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... light through the openings , now rendered faint by the moonlight , still enabled him to find a chink , along which he run his finger , till he came to the spot where it seemed a down - trodden individual was resisting opponents . The ...
... light through the openings , now rendered faint by the moonlight , still enabled him to find a chink , along which he run his finger , till he came to the spot where it seemed a down - trodden individual was resisting opponents . The ...
Page 47
... lights , and retraced by the judg- ment with a rapidity shaming our distributions of time . He knew in a moment she had gone for Fisherrow , and leaving Joe to shut up the shop , he hurried home , threw on a greatcoat , and in two ...
... lights , and retraced by the judg- ment with a rapidity shaming our distributions of time . He knew in a moment she had gone for Fisherrow , and leaving Joe to shut up the shop , he hurried home , threw on a greatcoat , and in two ...
Page 48
... light burden into his arms , clutching her , and feeling her cold body all over , and kissing her stiff frozen lips . " You shall . " And he hurried along , estimating her weight as nothing . He felt as if he could , with nerves raised ...
... light burden into his arms , clutching her , and feeling her cold body all over , and kissing her stiff frozen lips . " You shall . " And he hurried along , estimating her weight as nothing . He felt as if he could , with nerves raised ...
Page 50
... light had , in the meantime , come to the authorities as to the particular case of Begbie , though the evidence against Bill amounted to something like proof of some crime of equal enor- mity . Even from the beginning , they had ascer ...
... light had , in the meantime , come to the authorities as to the particular case of Begbie , though the evidence against Bill amounted to something like proof of some crime of equal enor- mity . Even from the beginning , they had ascer ...
Page 70
... light had gone out - the spirit had departed from its house of clay - she was dead , quite dead ! As this fact impressed itself upon his brain , a maddening consciousness of the cause seemed slowly to return ; his eyes rolled up till ...
... light had gone out - the spirit had departed from its house of clay - she was dead , quite dead ! As this fact impressed itself upon his brain , a maddening consciousness of the cause seemed slowly to return ; his eyes rolled up till ...
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Annie appeared arms Aurora Beaufort beautiful boat bosom called Captain Burder changeling child coffeehouse countess creole cried dark daughter dear door Downderry Dunnet Durm Ellen exclaimed eyes face father fcap fear feel felt Fluke followed Francisville Gabrielle girl Græme grand chamberlain hand happy head heard heart Heaven Herr von Welt honour hope horse hour husband Indian knew lady laugh leave lived looked Louise marriage MARY COWDEN CLARKE Matthew Merry mestizo mind Monti morning mother Musselburgh never nigger night NIMMO'S once passed poor replied returned Ritwell Robin Blair round Saise scarcely schooner Schwabe seemed smile soon sorrow speak St Clyde steamboat stood stranger Street tears tell thing thou thought threw tion took turned utter Vieilleville voice Wagner walked Waverley Novels whispered wife woman words young
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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.