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... mind that the noise she heard , now every moment increasing in loudness , boded her no good . Her thoughts , as was natural , moved in a dense atmosphere of superstition , so that there was no act of life , however simple , no ...
... mind that the noise she heard , now every moment increasing in loudness , boded her no good . Her thoughts , as was natural , moved in a dense atmosphere of superstition , so that there was no act of life , however simple , no ...
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... mind appeared to be too full of his own thoughts to permit him very accurately to comprehend Mrs. Bennet's drift . Without no- ticing , therefore , her ludicrous question . " Have you many children ? " he demanded . " Why , what is it ...
... mind appeared to be too full of his own thoughts to permit him very accurately to comprehend Mrs. Bennet's drift . Without no- ticing , therefore , her ludicrous question . " Have you many children ? " he demanded . " Why , what is it ...
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... mind the ancestral sins of every inhabitant of the parish , and by such means often contrived to set the whole neighbourhood by the ears . With these merits of the quarter , Mrs. Bennet was well acquainted . Hither , therefore , she pro ...
... mind the ancestral sins of every inhabitant of the parish , and by such means often contrived to set the whole neighbourhood by the ears . With these merits of the quarter , Mrs. Bennet was well acquainted . Hither , therefore , she pro ...
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... you know , " replied Mrs. Lle- wellin , " came to us from Madam Bivans's ; and mind - the matter must rest between us - she has told me such strange stories . " And here Mrs. Llewellin became more commu- nicative than , 30 SIR COSMO DIGBY .
... you know , " replied Mrs. Lle- wellin , " came to us from Madam Bivans's ; and mind - the matter must rest between us - she has told me such strange stories . " And here Mrs. Llewellin became more commu- nicative than , 30 SIR COSMO DIGBY .
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... mind one's own business , as they say . ' ' Nevertheless , " rejoined Mrs. Llewellin , whose temperament had very little of the Portico in it , " I'll find out whose brat this is before I rest . " ፡፡ Ay , God bless you , do , " quoth ...
... mind one's own business , as they say . ' ' Nevertheless , " rejoined Mrs. Llewellin , whose temperament had very little of the Portico in it , " I'll find out whose brat this is before I rest . " ፡፡ Ay , God bless you , do , " quoth ...
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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...