Below the surface [by sir A.H. Elton]. |
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... round the margin of each page in violent convulsions . The capital letters shone like a blaze of fireworks . Gertrude was all gratitude , and commenced ransacking her jewels , and commenting on them one by one . " Oh , I wish Miss ...
... round the margin of each page in violent convulsions . The capital letters shone like a blaze of fireworks . Gertrude was all gratitude , and commenced ransacking her jewels , and commenting on them one by one . " Oh , I wish Miss ...
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... round her . Gertrude took away the picture , and hung it in another part of the room , placing a copy of Beatrice Cenci in its place . Then she removed the Flora , and placed instead of it her new illuminated prayer - book , with two ...
... round her . Gertrude took away the picture , and hung it in another part of the room , placing a copy of Beatrice Cenci in its place . Then she removed the Flora , and placed instead of it her new illuminated prayer - book , with two ...
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... round the room , did not impart to it a very literary aspect . You descended into it by three steps , and as the ceiling was of dark oak boards crossed by heavy horizontal ribs of the same material , remnants of the ancient mansion ...
... round the room , did not impart to it a very literary aspect . You descended into it by three steps , and as the ceiling was of dark oak boards crossed by heavy horizontal ribs of the same material , remnants of the ancient mansion ...
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... round her wrist , and she was thus not only unable to extricate herself from his grasp , but was suffering real pain from the violent efforts he made to wrench the basket from her . Nugent shouted loudly to the man to let go his hold ...
... round her wrist , and she was thus not only unable to extricate herself from his grasp , but was suffering real pain from the violent efforts he made to wrench the basket from her . Nugent shouted loudly to the man to let go his hold ...
Page 34
... round my hand , and he pulled and pulled , and could not get it away , and , searching with his other hand in his pocket for a knife , swore he would have the basket if he cut off my arm for it . I had not screamed till that moment ...
... round my hand , and he pulled and pulled , and could not get it away , and , searching with his other hand in his pocket for a knife , swore he would have the basket if he cut off my arm for it . I had not screamed till that moment ...
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