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Page 128
... That man aimed at nothing less than the whole Riego fortune , and , of course , through Seraphina . I would feel a rage at this — a sort of rage that made my head spin as if the ground had reeled . " He would have found means 128 ROMANCE.
... That man aimed at nothing less than the whole Riego fortune , and , of course , through Seraphina . I would feel a rage at this — a sort of rage that made my head spin as if the ground had reeled . " He would have found means 128 ROMANCE.
Page 129
... means of getting rid of me if he had not seen I was not long for this world , " Carlos would say . He had gained an unlimited ascendency over his uncle's mind ; he had made a solitude round this solemn dotage in which ended so much ...
... means of getting rid of me if he had not seen I was not long for this world , " Carlos would say . He had gained an unlimited ascendency over his uncle's mind ; he had made a solitude round this solemn dotage in which ended so much ...
Page 137
... means of going ; without , by Heaven , the right of even as much as speaking of it to her . Carlos — Carlos dreamed — a dream of his dying hours . England was so far , the enemy so near ; and— Providence itself seemed to have forgotten ...
... means of going ; without , by Heaven , the right of even as much as speaking of it to her . Carlos — Carlos dreamed — a dream of his dying hours . England was so far , the enemy so near ; and— Providence itself seemed to have forgotten ...
Page 140
... mean us to abandon the living to the mercy of the wicked . " A sadness came upon his face , his eyes ; all the world seemed asleep . He made an effort . " My son , " he said with decision , " I call you to follow me to the bedside of ...
... mean us to abandon the living to the mercy of the wicked . " A sadness came upon his face , his eyes ; all the world seemed asleep . He made an effort . " My son , " he said with decision , " I call you to follow me to the bedside of ...
Page 144
... Mean- time , a document — he should at once prepare a justificative docu- ment . The archbishop , it is true , did not like him on account of the calumnies of that man O'Brien . But there was , beyond the seas , the supreme authority of ...
... Mean- time , a document — he should at once prepare a justificative docu- ment . The archbishop , it is true , did not like him on account of the calumnies of that man O'Brien . But there was , beyond the seas , the supreme authority of ...
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Page 41 - Here's the mahn ye were speerin' after. Here's Macdonald." It was the voice of Barnes, and the voice of the every day. I discovered that I had been tremendously upset. The pulses in my temples were throbbing, and I wanted to shut my eyes — to sleep! I was tired; Romance had departed. Barnes and the Macdonald he had found for me represented all the laborious insects of the world; all the ants who are forever hauling immensely heavy and immensely unimportant burdens up weary hillocks, down steep...