The Dennes of Daundelyonn, Volume 1Smith, Elder, 1859 |
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... until our own dear old nurse made her she pacified us by saying , " Our dear mother was right well again — yes , sure : and had gone appearance : nicely to bed . She had only been sitting by 18 THE DENNES OF DAUNDELYONN .
... until our own dear old nurse made her she pacified us by saying , " Our dear mother was right well again — yes , sure : and had gone appearance : nicely to bed . She had only been sitting by 18 THE DENNES OF DAUNDELYONN .
Page 53
... appearance and peculiarity . The chamber was darkened , even more carefully than when last I had stood within it ; the bedding was gone , the bedstead only remained . In the very centre of the room , just on the spot where I last saw ...
... appearance and peculiarity . The chamber was darkened , even more carefully than when last I had stood within it ; the bedding was gone , the bedstead only remained . In the very centre of the room , just on the spot where I last saw ...
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... appearance in the schoolroom . It was written in Harold's best and boldest style of handwriting , in black letter character ; which was itself utterly incomprehensible to us , and remained for many a long day afterwards a sealed book ...
... appearance in the schoolroom . It was written in Harold's best and boldest style of handwriting , in black letter character ; which was itself utterly incomprehensible to us , and remained for many a long day afterwards a sealed book ...
Page 98
... and portraits of old hunters , until he made his appearance , newspaper in hand ; and then , before his astonishment at beholding me had died away , I did " a round unvarnished tale deliver " of 98 THE DENNES OF DAUNDELYONN .
... and portraits of old hunters , until he made his appearance , newspaper in hand ; and then , before his astonishment at beholding me had died away , I did " a round unvarnished tale deliver " of 98 THE DENNES OF DAUNDELYONN .
Page 113
... appearance in a costume so dazzling , with chains , bare arms , blonde , and shoulders , that , as she sat shining gorgeously in the full blaze of an evening sunlight , she quite eclipsed our tapestried Queen of Sheba , and made even ...
... appearance in a costume so dazzling , with chains , bare arms , blonde , and shoulders , that , as she sat shining gorgeously in the full blaze of an evening sunlight , she quite eclipsed our tapestried Queen of Sheba , and made even ...
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Page 9 - They say it was a shocking sight after the field was won; for many thousand bodies here lay rotting in the sun; but things like that, you know, must be after a famous victory. Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won, and our good Prince Eugene. "Why, 'twas a very wicked thing!" said little Wilhelmine. "Nay... nay... my little girl," quoth he, "it was a famous victory.