Perplexity, by Sydney Mostyn, Volumen3 |
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... , that it would not come to her quitting the Elms . I might expect to hear that she announced her intention of receiving me ; and in that case I was to believe that she would treat me with respect if not with kindness 32 PERPLEXITY .
... , that it would not come to her quitting the Elms . I might expect to hear that she announced her intention of receiving me ; and in that case I was to believe that she would treat me with respect if not with kindness 32 PERPLEXITY .
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... Elms , at the gates of which we have stopped , stands cool in the shelter of trees whose topmost leaves the fiery hand of autumn has already streaked and curled . But little sunlight pierces the green canopy to chequer the luxuriant ...
... Elms , at the gates of which we have stopped , stands cool in the shelter of trees whose topmost leaves the fiery hand of autumn has already streaked and curled . But little sunlight pierces the green canopy to chequer the luxuriant ...
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... Elms as mine . After my lady and I had been conversing for about twenty minutes on such common- place topics as you would not thank me for repeating here , she took up a book which rested on the window - sill and enquired whether I ...
... Elms as mine . After my lady and I had been conversing for about twenty minutes on such common- place topics as you would not thank me for repeating here , she took up a book which rested on the window - sill and enquired whether I ...
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... Elms there was nothing bearing the name of Kate Graham . " In this occupation the afternoon passed ra- pidly . A cuckoo - clock in the next room had fluted the hours as they rolled by , and it was striking four as I smoothed the last ...
... Elms there was nothing bearing the name of Kate Graham . " In this occupation the afternoon passed ra- pidly . A cuckoo - clock in the next room had fluted the hours as they rolled by , and it was striking four as I smoothed the last ...
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... Elms is freehold ; it is mine by in- heritance , I being qualified by years to receive it , and is called by the lawyers an estate in fee- simple . Now an estate in fee - simple is the highest a man can possess ; it is therefore mine as ...
... Elms is freehold ; it is mine by in- heritance , I being qualified by years to receive it , and is called by the lawyers an estate in fee- simple . Now an estate in fee - simple is the highest a man can possess ; it is therefore mine as ...
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answered asked beauty believe blue velvet Brontë brow calm Catalonia chair chintz confession Cornhill cried crown 8vo dance darling Don Quixote door dress Elms entered exclaimed eyes face faint Fairborn Fcap feel Frank glance hand hate head hear heard heart history of France hope Huddleston husband John Graham Kate Kate Howard kissed knew Lady Monck ladyship laugh leave Lepell's light lips locket London London Scottish looked looking-glass marriage married mind miserable Miss Lepell mood MORTIMER COLLINS mother never once opened pain paleness passion past present pretty question replied round dances seemed shadow Shaw silence smile speak stared stood story sweet talk tears tell things thought tion told took Trawler trembled truth turned uncon uttered voice volume watched wedding ring whilst whispered wife window wish woman Wuthering Heights
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Página 8 - I REQUIRE and charge you both, as ye will answer at the dreadful day of judgment when the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed, that if either of you know any impediment, why ye may not be lawfully joined together in Matrimony, ye do now confess it.
Página 19 - Like one that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round, walks on, And turns no more his head ; Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread.
Página 90 - Pure, bracing ventilation they must have up there at all times, indeed. One may guess the power of the north wind blowing over the edge by the excessive slant of a few stunted firs at the end of the house, and by a range of gaunt thorns all stretching their limbs one way, as if craving alms of the sun.
Página 85 - As fills a father's eyes with light; And pleasures flow in so thick and fast Upon his heart, that he at last Must needs express his love's excess With words of unmeant bitterness. Perhaps 'tis pretty to force together Thoughts so all unlike each other, To mutter and mock a broken charm, To dally with wrong that does no harm. Perhaps 'tis tender too and pretty 670 At each wild word to feel within A sweet recoil of love and pity.