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... mind had difficulty in believing that he might possibly be mistaken . In practice he often gave up his opinion , but it was rather in the spirit of a martyr than of a convert . Nugent was strongly and sincerely under the influence of ...
... mind had difficulty in believing that he might possibly be mistaken . In practice he often gave up his opinion , but it was rather in the spirit of a martyr than of a convert . Nugent was strongly and sincerely under the influence of ...
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... mind to succumb , and somehow or other rather approved of the arrangement . CHAPTER IV . DEATH IN THE COTTAGE . MR . USHERWOOD is sitting over his wine in the large well- furnished dining - room of Beaumont House . An elegant but not ...
... mind to succumb , and somehow or other rather approved of the arrangement . CHAPTER IV . DEATH IN THE COTTAGE . MR . USHERWOOD is sitting over his wine in the large well- furnished dining - room of Beaumont House . An elegant but not ...
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... mind reverted to his own vacant and solitary dwell- ing , and he could not deny there was something melancholy in the contrast . His imagination roved over the farm and over the homestead , and over the Manor House itself DEATH IN THE ...
... mind reverted to his own vacant and solitary dwell- ing , and he could not deny there was something melancholy in the contrast . His imagination roved over the farm and over the homestead , and over the Manor House itself DEATH IN THE ...
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... mind , and , as we have seen , started forth in search of him . Nugent's first wish was to take Edward into his service ; but Lovell assured him that the lad angrily refused to be separated from the children . Lovell was asked to stay ...
... mind , and , as we have seen , started forth in search of him . Nugent's first wish was to take Edward into his service ; but Lovell assured him that the lad angrily refused to be separated from the children . Lovell was asked to stay ...
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... mind the eruption ; that's a healthy effort . " 66 Well , I'm for private executions , at all events , " observed ... minds are only brutalized by the spectacle of human suffering . " " Who would believe the culprit was really dead ...
... mind the eruption ; that's a healthy effort . " 66 Well , I'm for private executions , at all events , " observed ... minds are only brutalized by the spectacle of human suffering . " " Who would believe the culprit was really dead ...
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