The Relentless CurrentG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912 - 324 էջ |
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... lips , mischief often rang in her voice , but at this moment her face was serious and a suspicion of tears lingered on her lashes . In her lap lay the closely written pages of a letter , and her strong , slender fingers played idly with ...
... lips , mischief often rang in her voice , but at this moment her face was serious and a suspicion of tears lingered on her lashes . In her lap lay the closely written pages of a letter , and her strong , slender fingers played idly with ...
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... lips will perhaps kiss these pages before you consign them to the safe - keeping of the flames of the big , friendly hearth in your dear , dear little den . Sometimes I wonder about these little things . Perhaps I am a very foolish boy ...
... lips will perhaps kiss these pages before you consign them to the safe - keeping of the flames of the big , friendly hearth in your dear , dear little den . Sometimes I wonder about these little things . Perhaps I am a very foolish boy ...
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... lip , and the name of Old Skinflint had not infrequently been applied to him . Towards evening a mild excitement occurred when a brakeman on the early morning freight returned to town and produced an Elk's charm that was identified as ...
... lip , and the name of Old Skinflint had not infrequently been applied to him . Towards evening a mild excitement occurred when a brakeman on the early morning freight returned to town and produced an Elk's charm that was identified as ...
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... lips quivered with the pain of parting , and tears dimmed the eyes in whose depths he had seen such possibilities . Is it a wonder he forgot resolves , cast discretion to the winds , and poured out all the pent - up passion of his love ...
... lips quivered with the pain of parting , and tears dimmed the eyes in whose depths he had seen such possibilities . Is it a wonder he forgot resolves , cast discretion to the winds , and poured out all the pent - up passion of his love ...
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... lips trembled a little , but they spoke no word . " Father , " Muriel whispered again , “ may I tell you everything before you judge me ? " " Yes , my darling , " he answered , " but do not say judge . I am not your father to condemn ...
... lips trembled a little , but they spoke no word . " Father , " Muriel whispered again , “ may I tell you everything before you judge me ? " " Yes , my darling , " he answered , " but do not say judge . I am not your father to condemn ...
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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.