Felix Holt, the Radical, Volume 1 |
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... never lend much to picture and narrative ; it is as barren as an exclamatory O ! Whereas the happy outside passenger seated on the box from the dawn to the gloaming gathered enough stories of English life , enough of English labours in ...
... never lend much to picture and narrative ; it is as barren as an exclamatory O ! Whereas the happy outside passenger seated on the box from the dawn to the gloaming gathered enough stories of English life , enough of English labours in ...
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... never meddled with politics themselves . ' The busy scenes of the shuttle and the wheel , of the roaring furnace , of the shaft and the pulley , seemed to make but crowded nests in the midst of the large- spaced , slow - moving life of ...
... never meddled with politics themselves . ' The busy scenes of the shuttle and the wheel , of the roaring furnace , of the shaft and the pulley , seemed to make but crowded nests in the midst of the large- spaced , slow - moving life of ...
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... never have come " so pat " on a matter of business ; but when they found it in the Bible at home , some said it was an argument for fallows ( else why should the Bible mention fallows ? ) , but a few of the weaker sort were shaken , and ...
... never have come " so pat " on a matter of business ; but when they found it in the Bible at home , some said it was an argument for fallows ( else why should the Bible mention fallows ? ) , but a few of the weaker sort were shaken , and ...
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... never conde- scended to state what the stories were . Some attri- buted this reticence to a wise incredulity , others to a want of memory , others to simple ignorance . But at least Sampson was right in saying that there had been fine ...
... never conde- scended to state what the stories were . Some attri- buted this reticence to a wise incredulity , others to a want of memory , others to simple ignorance . But at least Sampson was right in saying that there had been fine ...
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... never have guessed that an arrival was expected . But on the west side , where the carriage entrance was , the gates under the stone archway were thrown open ; and so was the double door of the entrance- hall , letting in the warm light ...
... never have guessed that an arrival was expected . But on the west side , where the carriage entrance was , the gates under the stone archway were thrown open ; and so was the double door of the entrance- hall , letting in the warm light ...
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