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... head , which is not saying a great deal , for though square , sturdy , and by no means deficient in thews and sinews , Tom's stature was moderate as his ambition , while Betty lacked little of the height of a grenadier . She was of ...
... head , which is not saying a great deal , for though square , sturdy , and by no means deficient in thews and sinews , Tom's stature was moderate as his ambition , while Betty lacked little of the height of a grenadier . She was of ...
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... head , and the loud wind whistled fiercely in the pine grove , which stretched along the highway . But this was a kind of music which had few charms for Mrs. Bennet . The notes her ear delighted in were the footsteps of Tom's Rosinante ...
... head , and the loud wind whistled fiercely in the pine grove , which stretched along the highway . But this was a kind of music which had few charms for Mrs. Bennet . The notes her ear delighted in were the footsteps of Tom's Rosinante ...
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... head was pro- jected through the carriage window , and she dis- tinctly heard a stifled shriek within . However , per- sons travelling in so splendid an equipage could have no business with her . She scarcely doubted that they would ...
... head was pro- jected through the carriage window , and she dis- tinctly heard a stifled shriek within . However , per- sons travelling in so splendid an equipage could have no business with her . She scarcely doubted that they would ...
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... head from the window seemed a circumstance yet more sinister . While her mind was swarming with these and other reflections , the mysterious object of her soli- citude stopped ; a servant descending , speedily threw open the door , and ...
... head from the window seemed a circumstance yet more sinister . While her mind was swarming with these and other reflections , the mysterious object of her soli- citude stopped ; a servant descending , speedily threw open the door , and ...
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... head . It was about five months old , and a cloud of serene loveliness appeared to rest upon its coun- tenance . There is in fact a beauty in childhood which scarcely belongs to earth ; the clay that wraps the spirit seems as yet ...
... head . It was about five months old , and a cloud of serene loveliness appeared to rest upon its coun- tenance . There is in fact a beauty in childhood which scarcely belongs to earth ; the clay that wraps the spirit seems as yet ...
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Page 174 - ... was thought by the common people to announce the approach of this sacred festival: Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long: And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad; The nights are wholesome— then no planets strike, No fairy takes, no witch hath power to charm, So hallowed and so gracious is the time.
Page 62 - Oh Death ! where is thy sting ? Oh Grave ! where is thy victory ? The sting of Death is sin, and the strength of sin is the Law.
Page 294 - END OF VOL. I. LONDON : Printed by Schulze and Co., 13, Poland Street.
Page 54 - And when the Lamb broke the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about the space of half an hour.
Page 205 - It consists of lead 8G.r> to sulphur 13.5 in the hundred parts. Its value is much enhanced by the silver it carries, which varies from 30 to 56 ounces for the ton of 2,000 pounds of the galena. Besides the above, the components of the mine are ores of iron, ores of zinc, ores...
Page 147 - And he was about to suit the action to the word, when Pierre Ponce laid hold of him. " Vat ! vill you break your neck dis blessed night? Come after me I tell you; or, stay, you shall pass and go first.
Page 169 - It was now between one and two o'clock in the morning, and not a carriage or truck could be found in the streets.
Page 65 - ... the indictment, so as to give due notice to the accused that this statutory charge also was to be preferred against him. I say I should, as a lawyer, have expected this. But the question with which we have to deal is not what might have been or should have been, but what the Legislature has expressly enacted.
Page 213 - The patient who succeeded, was lying above the clothes fast asleep, with his feet upon the pillow, and his head towards the foot of the bed.
Page 26 - For himself he was on the point of being married to a lady of considerable fortune...