The Secret Marriage, Or, Contrasts in Life, Том 1Hurst and Blackett, 1855 - 335 страници |
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... dark thread seemed woven into their web of life . Sir Harry had his hunters , Lady Lisle her nursery . Sir Harry was a magis- trate , and did his duty to his country and his fellow - creatures with impartiality and kind- ness . Lady ...
... dark thread seemed woven into their web of life . Sir Harry had his hunters , Lady Lisle her nursery . Sir Harry was a magis- trate , and did his duty to his country and his fellow - creatures with impartiality and kind- ness . Lady ...
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... dark middle ages . But novels which profess to carry out some moral idea - for instance , the virtue of endurance , its pains , penalties , and rewards - read too like a sermon for me ! " " But , with most readers , passages which ...
... dark middle ages . But novels which profess to carry out some moral idea - for instance , the virtue of endurance , its pains , penalties , and rewards - read too like a sermon for me ! " " But , with most readers , passages which ...
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... dark eyes and clear brow , shaded by masses of wavy brown hair , plaited and wound round her elegant and classically- shaped head ; to the varying tints of com- plexion , and the bright smile , which at times gave an indescribable charm ...
... dark eyes and clear brow , shaded by masses of wavy brown hair , plaited and wound round her elegant and classically- shaped head ; to the varying tints of com- plexion , and the bright smile , which at times gave an indescribable charm ...
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... dark and stormy it does look - really grand , sublime ! How can people stuff themselves between feathers , and stand close to non - conductors , when there is some- thing so splendid to be seen ! Come , Clara , do admire and wonder ...
... dark and stormy it does look - really grand , sublime ! How can people stuff themselves between feathers , and stand close to non - conductors , when there is some- thing so splendid to be seen ! Come , Clara , do admire and wonder ...
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... uplifted waves . See how dark it looks on the horizon ; and the sea - gulls , how rest- less they are , dipping their wings into the ocean ! I do dread a storm on this coast ! At this very time too ! on this very night 34 THE SECRET.
... uplifted waves . See how dark it looks on the horizon ; and the sea - gulls , how rest- less they are , dipping their wings into the ocean ! I do dread a storm on this coast ! At this very time too ! on this very night 34 THE SECRET.
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