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... Willis , seeing her dislike and hatred to poor Mary , and her very palpable wish to get rid of her by placing her in a lunatic asylum , seconded the project by every means in his power . Here , too , he 2 The Midler of Eamont Bridge . C1.
... Willis , seeing her dislike and hatred to poor Mary , and her very palpable wish to get rid of her by placing her in a lunatic asylum , seconded the project by every means in his power . Here , too , he 2 The Midler of Eamont Bridge . C1.
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William Francis Ainsworth. means in his power . Here , too , he made a fatal mistake ; Mrs. Gurnett did wish to rid herself of Mary by sending her to a mad- house ; but like the imperious sovereign , Queen Elizabeth , who signed the ...
William Francis Ainsworth. means in his power . Here , too , he made a fatal mistake ; Mrs. Gurnett did wish to rid herself of Mary by sending her to a mad- house ; but like the imperious sovereign , Queen Elizabeth , who signed the ...
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... mean , Jezabel ? " cried Mrs. Gurnett , almost beside herself with rage . " I just mean , " said the old woman , in a quiet , but very obstinate tone , as she got out of bed , " that ye hev gotten her carried off whiles I slept , and ...
... mean , Jezabel ? " cried Mrs. Gurnett , almost beside herself with rage . " I just mean , " said the old woman , in a quiet , but very obstinate tone , as she got out of bed , " that ye hev gotten her carried off whiles I slept , and ...
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... means , and deliberating how they could best serve the scholar . At last it was decided that John should start to Penrith in the morning , taking Grandy with him , and dropping her at her master's house on the way . Then he was to go on ...
... means , and deliberating how they could best serve the scholar . At last it was decided that John should start to Penrith in the morning , taking Grandy with him , and dropping her at her master's house on the way . Then he was to go on ...
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... means to save Mr. Cheney from the grip of that knave Willis , and the talons of that she - cat , Widow Gurnett . " " Libellous words , my dear sir , " replied the lawyer smiling ; then he added , in a graver tone , and The Miller of ...
... means to save Mr. Cheney from the grip of that knave Willis , and the talons of that she - cat , Widow Gurnett . " " Libellous words , my dear sir , " replied the lawyer smiling ; then he added , in a graver tone , and The Miller of ...
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Page 240 - Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
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Page 445 - Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears ; and sometime voices, That, if I then had wak'd after long sleep, Will make me sleep again : and then, in dreaming, The clouds methought would open, and show riches Ready to drop upon me ; that, when I wak'd, I cried to dream again.
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Page 180 - Their glory disappear. A Power is passing from the earth To breathless Nature's dark abyss; But when the great and good depart What is it more than this — That Man, who is from God sent forth, Doth yet again to God return?
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Page 95 - Genuine and innocent wit like this, is surely the flavour of the mind! Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food ; but God has given us wit, and flavour, and brightness, and laughter, and perfumes, to enliven the days of man's pilgrimage, and to " charm his pained steps over the burning marie.