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... Margery , which it seems had formed a staple dish for Prior's Ash , may have been taking upon her in secret and silence , she had given no sign of it to George . He never suspected that any such whisper , touching his worthy self , had ...
... Margery , which it seems had formed a staple dish for Prior's Ash , may have been taking upon her in secret and silence , she had given no sign of it to George . He never suspected that any such whisper , touching his worthy self , had ...
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... Margery had not had time to attend to her within the last hour , came running in . George shut up his knife and held out his arms . 66 Papa , are we to have tea at home , or after we get into the lodg- ings ? " " Ask mamma , " responded ...
... Margery had not had time to attend to her within the last hour , came running in . George shut up his knife and held out his arms . 66 Papa , are we to have tea at home , or after we get into the lodg- ings ? " " Ask mamma , " responded ...
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... Margery ? I come up here and I find your mistress packing and lugging boxes about . Can't you see to these things ? " Margery was as cross as George that day , and her answer in its sharpness might have rivalled his . Direct reproof ...
... Margery ? I come up here and I find your mistress packing and lugging boxes about . Can't you see to these things ? " Margery was as cross as George that day , and her answer in its sharpness might have rivalled his . Direct reproof ...
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... Margery was evidently in an explosive temper . Time back George would have put her down with a haughty word of authority or with joking mockery , as the humour might have taken him . He did not to - day . There had been wrong inflicted ...
... Margery was evidently in an explosive temper . Time back George would have put her down with a haughty word of authority or with joking mockery , as the humour might have taken him . He did not to - day . There had been wrong inflicted ...
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... Margery , laying out some teacups and some bread - and - butter . Her eyes opened at the sight of Mrs. Pain . 66 " Are they come yet , Margery ? " " No , " was Margery's short answer . They'll be here in half an hour , maybe ; and that ...
... Margery , laying out some teacups and some bread - and - butter . Her eyes opened at the sight of Mrs. Pain . 66 " Are they come yet , Margery ? " " No , " was Margery's short answer . They'll be here in half an hour , maybe ; and that ...
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Page 42 - Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Page 40 - And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life. In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even ! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
Page 414 - Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ; Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-lov'd Isle. O Thou ! who pour'd the patriotic tide That stream'd thro...
Page 232 - Fairer seems the ancient city, and the sunshine seems more fair, That he once has trod its pavement, that he once has breathed its air!
Page 476 - La pièce du jeune poète de quinze ans se terminait par ces vers : Moi, qui toujours fuyant les cités et les cours, De trois, lustres à peine ai vu finir le cours.
Page 252 - O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day ; Which now shows all the beauty of the sun. And by-and-by a cloud takes all away ! Re-enter PANTHINO.
Page 246 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest I will go; thy people shall be my people and thy God my God.
Page 166 - ... and if ever he meditate on power, go toss up thy baby to his brow, and bring back his thoughts into his heart by the music of thy discourse. Teach him to live unto God and unto thee ; and he will discover that women, like the plants in woods, derive their softness and tenderness from the shade.
Page 45 - He stated that there was a great deal to be Said on both sides...
Page 420 - A heroic Wallace, quartered on the scaffold, cannot hinder that his Scotland become, one day, a part of England ; but he does hinder that it become, on tyrannous, unfair terms, a part of it...