All the Year Round, 5. köideCharles Dickens, 1861 |
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... arms , had made up a rich attractive mystery , of which I was the hero . Estella was the in- spiration of it , and the heart of it , of course . But , though she had taken such strong possession of me , though my fancy and my hope were ...
... arms , had made up a rich attractive mystery , of which I was the hero . Estella was the in- spiration of it , and the heart of it , of course . But , though she had taken such strong possession of me , though my fancy and my hope were ...
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... arms stretched out of the chair , rested that clenched hand upon the yellow cloth . As Estella looked back over her ... arm round my neck , and drew my head close down to hers as she sat in the chair . " Love her , love her , love her ...
... arms stretched out of the chair , rested that clenched hand upon the yellow cloth . As Estella looked back over her ... arm round my neck , and drew my head close down to hers as she sat in the chair . " Love her , love her , love her ...
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... arms ; and I saw even my guardian look at her from under his thick eyebrows , and raise them a little , when her loveliness was before him , with those rich flushes of glitter and colour in it . Of the manner and extent to which he took ...
... arms ; and I saw even my guardian look at her from under his thick eyebrows , and raise them a little , when her loveliness was before him , with those rich flushes of glitter and colour in it . Of the manner and extent to which he took ...
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... arms . ' My dear , dear , odd uncle ! What is all this ? What have you been doing ? ' 666 My still dearer , and at least equally eccentric niece , taking pleasure , in a manner suggested by yourself . ' 66 6 " By me ? ' " When it ...
... arms . ' My dear , dear , odd uncle ! What is all this ? What have you been doing ? ' 666 My still dearer , and at least equally eccentric niece , taking pleasure , in a manner suggested by yourself . ' 66 6 " By me ? ' " When it ...
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... arms , and I could have wished that his curls and forehead had been more probable . Several curious little circumstances transpired as the action proceeded . The late king of the country not only appeared to have been troubled with a ...
... arms , and I could have wished that his curls and forehead had been more probable . Several curious little circumstances transpired as the action proceeded . The late king of the country not only appeared to have been troubled with a ...
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Page 65 - ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE , Of YORK. MARINER: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of AMERICA, near the Mouth of the Great River of OROONOQUE; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. WITH An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by PYRATES. Written by Himself.
Page 203 - Take, oh take those lips away, That so sweetly were forsworn; And those eyes, the break of day, Lights that do mislead the morn; But my kisses bring again, bring again, Seals of love, but seal'd in vain. seal'd in vain.
Page 202 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee : for whither thou goest, I will go ; and where thou lodgest I will lodge : thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: " Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 1 - According to my experience, the conventional notion of a lover cannot be always true. The unqualified truth is, that when I loved Estella with the love of a man, I loved her simply because I found her irresistible. Once for all ; I knew to my sorrow, often and often, if not always, that I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.
Page 415 - No'w from all Parts the swelling Kennels flow, And bear their Trophies with them as they go: Filth of all Hues and Odours seem to tell What Street they sail'd from, by their Sight and Smell.
Page 201 - And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
Page 202 - And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother ? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand : so he smote. him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again ; and he died.
Page 202 - I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
Page 148 - I'm making a better gentleman nor ever you'll be ! ' When one of 'em says to another, ' He was a convict a few years ago, and is a ignorant common fellow now, for all he's lucky,' what do I say ? I says to myself, ' If I ain'ta gentleman, nor yet ain't got no learning, I'm the owner of such. All on you owns stock and land ; which on you owns a brought-up London gentleman?
Page 360 - ... but could not, by the nicest scrutiny, discover the least symptom of life in him. We reasoned a long time about this odd appearance as well as we could, and...