Mossdale: A TaleW.P. Nimmo, 1872 - 222 pages |
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... face as was a pleasure to look upon . She was the first to speak , saying : " How clever you are , Alaric — how very clever you are , to have planned and done all this so well , and in so short a time ! How fortunate it was , too , that ...
... face as was a pleasure to look upon . She was the first to speak , saying : " How clever you are , Alaric — how very clever you are , to have planned and done all this so well , and in so short a time ! How fortunate it was , too , that ...
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... face . " Meadows is not a pleasant fellow , " said Christo- pher , in vexation . " I can't understand him ! " Meanwhile he did not complain of anything ; was scrupulously attentive to his duties , irreproachably exact in fulfilling all ...
... face . " Meadows is not a pleasant fellow , " said Christo- pher , in vexation . " I can't understand him ! " Meanwhile he did not complain of anything ; was scrupulously attentive to his duties , irreproachably exact in fulfilling all ...
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... face with her hands ; but Lilian , with a fixed gaze , uttered a cry of terror , whilst he with great agility sprang from rock to rock , until he reached the ledge on which the hat lay , and raising it up , he waved it aloft in triumph ...
... face with her hands ; but Lilian , with a fixed gaze , uttered a cry of terror , whilst he with great agility sprang from rock to rock , until he reached the ledge on which the hat lay , and raising it up , he waved it aloft in triumph ...
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... face ! " he said , struggling vio- lently . " Now , be calm , be calm ! " said Mr Sommerfogel , apparently more inclined to laugh than to be angry . " You will not rescue your friend by attempting to descend the abyss : you will only ...
... face ! " he said , struggling vio- lently . " Now , be calm , be calm ! " said Mr Sommerfogel , apparently more inclined to laugh than to be angry . " You will not rescue your friend by attempting to descend the abyss : you will only ...
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... again looking down ; but the latter , from whose face all the colour had fled , did not utter a word . " How strange that he should have let go his hold ! " said Christopher . UNEXPECTED SUCCOUR . 43 " What a pity ! " 42 MOSSDALE .
... again looking down ; but the latter , from whose face all the colour had fled , did not utter a word . " How strange that he should have let go his hold ! " said Christopher . UNEXPECTED SUCCOUR . 43 " What a pity ! " 42 MOSSDALE .
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