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... turned towards that direction , and her musings were so deep , that she did not hear a step that had left the gravel drive , and came softly on over the turf and the fallen brown leaves . Another sharper and louder bark roused her ...
... turned towards that direction , and her musings were so deep , that she did not hear a step that had left the gravel drive , and came softly on over the turf and the fallen brown leaves . Another sharper and louder bark roused her ...
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... turned to Helen with the smile which no one else ever saw . " Morning orders take a long time , " he said . " Have you wanted me , dear ? " she asked . " Of course ! " he answered . expedition , and to disappear again im- mediately ...
... turned to Helen with the smile which no one else ever saw . " Morning orders take a long time , " he said . " Have you wanted me , dear ? " she asked . " Of course ! " he answered . expedition , and to disappear again im- mediately ...
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... turned to him suddenly as he spoke , and her eyes seemed to wake up , changing and darkening oddly . She looked at him for a moment without speaking , and then she said , slowly and distinctly , with something almost metallic in her low ...
... turned to him suddenly as he spoke , and her eyes seemed to wake up , changing and darkening oddly . She looked at him for a moment without speaking , and then she said , slowly and distinctly , with something almost metallic in her low ...
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... turned away with a slight gesture of farewell , and made his way through the crowd . The green room , when he eventually found his way thither , was full of people , who stood about in eager , excited groups , lingering to discuss the ...
... turned away with a slight gesture of farewell , and made his way through the crowd . The green room , when he eventually found his way thither , was full of people , who stood about in eager , excited groups , lingering to discuss the ...
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... turned her eyes upon her sister for a moment , and turned them back again upon the fire . " Yes , " she said . Helen rose from her chair , and went to kneel down beside her . " It's about - Roger , dear , " she said , try- ing to see ...
... turned her eyes upon her sister for a moment , and turned them back again upon the fire . " Yes , " she said . Helen rose from her chair , and went to kneel down beside her . " It's about - Roger , dear , " she said , try- ing to see ...
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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.