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Adrian answered asked astrologer Benedictine monk Betsy Bonneval brother Châteaudun chintz Christine Christmas Christmas-eve church Clara Claude Genest Claude's comet Cousin Mary cried dear district of Sologne divining rod excitement exclaimed eyes face Father Ulric favour favourite feelings folly Franciscan friends Gentili Grace Tresham Gulf hand happy head heard heart hope hour Jack James Jones knew labour laughed legend listened live logne looked ma'am Marmoutier marriage Mathilde Mathilde's midnight mass mind Monsieur mother murmured never night notary old Lyddy old woman once parrots perhaps pickaxe poodle poor old puss raven remarked replied Robert de Blois round seemed side smile spoke sure talk tell thing thought tion told town treasure treasure-seeking turned uncon vaults voice Westwood Widow Cocker wish wonder words young lady youth Zamet
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Page 14 - And that's what little boys are made of. What are little girls made of, made of, made of, What are little girls made of? Sugar and spice, and all that's nice ; And that's what little girls are made of.
Page 261 - By the mysteries of the deep, by the flames of Banal, by the power of the East and the silence of the night, by the Holy Rites of Hecate, I conjure and exorcise thee, thou distressed spirit, to present thyself here, and reveal unto me the cause of thy calamity...
Page 145 - Through thickest shades, pursues the fond of peace, Man's caution often into danger turns, And, his guard falling, crushes him to death. Not Happiness itself makes good her name; Our very wishes give us not our wish.
Page 85 - ... She took the care of his temporal concerns upon her, extricated him from debt, and, by a happy union of prudence and economy, so managed all his worldly business, that in a few years his circumstances became easy and comfortable. In a word, in her was literally fulfilled the declaration of Solomon, that "a virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, and that her price is far above rubies.
Page 174 - I think the best thing I can do will be to leave when we reach Palermo.
Page 175 - He laid his arms on the table, and buried his face in them, as if he was weeping.