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... already enough of distance , in both time and space , to allow of giving precedence to a mere bodily feeling . The present evil dominates ; a bodily twinge rules the imagina- tion . The sticking shirt annoyed him - yea , a mere skin ...
... already enough of distance , in both time and space , to allow of giving precedence to a mere bodily feeling . The present evil dominates ; a bodily twinge rules the imagina- tion . The sticking shirt annoyed him - yea , a mere skin ...
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... already bursting to speak , she recounted all the circumstances of that night when Bill slept in her cellar ; how she went in on the morning and found him gone - how she wondered at the bed soaked with blood - how she flew up to the ...
... already bursting to speak , she recounted all the circumstances of that night when Bill slept in her cellar ; how she went in on the morning and found him gone - how she wondered at the bed soaked with blood - how she flew up to the ...
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... already got far beyond hailing distance . Three or four times Merry paced up and down the deck in violent agitation , his lip as white and quivering as a jib in the wind , and his eyes shining like the top - glim of a commodore's ship ...
... already got far beyond hailing distance . Three or four times Merry paced up and down the deck in violent agitation , his lip as white and quivering as a jib in the wind , and his eyes shining like the top - glim of a commodore's ship ...
Page 67
... already gained the foot of the hill , and was slowly labouring up , when a deep gruff voice cried out to the driver from within , bidding him drive faster . At the sound of that voice , Merry's eyes fairly flashed fire . The driver ...
... already gained the foot of the hill , and was slowly labouring up , when a deep gruff voice cried out to the driver from within , bidding him drive faster . At the sound of that voice , Merry's eyes fairly flashed fire . The driver ...
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... already bubbled out in a crimson tide , though a few darker drops continued to ooze from the livid orifice of the wound . Merriville whispered her name , but she answered not . In vain he leaned his ear to her lips , or bent his eyes ...
... already bubbled out in a crimson tide , though a few darker drops continued to ooze from the livid orifice of the wound . Merriville whispered her name , but she answered not . In vain he leaned his ear to her lips , or bent his eyes ...
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Page 237 - Fortune, that with malicious joy Does man her slave oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless: Still various and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades, delights in strife, And makes a lottery of life. I can enjoy her while she's kind ; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes her wings and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away...
Page 240 - Let Fate do her worst, there are relics of joy, Bright dreams of the past, which she cannot destroy ; Which come in the night-time of sorrow and care, And bring back the features that joy used to wear.
Page 223 - When Britain first, at Heaven's command, Arose from out the azure main ; This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sung this strain : " Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves!
Page 240 - Like the vase in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Page 129 - How ill this taper burns ! Ha ! who comes here ? I think it is the weakness of mine eyes That shapes this monstrous apparition.
Page 121 - For over all there hung a cloud of fear ; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted...
Page 223 - THE stars are with the voyager Wherever he may sail ; The moon is constant to her time ; The sun will never fail ; But follow, follow round the world, The green earth and the sea ; So love is with the lover's heart, Wherever he may be.