs. Strange and you together, and so I chanced it. Of course, it's a sent-in dinner, as you must have inferred from the man at the door; I've given my servants a holiday, and had Claret's people do the whole thing. It's as broad as it's long, and as my husband says, you might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb ; and it saves bother.