Felix Holt, the RadicalHarper, 1871 - 529 pages |
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... close by her , and as often , when its young brown eyes met hers , turning away again with self - checking reso- lution . At last , prompted by some sudden thought or by some sound , she rose and went hastily beyond the tapestry curtain ...
... close by her , and as often , when its young brown eyes met hers , turning away again with self - checking reso- lution . At last , prompted by some sudden thought or by some sound , she rose and went hastily beyond the tapestry curtain ...
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... close to it , and looking at her face with hard scrutiny , as if it were unre- lated to herself . No elderly face can be handsome looked at in that way ; every little detail is startlingly prominent , and the effect of the whole is lost ...
... close to it , and looking at her face with hard scrutiny , as if it were unre- lated to herself . No elderly face can be handsome looked at in that way ; every little detail is startlingly prominent , and the effect of the whole is lost ...
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... close connection with the family affairs - a - I have never considered that connection simply in the light of busi- ness - a- " " " Damn him ! I'll soon let him know that I do , " thought Harold . But in proportion as he found Jermyn's ...
... close connection with the family affairs - a - I have never considered that connection simply in the light of busi- ness - a- " " " Damn him ! I'll soon let him know that I do , " thought Harold . But in proportion as he found Jermyn's ...
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... close relations with the local landed interest -and took on the more complex life brought by mines and manufactures , which belong more directly to the great circulating system of the nation than to the local system to which they have ...
... close relations with the local landed interest -and took on the more complex life brought by mines and manufactures , which belong more directly to the great circulating system of the nation than to the local system to which they have ...
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... But you believe in conversion ? " " Yea , verily . " " So do I. I was converted by six weeks ' debauchery . " The minister started . " Young man , " he said , solemnly , going up close to Felix and laying a hand on 72 FELIX HOLT ,
... But you believe in conversion ? " " Yea , verily . " " So do I. I was converted by six weeks ' debauchery . " The minister started . " Young man , " he said , solemnly , going up close to Felix and laying a hand on 72 FELIX HOLT ,
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