Felix Holt, the RadicalHarper, 1871 - 529 pages |
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Page 82
... believe . ' Rottenness ' may suggest what is unpleas- ant , so you'd better say ' sugar - plums , ' or something else such a long way off the fact that nobody is obliged to think of it . Those are your roundabout euphuisms that dress up ...
... believe . ' Rottenness ' may suggest what is unpleas- ant , so you'd better say ' sugar - plums , ' or something else such a long way off the fact that nobody is obliged to think of it . Those are your roundabout euphuisms that dress up ...
Page 86
... believe to be an earnest of farther en- dowment with the wisdom that is from on high . It is true that , as the traveler in the desert is often lured , by a false vision of water and freshness , to turn aside from the track which leads ...
... believe to be an earnest of farther en- dowment with the wisdom that is from on high . It is true that , as the traveler in the desert is often lured , by a false vision of water and freshness , to turn aside from the track which leads ...
Page 113
... believe it - it's a trick - it's a squib ; why - why - we've just been to his place - eh ? do you know any more ? Speak , sir — speak ; don't deal out your story like a damned mountebank who wants to keep people gaping . " " Sir Maximus ...
... believe it - it's a trick - it's a squib ; why - why - we've just been to his place - eh ? do you know any more ? Speak , sir — speak ; don't deal out your story like a damned mountebank who wants to keep people gaping . " " Sir Maximus ...
Page 121
... believe , by what I can make out -for he's been pretty free me with sometimes - there was a time when he was in that rank of life that he fought a duel . " " Ah ! that makes him such a cool chap , " said Mr. Crowder . " He's what I call ...
... believe , by what I can make out -for he's been pretty free me with sometimes - there was a time when he was in that rank of life that he fought a duel . " " Ah ! that makes him such a cool chap , " said Mr. Crowder . " He's what I call ...
Page 132
... believe in love with him ; but a family man , with grown - up sons and daughters , a man with a profes- sional position and complicated affairs that make it hard to ascertain the exact relation between property and liabili- ties ...
... believe in love with him ; but a family man , with grown - up sons and daughters , a man with a profes- sional position and complicated affairs that make it hard to ascertain the exact relation between property and liabili- ties ...
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