Ernest Maltravers Or The EleusiniaJ.B. Lippincott Company, 1874 - 575 |
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... cold potatoes , and some tolerably strong beer , composed all the fare set before the traveler . Despite his previous boasts , the young man made a wry face at these Socratic preparations , while he drew his chair to the board . But his ...
... cold potatoes , and some tolerably strong beer , composed all the fare set before the traveler . Despite his previous boasts , the young man made a wry face at these Socratic preparations , while he drew his chair to the board . But his ...
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... cold and hungry ? " Maltravers looked incredulous- " You see that great building , with the spire rising in the starlight ? " " Yes , sir , sure . " " What is it called ? " 66 Why , a church . " " Did you never go into it ? " This ...
... cold and hungry ? " Maltravers looked incredulous- " You see that great building , with the spire rising in the starlight ? " " Yes , sir , sure . " " What is it called ? " 66 Why , a church . " " Did you never go into it ? " This ...
Strona 41
... cold and inclement ; but Ernest Maltravers was a hardy lover of nature , and neither snow nor frost could detain him from his daily rambles . So about noon , he regularly threw aside books and papers , took his hat and staff , and went ...
... cold and inclement ; but Ernest Maltravers was a hardy lover of nature , and neither snow nor frost could detain him from his daily rambles . So about noon , he regularly threw aside books and papers , took his hat and staff , and went ...
Strona 45
... cold corridor , these bitter nights ? " " I am used to cold , sir . Father would not let me have a fire when he was not at home . " " No , Alice , but you shall come into the room while I play , and I will give you a lesson or two . I ...
... cold corridor , these bitter nights ? " " I am used to cold , sir . Father would not let me have a fire when he was not at home . " " No , Alice , but you shall come into the room while I play , and I will give you a lesson or two . I ...
Strona 61
... cold for you . " But it is a love Come , we will go They entered , his arm round her waist . The room smiled upon them its quiet welcome ; and Alice , whose heart had not half vented its fullness , sat down to the instrument still to ...
... cold for you . " But it is a love Come , we will go They entered , his arm round her waist . The room smiled upon them its quiet welcome ; and Alice , whose heart had not half vented its fullness , sat down to the instrument still to ...
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