Lady Wedderburn's Wish: A Tale of the Crimean War, Том 1Tinsley Brothers, 1870 |
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... looked across the room to where hung a portrait of the little Willie of the vanished years , a laughing and golden - haired boy ; and Sir John muttered , with something between a sigh and a sob in his throat- " Yes , Willie , I shall be ...
... looked across the room to where hung a portrait of the little Willie of the vanished years , a laughing and golden - haired boy ; and Sir John muttered , with something between a sigh and a sob in his throat- " Yes , Willie , I shall be ...
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... looked mouldy and fading away . On the same March evening when the maroon- coloured curtains were drawn at Willowdean , and the pompous old butler was placing the row of glittering decanters before Sir John Wedder- burn , an old man was ...
... looked mouldy and fading away . On the same March evening when the maroon- coloured curtains were drawn at Willowdean , and the pompous old butler was placing the row of glittering decanters before Sir John Wedder- burn , an old man was ...
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... looked much older than his years warranted , for his wasted figure , clad in a well - worn Indian dressing - gown , or robe - de - chambre of the shawl pattern , tied by a cord and tattered tassel , was bent severely , and his face was ...
... looked much older than his years warranted , for his wasted figure , clad in a well - worn Indian dressing - gown , or robe - de - chambre of the shawl pattern , tied by a cord and tattered tassel , was bent severely , and his face was ...
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... looked at him imploringly . " Where is he ? " demanded Mr. Lennox , im- petuously , and his eyes flashed in the red light of the fire ; then he struck his hand upon his brow as a gleam of memory came to his aid , and he said , in a ...
... looked at him imploringly . " Where is he ? " demanded Mr. Lennox , im- petuously , and his eyes flashed in the red light of the fire ; then he struck his hand upon his brow as a gleam of memory came to his aid , and he said , in a ...
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... looked gloomy in the extreme to the eyes of the young officer , ac- customed to his father's more spacious and mag- nificent mansion , with its great oriels of plate- glass , and he sighed when he thought of Mary . Suddenly , through an ...
... looked gloomy in the extreme to the eyes of the young officer , ac- customed to his father's more spacious and mag- nificent mansion , with its great oriels of plate- glass , and he sighed when he thought of Mary . Suddenly , through an ...
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