The Relentless CurrentG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912 - 324 էջ |
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... sounds disreputable , does it not ? -but even that is not the worst of it . What was I to part with ? My watch was out of the question , for , as you know , it belonged to my dead mother , and besides , it is doubly precious , because ...
... sounds disreputable , does it not ? -but even that is not the worst of it . What was I to part with ? My watch was out of the question , for , as you know , it belonged to my dead mother , and besides , it is doubly precious , because ...
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... sound of horses without , and laughing voices on the stairs , caused her suddenly to wake from her reverie . The little gold ring was swiftly slipped from her finger , the door was unlocked , and with unruffled composure she welcomed ...
... sound of horses without , and laughing voices on the stairs , caused her suddenly to wake from her reverie . The little gold ring was swiftly slipped from her finger , the door was unlocked , and with unruffled composure she welcomed ...
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... sound of boisterous joke and laughter increased and broke jarringly upon his reverie , when he managed for a moment to forget the present , in the weaving of dreams for the future . He had written a day or two since a letter to Muriel ...
... sound of boisterous joke and laughter increased and broke jarringly upon his reverie , when he managed for a moment to forget the present , in the weaving of dreams for the future . He had written a day or two since a letter to Muriel ...
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... sound of breaking glass , would rudely call him back , and he would turn restlessly upon the hard and creaking bed , with a movement of unutterable disgust and impatience . The low muttering of thunder drew nearer . Jack's window shade ...
... sound of breaking glass , would rudely call him back , and he would turn restlessly upon the hard and creaking bed , with a movement of unutterable disgust and impatience . The low muttering of thunder drew nearer . Jack's window shade ...
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... sound of love in my voice , the touch of it in my hand , and the words of tenderness from my soul could have wakened the echoes in your woman's nature . It may be that , after all , these fears of mine are morbid , and that you really ...
... sound of love in my voice , the touch of it in my hand , and the words of tenderness from my soul could have wakened the echoes in your woman's nature . It may be that , after all , these fears of mine are morbid , and that you really ...
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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.