The Relentless CurrentG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912 - 324 էջ |
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... smile and rippling , irresistible laughter , that not only rang in her voice , but shone and danced in her eyes . To the lonely boy she appeared as a fairy to touch with her wand his dreary life . A loyal and close comradeship sprang up ...
... smile and rippling , irresistible laughter , that not only rang in her voice , but shone and danced in her eyes . To the lonely boy she appeared as a fairy to touch with her wand his dreary life . A loyal and close comradeship sprang up ...
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... smile as being of the " old school , " and referred to his " Chesterfieldian " manners , and yet it was just this courtesy that made so many in need and sorrow , and not a few conscience - stricken through wrong - doing , turn to him ...
... smile as being of the " old school , " and referred to his " Chesterfieldian " manners , and yet it was just this courtesy that made so many in need and sorrow , and not a few conscience - stricken through wrong - doing , turn to him ...
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... smiling eyes and a great tenderness welled up in his heart towards her . " Merry , " he said , " the letter has come from our poor boy and I have been watching this hour past to give it to you at the first possible moment . How Merry ...
... smiling eyes and a great tenderness welled up in his heart towards her . " Merry , " he said , " the letter has come from our poor boy and I have been watching this hour past to give it to you at the first possible moment . How Merry ...
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... smile of content . He looked younger when his intense blue eyes were closed , for they had an expression that spoke of experience and knowledge . The little whisps of hair that would insist on curling around his damp brow were ...
... smile of content . He looked younger when his intense blue eyes were closed , for they had an expression that spoke of experience and knowledge . The little whisps of hair that would insist on curling around his damp brow were ...
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... , caused a stir of awakened excite- ment and anticipation . All eyes turned to the clerk of the court ; then , with one accord , to the prisoner , who was smiling as he gazed past 90 -"GENTLEMEN, WHAT IS YOUR VERDICT?"
... , caused a stir of awakened excite- ment and anticipation . All eyes turned to the clerk of the court ; then , with one accord , to the prisoner , who was smiling as he gazed past 90 -"GENTLEMEN, WHAT IS YOUR VERDICT?"
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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.