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Page 253 - Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more : and they are cut off from thy hand.
Page 253 - Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me ; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
Page 2 - Carr of Carrlyon 2 v. — The Marstons 2 v. — In that State of Life i v. — Morals and Mysteries i v. — Penruddocke 2v. — "A nine Days' Wonder
Page 24 - Mannering i v. — Rob Roy i v. — The Pirate i v. — The Fortunes of Nigel i v. — The Black Dwarf ; A Legend of Montrose i v. — The Bride of Lammermoor i v. — The Heart of MidLothian 2 v.
Page 8 - Two Marriages i v. — Studies from Life i v. — Poems i v. — The Woman's Kingdom 2 v. — The Unkind Word, and other Stories 2 v. — A Brave Lady 2 v.
Page 26 - Claverings 2 v. Phineas Finn 3 v. He knew he was Right 3 v. The Vicar of Bullhampton 2 v. Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite I v. Ralph the Heir 2 v. The Golden Lion of Granpere I v. Australia and New Zealand 3 v. Lady Anna 2 v. Harry Heathcote of Gangoil I v.
Page 5 - Night and Morning i v. The Last of the Barons 2 v. Athens 2 v. The Poems and Ballads of Schiller i v. Lucretia 2 v. Harold 2 v. King Arthur 2 v.
Page 5 - KCB i v. Shirley Brooks: The Silver Cord 3 v. Sooner or Later 3 v. Miss Rhoda Broughton: Cometh up as a Flower i v. Not wisely, but too well 2 v. Red as a Rose is She 2 v. Tales for Christmas Eve i v.
Page 286 - ... mummified figure into a sitting posture. The little grandmother thrust a shrivelled claw into her peaked, shrunken bosom and drew out a paper, crumpled and yellow as herself, covered with strange crabbed hieroglyphics, whose hue had long since faded. She held it close to her bleared eyes—a beautiful light came into them, and illumined the million-puckered face. The lips moved faintly; "I am coming, my lamb," she mumbled. "Courage! The little mother is on the way. I shall look on thy face. I...
Page 4 - Meredith i v. — Strathern 2 v. — Memoirs of a Femme de Chambre i v. — Marmaduke Herbert 2 v. — Country Quarters (with Portrait) 2 v.

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