The Relentless CurrentG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912 - 324 էջ |
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... quiet life had been spent . The walls were of a dull , restful green , the silken curtains and upholstery of the same tone . Furniture , pictures , and books all spoke of an artistic sense and discrimination that gave one at once the ...
... quiet life had been spent . The walls were of a dull , restful green , the silken curtains and upholstery of the same tone . Furniture , pictures , and books all spoke of an artistic sense and discrimination that gave one at once the ...
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... quiet hour for her in which she could afford to dream . Her father had left home on parochial business soon after breakfast , and her sisters had driven to the near - by town to shop , so that she was the only member of the family in ...
... quiet hour for her in which she could afford to dream . Her father had left home on parochial business soon after breakfast , and her sisters had driven to the near - by town to shop , so that she was the only member of the family in ...
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... quiet room the clock ticked with unwonted noise ; the last log fell and crumbled , and up the wide chimney one more frail fragment of black paper floated skyward . CHAPTER II A CRY IN THE NIGHT T had been 18 The Relentless Current.
... quiet room the clock ticked with unwonted noise ; the last log fell and crumbled , and up the wide chimney one more frail fragment of black paper floated skyward . CHAPTER II A CRY IN THE NIGHT T had been 18 The Relentless Current.
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... quiet of her little den , sometimes amid her dearly loved roses , and in each place her earnest eyes were bent over the fluttering sheets of his letter . At times the vision was so clear he could almost call her to look up at him , and ...
... quiet of her little den , sometimes amid her dearly loved roses , and in each place her earnest eyes were bent over the fluttering sheets of his letter . At times the vision was so clear he could almost call her to look up at him , and ...
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... quietly and give no trouble , because I tell you plainly we will not stand for any resisting of the law . " Jack was stunned ! He tried to argue . This must be a nightmare ! " My dear sir , " My dear sir , " he began , " this is absurd ...
... quietly and give no trouble , because I tell you plainly we will not stand for any resisting of the law . " Jack was stunned ! He tried to argue . This must be a nightmare ! " My dear sir , " My dear sir , " he began , " this is absurd ...
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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.