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Page 206 - Defend us with thy heavenly grace, that we may continue thine for ever, and daily increase in thy Holy Spirit more and more, until we come unto thine everlasting kingdom, through the merits of Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 117 - Open the ring and take her in "And kiss her when you get her in!
Page 191 - I said—' among other things, about where we were to go to.' ' You , . .' she paused. I proceeded: ' I think the best thing for us to do will be to get out at Calais; not go on to Paris: Suppose we went to some little seaside village in Brittany for a month or so ? It must be very hot in Paris now.
Page 144 - ... information from them as to who they were, or what they were doing in the water.