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... face , and again wept . " Lady ! " he exclaimed , " pardon a miserable man- -what was the name of your mother ? -who ... face was thy face ! " While he yet spoke , the elder Sommerville drew near to meet his nephew . His eyes and the ...
... face , and again wept . " Lady ! " he exclaimed , " pardon a miserable man- -what was the name of your mother ? -who ... face was thy face ! " While he yet spoke , the elder Sommerville drew near to meet his nephew . His eyes and the ...
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... face , did the business on my master's side . And , of course , he would be all smiles at the Nabob's court ; for , Aminadab , my lad , there never was on the face of God's earth a man who could so soon change the horrid dark scowl into ...
... face , did the business on my master's side . And , of course , he would be all smiles at the Nabob's court ; for , Aminadab , my lad , there never was on the face of God's earth a man who could so soon change the horrid dark scowl into ...
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... face , perhaps he wanted to test his courage . It could not be that he wanted to look once more on the face of the mother of his children ; nor that he felt now that there had been one in the world who really did love him , as few women ...
... face , perhaps he wanted to test his courage . It could not be that he wanted to look once more on the face of the mother of his children ; nor that he felt now that there had been one in the world who really did love him , as few women ...
Contents
THE LAWYERS TALES Alexander Leighton | 5 |
THE ORPHAN John Mackay Wilson | 36 |
THE BURGHERS TALES Alexander Leighton | 44 |
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