Great expectationsP.F. Collier & Son, 1911 - English fiction |
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Page 464
... MacStinger , to doubt that that heroic woman had de- voted herself to the task of his discovery and capture . Trembling beneath the weight of these reasons , Captain Cuttle lived a very close and retired life ; seldom stirring abroad ...
... MacStinger , to doubt that that heroic woman had de- voted herself to the task of his discovery and capture . Trembling beneath the weight of these reasons , Captain Cuttle lived a very close and retired life ; seldom stirring abroad ...
Page 465
... MacStinger , and carefully observing the behaviour of his ally , from the hole of espial he had cut in the wall . Rob the Grinder dis- charged himself of his duty with so much exactness and judgment , when thus put to the proof , that ...
... MacStinger , and carefully observing the behaviour of his ally , from the hole of espial he had cut in the wall . Rob the Grinder dis- charged himself of his duty with so much exactness and judgment , when thus put to the proof , that ...
Page 466
... MacStinger , but that the lady's attendance on the ministry of the Rev- erend Melchisedech rendered it peculiarly unlikely that she would be found in communion with the Establishment . The Captain got safe home again , and fell into the ...
... MacStinger , but that the lady's attendance on the ministry of the Rev- erend Melchisedech rendered it peculiarly unlikely that she would be found in communion with the Establishment . The Captain got safe home again , and fell into the ...
Page 473
... MacStinger , shook his head . " Shall I read the passage to you ? " inquired Mr. Toots . The Captain making a sign in the affirmative , Mr. Toots read as follows from the Shipping Intelligence : " Southampton . The barque Defiance ...
... MacStinger , shook his head . " Shall I read the passage to you ? " inquired Mr. Toots . The Captain making a sign in the affirmative , Mr. Toots read as follows from the Shipping Intelligence : " Southampton . The barque Defiance ...
Page 482
... MacStinger , but to abandon himself recklessly to chance , and be indifferent to what might happen . As evening came on , he fell into a better frame of mind , however ; and spoke much of Walter to Rob the Grinder , whose attention and ...
... MacStinger , but to abandon himself recklessly to chance , and be indifferent to what might happen . As evening came on , he fell into a better frame of mind , however ; and spoke much of Walter to Rob the Grinder , whose attention and ...
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Page 492 - London, by the great highway hard by, and who, footsore and weary, and gazing fearfully at the huge town before them, as if foreboding that their misery there would be but as a drop of water in the sea, or as a grain of sea-sand on the shore, went shrinking on, cowering before the angry weather, and looking as if the very elements rejected them.
Page 663 - ... down, and ever coming thicker. Bright and blest the morning that should rise on such a night, for men delayed no more by stumbling-blocks of their own making, which are but specks of dust upon the path between them and eternity, would then apply themselves, like creatures of one common origin, owing one duty to the FATHER of one family, and tending to one common end, to make the world a better place.