Was it Murder, Or, The Relentless CurrentG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912 - 324 էջ |
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... tears lingered on her lashes . In her lap lay the closely written pages of a letter , and her strong , slender fingers played idly with the golden circlet that ringed the third finger of her left hand . It was a peaceful quiet hour for ...
... tears lingered on her lashes . In her lap lay the closely written pages of a letter , and her strong , slender fingers played idly with the golden circlet that ringed the third finger of her left hand . It was a peaceful quiet hour for ...
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... tears could be counted only as dew- drops . No unwelcome questions could break the peace of meditation ; even the timid tap - tap of the little beak on the window - pane passed unnoticed . Not until a big log caved in and the piled - up ...
... tears could be counted only as dew- drops . No unwelcome questions could break the peace of meditation ; even the timid tap - tap of the little beak on the window - pane passed unnoticed . Not until a big log caved in and the piled - up ...
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... tears , my heart beats to the point of suffocation , and I realise at this moment what the long wait , the far separation , the dreary years , have meant to me of self - control and denial . " Feeling as I do , however , I realise that ...
... tears , my heart beats to the point of suffocation , and I realise at this moment what the long wait , the far separation , the dreary years , have meant to me of self - control and denial . " Feeling as I do , however , I realise that ...
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... tears that ever and anon fell unnoted , spoke plainly of a struggle in her innermost soul that no breeze could blow away or sunshine enlighten . She had come to the place in life's path where she had to decide which road to take . She ...
... tears that ever and anon fell unnoted , spoke plainly of a struggle in her innermost soul that no breeze could blow away or sunshine enlighten . She had come to the place in life's path where she had to decide which road to take . She ...
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... tears dimmed the eyes in whose depths he had seen such possibilities . Is it a wonder he forgot resolves , cast discretion to the winds , and poured out all the pent - up passion of his love ? Prepared as she had been for the truth ...
... tears dimmed the eyes in whose depths he had seen such possibilities . Is it a wonder he forgot resolves , cast discretion to the winds , and poured out all the pent - up passion of his love ? Prepared as she had been for the truth ...
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Էջ 50 - 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 208 - 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 197 - Ask, and it shall be given unto you ; seek, and ye shall find ; knock, and it shall be opened unto you...
Էջ 92 - Bar," rang out the sonorous words, "look upon the jury. Gentlemen of the jury, look upon the prisoner at the bar.
Էջ 138 - 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.