The Relentless CurrentG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912 - 324 էջ |
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Էջ 25
... " gered to a chair and collapsed . And then he stag- As he put his hand to his head to steady the whirling vertigo that unmanned him , he realised that his hands were wet and sticky . Looking at them , he recoiled A Cry in the Night 25.
... " gered to a chair and collapsed . And then he stag- As he put his hand to his head to steady the whirling vertigo that unmanned him , he realised that his hands were wet and sticky . Looking at them , he recoiled A Cry in the Night 25.
Էջ 46
... head for business . As he talked out his plans to his one confidante , lying stretched out at her feet on the sands , the sunset lights played in the aureole of her hair , her lips quivered with the pain of parting , and tears dimmed ...
... head for business . As he talked out his plans to his one confidante , lying stretched out at her feet on the sands , the sunset lights played in the aureole of her hair , her lips quivered with the pain of parting , and tears dimmed ...
Էջ 63
... head against his knee , as she had so often done in child- hood , when she fled to him to tell the story of some storm with nurse or governess . " Father dear , " she began again . " That message tells you more than you have chosen to ...
... head against his knee , as she had so often done in child- hood , when she fled to him to tell the story of some storm with nurse or governess . " Father dear , " she began again . " That message tells you more than you have chosen to ...
Էջ 69
... head up and eyes steadfast , to face and fight and conquer any and every difficulty in life's path . Your cable of love and confidence made me so happy that those who guard me concluded it was a piece of evidence that would acquit me ...
... head up and eyes steadfast , to face and fight and conquer any and every difficulty in life's path . Your cable of love and confidence made me so happy that those who guard me concluded it was a piece of evidence that would acquit me ...
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... head in the clouds , my heart sings a pæan of joyous thanksgiving , and my sleep is sweet with dreams in which we walk together in the sunny fields of perpetual happiness . Is it a wonder I laugh and whistle , joke with the guards , and ...
... head in the clouds , my heart sings a pæan of joyous thanksgiving , and my sleep is sweet with dreams in which we walk together in the sunny fields of perpetual happiness . Is it a wonder I laugh and whistle , joke with the guards , and ...
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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.