The Argosy, Volume 18Mrs. Henry Wood, Charles William Wood Strahan & Company, 1874 - Adventure stories, English A magazine of tales, travels, essays, and poems. |
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... girl like Jane . " Which , reversing the point of view , was exactly Edward Cope's own opinion . In his belief it was he who was the unappreciated one . But a far more serious impediment than any offered by Jane's en- gagement to young ...
... girl like Jane . " Which , reversing the point of view , was exactly Edward Cope's own opinion . In his belief it was he who was the unappreciated one . But a far more serious impediment than any offered by Jane's en- gagement to young ...
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... girl of tarnished reputation , and , going from bad to worse , had , in the end , committed some crime for which he ... girl's first appearance behind the counter of the Little Shop , both father and mother were lost to her . In the ...
... girl of tarnished reputation , and , going from bad to worse , had , in the end , committed some crime for which he ... girl's first appearance behind the counter of the Little Shop , both father and mother were lost to her . In the ...
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... girl possessed so much tact and clear good sense , that she was quite invaluable in all charitable enterprises . " Steenie , my dear , " the old lady would say , " I want you to visit those new - comers on the common . They are in great ...
... girl possessed so much tact and clear good sense , that she was quite invaluable in all charitable enterprises . " Steenie , my dear , " the old lady would say , " I want you to visit those new - comers on the common . They are in great ...
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... girl's face in an instant . It was not only that it was a fair , fresh face - it was a good face , a face with a meaning . There was purpose in it , truth in it , brightness in it ; it was the sort of face to encourage one to believe in ...
... girl's face in an instant . It was not only that it was a fair , fresh face - it was a good face , a face with a meaning . There was purpose in it , truth in it , brightness in it ; it was the sort of face to encourage one to believe in ...
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... girl after all . He found this out one miserable , foggy November day when he was making some visits , and was in one of his bitterest and most dissatisfied moods . He was ill and wretched he was often ill , and often wretched and just ...
... girl after all . He found this out one miserable , foggy November day when he was making some visits , and was in one of his bitterest and most dissatisfied moods . He was ill and wretched he was often ill , and often wretched and just ...
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Page 140 - I waked one morning, in the beginning of last June, from a dream, of which, all I could recover was, that I had thought myself in an ancient castle (a very natural dream for a head filled like mine with Gothic story), and that on the uppermost bannister of a great staircase I saw a gigantic hand in armour. In the evening I sat down, and began to write, without knowing in the least what I intended to say or relate.
Page 138 - Richmond, took to the road, became captain of a formidable gang, and had the honour to be named first in a royal proclamation against notorious offenders ; how at the head of his troop he stopped a lady's coach, in which there was a booty of four hundred pounds ; how he took only one hundred, and suffered the fair owner to ransom the rest by dancing a coranto with him on the heath...
Page 212 - For so the whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God.
Page 140 - In the evening I sat down, and began to write, without knowing in the least what I intended to say or relate. The work grew on my hands, and I grew fond of it— add, that I was very glad to think of anything, rather than politics.
Page 62 - And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships...
Page 138 - It was related how Claude Duval, the French page of the Duke of Richmond, took to the road, became captain of a formidable gang, and had the honor to be named first in a royal proclamation against notorious offenders; how at the...
Page 349 - THE Lord is my light and my salvation, whom then shall I fear ? the Lord is the strength of my life, of whom then shall I be afraid?
Page 140 - I completed in less than two months, that one evening, I wrote from the time I had drunk my tea, about six o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning, when my hand and fingers were so weary, that I could not hold the pen to finish the sentence, but left Matilda and Isabella talking, in the middle of a paragraph.
Page 76 - But I have no rest : I am in hourly fear of it." "fear/" uttered Gerard, in astonishment. Alice winced, and leaned her head upon her hand : she spoke in a low tone. " You must understand what I mean, Mr. Hope. The affair has been productive of so much pain and annoyance to me, that I wish it could be ignored for ever.
Page 349 - Washington is a great factor, for "the path of the just is as a shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.