The mystery developedA.K. Newman and Company, 1825 - 790 pages |
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... hear reason and common sense , to see your error , and correct it , or else I should not speak at all on the subject ; I shall therefore tell you what it was that led me to make these observations at first . My son George told me some ...
... hear reason and common sense , to see your error , and correct it , or else I should not speak at all on the subject ; I shall therefore tell you what it was that led me to make these observations at first . My son George told me some ...
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... hear the like ? Tell me instantly , or , upon my honour , I will lock you up in the dark room . " " And will you lock up Frederick also in it ? " exclaimed the little innocent equivocator . " Is not this truly provoking ? Tell me this ...
... hear the like ? Tell me instantly , or , upon my honour , I will lock you up in the dark room . " " And will you lock up Frederick also in it ? " exclaimed the little innocent equivocator . " Is not this truly provoking ? Tell me this ...
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... hear me once for all : I do most solemnly protest in the face of Heaven , and on my house , and the honour of my house , which I know you hold so very sacred , I know not whose son Frederick Johnston is , nor whether he be related to me ...
... hear me once for all : I do most solemnly protest in the face of Heaven , and on my house , and the honour of my house , which I know you hold so very sacred , I know not whose son Frederick Johnston is , nor whether he be related to me ...
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... hear your story , for I am all impatience till I learn what this folly is , " said Mrs. Elizabeth , with anxi- ous curiosity . " You shall , madam : I am now- hem ! -nearly forty years a bachelor . I know old bachelors are accused of ...
... hear your story , for I am all impatience till I learn what this folly is , " said Mrs. Elizabeth , with anxi- ous curiosity . " You shall , madam : I am now- hem ! -nearly forty years a bachelor . I know old bachelors are accused of ...
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... honour , here it is , and fine writin it is too , and why wouldn't it , for no- noch it is himself that could write and read too , not all as one . " Twould do your your heart as much good to hear him read , 82 MYSTERY DEVELOPED .
... honour , here it is , and fine writin it is too , and why wouldn't it , for no- noch it is himself that could write and read too , not all as one . " Twould do your your heart as much good to hear him read , 82 MYSTERY DEVELOPED .
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Page 65 - Music the fiercest grief can charm, And Fate's severest rage disarm ; Music can soften pain to ease, And make despair and madness please : Our joys below it can improve, And antedate the bliss above. This the divine Cecilia found, And to her Maker's praise confined the sound. When the full organ joins the tuneful quire, Th...
Page 124 - Long-sounding aisles, and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws A death-like silence., and a dread repose: Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
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