Felix Holt, the RadicalHarper, 1871 - 529 pages |
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... walk , timed by the walk of grazing beasts , moved aside , as if unwillingly , throwing out a monosyllabic hint to his cattle ; his glance , accustomed to rest on things very near the earth , seemed to lift itself with difficulty to the ...
... walk , timed by the walk of grazing beasts , moved aside , as if unwillingly , throwing out a monosyllabic hint to his cattle ; his glance , accustomed to rest on things very near the earth , seemed to lift itself with difficulty to the ...
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... walking queerly with knees bent outward from squatting in the mine , going home to throw themselves down in their black- ened flannel and sleep through the daylight , then rise and spend much of their high wages at the ale - house with ...
... walking queerly with knees bent outward from squatting in the mine , going home to throw themselves down in their black- ened flannel and sleep through the daylight , then rise and spend much of their high wages at the ale - house with ...
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... walks and over all the low mounds once carefully cut as black beds for the shrubs and larger plants . Many of the windows had the shutters closed , and under the grand Scotch fir that stooped toward one corner the brown fir - needles of ...
... walks and over all the low mounds once carefully cut as black beds for the shrubs and larger plants . Many of the windows had the shutters closed , and under the grand Scotch fir that stooped toward one corner the brown fir - needles of ...
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... walk to the entrance - door . She sat still , quiv- ering and listening ; her lips became pale , her hands were cold and trembling . Was her son really coming ? She was far beyond fifty ; and since her early gladness in this best ...
... walk to the entrance - door . She sat still , quiv- ering and listening ; her lips became pale , her hands were cold and trembling . Was her son really coming ? She was far beyond fifty ; and since her early gladness in this best ...
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... walk in . " " That's a pity . I hate going up stairs . " " There is the steward's room ; it is not used , and might be turned into a bedroom . I can't offer you my room , for I sleep up stairs . " ( Mrs. Transome's tongue could be a ...
... walk in . " " That's a pity . I hate going up stairs . " " There is the steward's room ; it is not used , and might be turned into a bedroom . I can't offer you my room , for I sleep up stairs . " ( Mrs. Transome's tongue could be a ...
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