Felix Holt, the RadicalHarper, 1871 - 529 pages |
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Page 29
... seemed to have become tenacious of a despicable squandering life , would be got rid of ; vice might kill him . Meanwhile the estate was burdened : there was no good prospect for any heir . Harold must go and make a career for himself ...
... seemed to have become tenacious of a despicable squandering life , would be got rid of ; vice might kill him . Meanwhile the estate was burdened : there was no good prospect for any heir . Harold must go and make a career for himself ...
Page 30
... seemed a great good to have had a second son who in some ways had cost her dearly . But again there were conditions she had not reckoned on . When the good tidings had been sent to Harold , and he had an- nounced that he would return so ...
... seemed a great good to have had a second son who in some ways had cost her dearly . But again there were conditions she had not reckoned on . When the good tidings had been sent to Harold , and he had an- nounced that he would return so ...
Page 31
... seemed to have changed every thing for her . A woman's hopes are woven of sunbeams ; a shadow annihi- lates them . The shadow which had fallen over Mrs. Tran- some in this first interview with her son was the presenti- ment of her ...
... seemed to have changed every thing for her . A woman's hopes are woven of sunbeams ; a shadow annihi- lates them . The shadow which had fallen over Mrs. Tran- some in this first interview with her son was the presenti- ment of her ...
Page 44
... Transome was not observing the two men ; rather , her hands were cold , and her whole person shaken by their presence ; she seemed to hear and see what they said and did with preternatural acuteness , and yet she 44 FELIX HOLT ,
... Transome was not observing the two men ; rather , her hands were cold , and her whole person shaken by their presence ; she seemed to hear and see what they said and did with preternatural acuteness , and yet she 44 FELIX HOLT ,
Page 60
... seemed to have done what they could to keep the lots of the two men quite aloof from each other . Felix was heir to nothing better than a quack medicine ; his mother lived up a back street in Treby Magna , and her sitting - room was ...
... seemed to have done what they could to keep the lots of the two men quite aloof from each other . Felix was heir to nothing better than a quack medicine ; his mother lived up a back street in Treby Magna , and her sitting - room was ...
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