The Relentless CurrentG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912 - 324 էջ |
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... roses , and in each place her earnest eyes were bent over the fluttering sheets of his letter . At times the vision ... rose around the house , banging loose shutters , and raising clouds of dust and rubbish in its warning wake . Then ...
... roses , and in each place her earnest eyes were bent over the fluttering sheets of his letter . At times the vision ... rose around the house , banging loose shutters , and raising clouds of dust and rubbish in its warning wake . Then ...
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... rose to leave . He had taken only half a dozen steps toward the door when the coroner turned and halted him . " Not so fast , young man , I guess we want you here . " " All right , " said Jack , relieved to find that , with motion , his ...
... rose to leave . He had taken only half a dozen steps toward the door when the coroner turned and halted him . " Not so fast , young man , I guess we want you here . " " All right , " said Jack , relieved to find that , with motion , his ...
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... rose and white room , woke often and lis- tened to the cry of nature distraught , and perhaps her heart too cried a little over shattered hopes and lost illusions . Towards morning the wind sobbed itself to sleep , the rain changed to a ...
... rose and white room , woke often and lis- tened to the cry of nature distraught , and perhaps her heart too cried a little over shattered hopes and lost illusions . Towards morning the wind sobbed itself to sleep , the rain changed to a ...
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... rose , climbing all over that side of the house , filled the room with fra- grance , its numberless little yellow blooms wreath- ing the window and making a truly exquisite frame for the view of the garden and shrubbery beyond . The ...
... rose , climbing all over that side of the house , filled the room with fra- grance , its numberless little yellow blooms wreath- ing the window and making a truly exquisite frame for the view of the garden and shrubbery beyond . The ...
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... rose . He was a little man , with weak eyes and highly magnifying glasses . His manner was nervous in the extreme . He fingered a button on his coat , cleared his throat , looked at the prisoner , looked away hurriedly , put up his hand ...
... rose . He was a little man , with weak eyes and highly magnifying glasses . His manner was nervous in the extreme . He fingered a button on his coat , cleared his throat , looked at the prisoner , looked away hurriedly , put up his hand ...
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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.