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... heard little of the pros and cons , and had she heard everything she would not have known the truth - that John Tyrrell had made up his mind on the subject from the first , and was only waiting to declare it finally , and with authority ...
... heard little of the pros and cons , and had she heard everything she would not have known the truth - that John Tyrrell had made up his mind on the subject from the first , and was only waiting to declare it finally , and with authority ...
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... heard . " How will that end ? " Nance asked . " He will pay . " Brava ! " Not at all . She has paid . Louise ! But what a handsome man ! " " I did not notice ! " In truth , Etienne's eyes were that afternoon only for Nance . Nance was ...
... heard . " How will that end ? " Nance asked . " He will pay . " Brava ! " Not at all . She has paid . Louise ! But what a handsome man ! " " I did not notice ! " In truth , Etienne's eyes were that afternoon only for Nance . Nance was ...
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... heard ? Rênée had heard nothing . No ; but the ears of a dog are quick . César had heard a step he knew enter by the gate at the end of the avenue of plane- trees . Rênée's back was turned towards that direction , and her musings were ...
... heard ? Rênée had heard nothing . No ; but the ears of a dog are quick . César had heard a step he knew enter by the gate at the end of the avenue of plane- trees . Rênée's back was turned towards that direction , and her musings were ...
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... heard her . . . . " - But at this point Jim was , as it were , swept away out of knowledge , and there stood the Major , smiling and radiant , begging Mr. Jones to step into his " little room . " It will be conceived that , to tell of ...
... heard her . . . . " - But at this point Jim was , as it were , swept away out of knowledge , and there stood the Major , smiling and radiant , begging Mr. Jones to step into his " little room . " It will be conceived that , to tell of ...
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... heard ? " echoed Ginger , in a high crescendo . " No , no ; I have heard nothing , " said Mrs. Carbonel , grave enough now , but comforted to feel that it couldn't possibly be anything wrong with Fred , or they wouldn't tell her like ...
... heard ? " echoed Ginger , in a high crescendo . " No , no ; I have heard nothing , " said Mrs. Carbonel , grave enough now , but comforted to feel that it couldn't possibly be anything wrong with Fred , or they wouldn't tell her like ...
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Seite 277 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Seite 399 - ... in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection: sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense...
Seite 129 - ... and he was to have a share of the profits for procuring customers amongst his numerous acquaintance. Fitzherbert was one who took his small-beer ; but it was so bad that the servants resolved not to drink it. They were at some loss how to notify their resolution, being afraid of offending their master, who they knew liked Foote much as a companion. At last they fixed upon a little black boy, who was rather a favourite, to be their deputy and deliver their remonstrance ; and having invested him...
Seite 399 - Tis that which we all see and know." Any one better apprehends what it is by acquaintance than I can inform him by description. It is indeed a thing so versatile and multiform, appearing in so many shapes, so many postures, so many garbs, so variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air.
Seite 300 - Framed again no second smell. Roses, violets, but toys For the smaller sort of boys, Or for greener damsels meant; Thou art the only manly scent. Stinking'st of the stinking kind, Filth of the mouth and fog of the mind...
Seite 206 - While he from forth the closet brought a heap Of candied apple, quince, and plum, and gourd: With jellies soother than the creamy curd, And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon; Manna and dates, in argosy transferr'd From Fez ; and spiced dainties, every one, From silken Samarcand to cedar'd Lebanon.
Seite 129 - The first time I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased ; and it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenlyj affecting not to mind him.
Seite 85 - Joshua with his trumpet in his ear. In the foreground is that strange figure which is as familiar to us as the figures of those among whom we have been brought up, the gigantic body, the huge massy face, seamed with the scars of disease, the brown coat, the black worsted stockings, the gray wig with the scorched foretop, the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick.
Seite 274 - ON the Mountains of the Prairie, On the great Red Pipe-stone Quarry, Gitche Manito, the mighty, He the Master of Life, descending, On the red crags of the quarry Stood erect, and called the nations, Called the tribes of men together.