The Relentless CurrentG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912 - 324 էջ |
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... passed unnoticed . Not until a big log caved in and the piled - up structure of the fire crumbled beneath it , sending a pungent puff of piny smoke into the room , did that dream - wrapt figure stir . With action came memory of the ...
... passed unnoticed . Not until a big log caved in and the piled - up structure of the fire crumbled beneath it , sending a pungent puff of piny smoke into the room , did that dream - wrapt figure stir . With action came memory of the ...
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... passed through the place , galvanising it into spasmodic life . " Thank goodness , I'll be out of this hole by five A.M. , " he muttered as he turned to his room and cast himself upon a very uninviting bed in the hope that some measure ...
... passed through the place , galvanising it into spasmodic life . " Thank goodness , I'll be out of this hole by five A.M. , " he muttered as he turned to his room and cast himself upon a very uninviting bed in the hope that some measure ...
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... of resistance . Curious faces stared from the houses he passed . Groups of talking men hushed as he appeared and turned to look after him in silence . He was glad at last to find himself under lock and key in a tiny A Cry in the Night 29.
... of resistance . Curious faces stared from the houses he passed . Groups of talking men hushed as he appeared and turned to look after him in silence . He was glad at last to find himself under lock and key in a tiny A Cry in the Night 29.
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... jail the whole story was talked over with many embellishments and exaggerations . Every now and then some fresh piece of news or supposed evidence passed from group to group of loungers , so that before evening 30 The Relentless Current.
... jail the whole story was talked over with many embellishments and exaggerations . Every now and then some fresh piece of news or supposed evidence passed from group to group of loungers , so that before evening 30 The Relentless Current.
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... passing zephyr to read the pages it has just turned over . " So , Muriel , my Beloved , I have come to the conclusion that I must write you frankly and freely that which is on my heart , and I want you to take time for thought before ...
... passing zephyr to read the pages it has just turned over . " So , Muriel , my Beloved , I have come to the conclusion that I must write you frankly and freely that which is on my heart , and I want you to take time for thought before ...
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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.