The Price She Paid: A NovelJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1882 - 429 sidor |
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... better warn you - if you don't like cats , don't come . I've six , and three of them have kittens , -two dogs , and my pet pigeon will fly into the dining - room every chance she gets ! There , while I breathe a little , you can answer ...
... better warn you - if you don't like cats , don't come . I've six , and three of them have kittens , -two dogs , and my pet pigeon will fly into the dining - room every chance she gets ! There , while I breathe a little , you can answer ...
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... Better ! I shall try it on Doctor's tail ; the fur is all worn off , but will color it down to the very bone . Now we are on the top of the hill , just look back ! Whoa , Bones ; can't you stand still ? " The trees had hidden the view ...
... Better ! I shall try it on Doctor's tail ; the fur is all worn off , but will color it down to the very bone . Now we are on the top of the hill , just look back ! Whoa , Bones ; can't you stand still ? " The trees had hidden the view ...
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... better say what I came for and be done . " 66 " Not to arrest me , I hope , " Miss Grosvenor said , pleasantly , though conscious of a certain condescending ring in her voice . " Not this time , " he answered ; and at first she was ...
... better say what I came for and be done . " 66 " Not to arrest me , I hope , " Miss Grosvenor said , pleasantly , though conscious of a certain condescending ring in her voice . " Not this time , " he answered ; and at first she was ...
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... better than she had for weeks , and her first thought when she woke in the morning was one of self - congratulation at being so far away from city sights and sounds . It seemed a shame to remain in bed an instant longer , and she arose ...
... better than she had for weeks , and her first thought when she woke in the morning was one of self - congratulation at being so far away from city sights and sounds . It seemed a shame to remain in bed an instant longer , and she arose ...
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... better cul- tivated than half the women of her acquaintance ; a lady in every sense , and uniting with her accomplishments and her knowledge of books a practical mastery over the work - a - day side of existence which Georgia , if she ...
... better cul- tivated than half the women of her acquaintance ; a lady in every sense , and uniting with her accomplishments and her knowledge of books a practical mastery over the work - a - day side of existence which Georgia , if she ...
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admiration ain't appeared asked began believe better Bourke's house brother called Caruthers Caruthers's Cinders creature cried Aunt Conyngham cried Georgia cried Phillis dear Denis Bourke Don Quixote door dream exclaimed eyes face fancy fear feel felt Georgia Grosvenor girl give glad glance gone Good-morning grandma hand head hear heard heart heerd hope hurried hurt idea instant Joe Grimshaw knew lady laugh looked marry Maurice's mean mind Miss French Miss Georgia Miss Grosvenor Miss Phillis Miss Raines morning Mozier Nest never night Patrick perceived person Peyton Phil Phillis French Phillis's poor portunity pretty reached regard replied Phillis returned Georgia roused seemed Sibyl Mayford smile speak stood stop suppose sure talk tell thank thing thought to-morrow told tone trouble trying turned uttered veranda voice Wachuset wait walked widow wish woman wonder words young
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Sida 49 - As the husband is, the wife is: thou art mated with a clown, And the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down. He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel force, Something better than his dog, a little dearer than his horse.
Sida 155 - It were all one, That I should love a bright particular star, And think to wed it, he is so above me: In his bright radiance and collateral light Must I be comforted, not in his sphere.
Sida 319 - SYMPOSIUM. I AM afraid it was a poet, and a true one, who once wrote, Love in a hut, with water and a crust, Is — Lord, forgive us ! — cinders, ashes, dust. But between the hut and the palace there are many kinds of dwelling-houses — Agar's Buildings, as I once heard a house-agent term them, ' because Agar's prayer, you know, was for neither riches nor poverty, and these lots are for your middle-class people : ' in these, rather than in the two...
Sida 309 - Interfere no further between thy sister and thy parents, unless thou preferest that reata to gold. Thy craft cannot outwit mine, and she will read no notes. Thou art a foolish boy to set thy sense against thy mother's. I may seem harsh to my children, but I strive on my knees for their good. And when I have made up my mind that a thing is right to do, thou knowest that my nature is of iron.
Sida 423 - It will come at length, through the highest cultivation of all human faculties ; through the recognition of the truth that in the endless sweep of infinitude there can be no break, nothing...
Sida 423 - ... our souls ! Not for a reward in another existence, but to help to the full extent of our power, be it little or great, be the...
Sida 186 - Johnson, in the proposal of marriage you have just made," said the haughty young lady, "but circumstances over which I have no control compel me to decline the honor." "What are those circumstances?