A Knight of the Nineteenth CenturyWard, Lock, and Company, 1878 - 520 pages |
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... kind and consolatory letter , in which he charged her hereafter to trust less to the " arm of flesh " and more to the " power of God . " He also enclosed a note to the young man , which his mother handed to him with a darkly reproachful ...
... kind and consolatory letter , in which he charged her hereafter to trust less to the " arm of flesh " and more to the " power of God . " He also enclosed a note to the young man , which his mother handed to him with a darkly reproachful ...
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... kind to feel so after what has happened , and I will say this much - if I ever do wish to become a Christian there is no one living to whom I will come for counsel more quickly than yourself . Good - night , sir . " " Give me your hand ...
... kind to feel so after what has happened , and I will say this much - if I ever do wish to become a Christian there is no one living to whom I will come for counsel more quickly than yourself . Good - night , sir . " " Give me your hand ...
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... kind and win- ning ; make our safe , cozy parlour so attractive that he will not go out evenings to places which tend to destroy him . You feel an interest in him ; show it . Ask him about his business , and get him to explain it to you ...
... kind and win- ning ; make our safe , cozy parlour so attractive that he will not go out evenings to places which tend to destroy him . You feel an interest in him ; show it . Ask him about his business , and get him to explain it to you ...
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... that Laura had given him the mildest and most innocent kind of encouragement , and the result would probably have been the same if she had given him none at all , but his vanity , and what 44 A Knight of the Nineteenth Century .
... that Laura had given him the mildest and most innocent kind of encouragement , and the result would probably have been the same if she had given him none at all , but his vanity , and what 44 A Knight of the Nineteenth Century .
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... kind at first ? Having won his love , was she not seeking now to goad him on to its utterance by a sudden change of manner ? Thus he reasoned , as have many others equally blind . On becoming aware of Haldane's passion , Mrs. Arnot ...
... kind at first ? Having won his love , was she not seeking now to goad him on to its utterance by a sudden change of manner ? Thus he reasoned , as have many others equally blind . On becoming aware of Haldane's passion , Mrs. Arnot ...
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