Was it Murder, Or, The Relentless CurrentG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912 - 324 էջ |
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... watch her thoughtful face , unless the robin making tiny tracks on the snowy sill was to be taken into consideration , and he apparently thought only of crumbs . Letters were not of moment in his world and tears could be counted only as ...
... watch her thoughtful face , unless the robin making tiny tracks on the snowy sill was to be taken into consideration , and he apparently thought only of crumbs . Letters were not of moment in his world and tears could be counted only as ...
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... watch was out of the question , for , as you know , it belonged to my dead mother , and besides , it is doubly precious , because your picture is in it . I searched my pockets , but nothing of value was revealed save the dear old ...
... watch was out of the question , for , as you know , it belonged to my dead mother , and besides , it is doubly precious , because your picture is in it . I searched my pockets , but nothing of value was revealed save the dear old ...
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Maud Ballington Booth. put on your watch chain as a talisman against possible misfortune ? “ Well , the parting with that knife or the missing of my train and the consequent loss of a most promising business deal confronted me . For ...
Maud Ballington Booth. put on your watch chain as a talisman against possible misfortune ? “ Well , the parting with that knife or the missing of my train and the consequent loss of a most promising business deal confronted me . For ...
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... watch the papers on the chance of profit . Later he suggested that he would hand it over to the brakeman for the privilege of a ride in the caboose . That official dared not allow this , which was against the rules , but gave him money ...
... watch the papers on the chance of profit . Later he suggested that he would hand it over to the brakeman for the privilege of a ride in the caboose . That official dared not allow this , which was against the rules , but gave him money ...
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... watch and wait . Years had passed , years that made their mark on Muriel Dean . She had finished her school life in Switzerland , had made her bow to the Queen and her entrance into social life under the chaper- onage of her mother's ...
... watch and wait . Years had passed , years that made their mark on Muriel Dean . She had finished her school life in Switzerland , had made her bow to the Queen and her entrance into social life under the chaper- onage of her mother's ...
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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.