The Relentless CurrentG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912 - 324 էջ |
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... lightning , crash after crash of thunder , shook and reverberated through the house . The vivid glare was so constant and intense that every object in the room stood out clear as by daylight 22 The Relentless Current.
... lightning , crash after crash of thunder , shook and reverberated through the house . The vivid glare was so constant and intense that every object in the room stood out clear as by daylight 22 The Relentless Current.
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... stood in the corridor and listened . It seemed to him that , at the moment his door opened , the light over the transom of the opposite room went out . Still , it might have been but a flash of lightning . He listened ! Surely he heard ...
... stood in the corridor and listened . It seemed to him that , at the moment his door opened , the light over the transom of the opposite room went out . Still , it might have been but a flash of lightning . He listened ! Surely he heard ...
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... Jack , by whose side stood one of the officers solemnly surveying the scene . Then a whispered conversation that Jack could not overhear took place between the coro- ner and the officers at the bedside . He did 26 The Relentless Current.
... Jack , by whose side stood one of the officers solemnly surveying the scene . Then a whispered conversation that Jack could not overhear took place between the coro- ner and the officers at the bedside . He did 26 The Relentless Current.
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... followed mine along the path of love , on and out to our land of dreams , or have you stopped by the way , or even stood still at the spot where we pledged our troth three years ago . Your letters are 36 The Relentless Current.
... followed mine along the path of love , on and out to our land of dreams , or have you stopped by the way , or even stood still at the spot where we pledged our troth three years ago . Your letters are 36 The Relentless Current.
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... stood calm and composed once more before her desk . A cablegram she had written lay upon the blotter , and from one of the pigeon - holes the letter she had so carefully addressed and sealed the night before confronted her . The ...
... stood calm and composed once more before her desk . A cablegram she had written lay upon the blotter , and from one of the pigeon - holes the letter she had so carefully addressed and sealed the night before confronted her . The ...
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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.