Felix Holt, the RadicalHarper, 1871 - 529 pages |
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Page 57
... become lean ; he began to speculate on causes , and to trace things back to that cause- less mystery , the cessation of one - pound notes . Thus , when political agitation swept in a great current through the country , Treby Magna was ...
... become lean ; he began to speculate on causes , and to trace things back to that cause- less mystery , the cessation of one - pound notes . Thus , when political agitation swept in a great current through the country , Treby Magna was ...
Page 58
... become clearer in their definition of each other ; but the names seemed to acquire so strong a stamp of honor or infamy that definitions would only have weakened the impression . As to the short and easy method of judging opinions by ...
... become clearer in their definition of each other ; but the names seemed to acquire so strong a stamp of honor or infamy that definitions would only have weakened the impression . As to the short and easy method of judging opinions by ...
Page 66
... become moist , her fingers played on her knee in an agi- tated manner , and she finally plucked a bit of her gown and held it with great nicety between her thumb and finger . Mr. Lyon , however , by listening attentively , had begun ...
... become moist , her fingers played on her knee in an agi- tated manner , and she finally plucked a bit of her gown and held it with great nicety between her thumb and finger . Mr. Lyon , however , by listening attentively , had begun ...
Page 76
... Brougham as well as Balaam ? Does God know less of men than He did in the days of Hezekiah and Moses ? -is His arm shorten- ed , and is the world become too wide for His providence ? But , they say , there are no politics in 76 FELIX HOLT ,
... Brougham as well as Balaam ? Does God know less of men than He did in the days of Hezekiah and Moses ? -is His arm shorten- ed , and is the world become too wide for His providence ? But , they say , there are no politics in 76 FELIX HOLT ,
Page 90
... become a member of the church . As for little Mr. Lyon , he loved and admired this unre- generate child more , he feared , than was consistent with the due preponderance of impersonal and ministerial re- gards : 90 B FELIX HOLT ,
... become a member of the church . As for little Mr. Lyon , he loved and admired this unre- generate child more , he feared , than was consistent with the due preponderance of impersonal and ministerial re- gards : 90 B FELIX HOLT ,
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Page 59 - ... there is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life, from the time when the primeval milkmaid had to wander with the wanderings of her clan, because the cow she milked was one of a herd which had made the pastures bare.