The Century: A Popular QuarterlyCentury Company, 1896 |
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Page 22
... half its effect , and so I found that it did when , our long meal over , we were taken to the Granovitaya Palata and ranged in order be- fore the throne , but at some distance from it , to see the Emperor and Empress served . One could ...
... half its effect , and so I found that it did when , our long meal over , we were taken to the Granovitaya Palata and ranged in order be- fore the throne , but at some distance from it , to see the Emperor and Empress served . One could ...
Page 30
... half - contemptuous affection for his mother could never again be what it had been - sup- posing , indeed , her story was all true . But in the case of a character like Lady Tressady's there are for long recurrent , involuntary ...
... half - contemptuous affection for his mother could never again be what it had been - sup- posing , indeed , her story was all true . But in the case of a character like Lady Tressady's there are for long recurrent , involuntary ...
Page 36
... half an hour he would be in that queer Mile End room , watching her - quarreling with her . A little later , however , as he was sitting quietly in the train , quick composite thoughts of Letty , of his miners and his money diffi ...
... half an hour he would be in that queer Mile End room , watching her - quarreling with her . A little later , however , as he was sitting quietly in the train , quick composite thoughts of Letty , of his miners and his money diffi ...
Page 37
... half - way down the Mile End Road , before a piece of wall with a door in it . A trim maiden of fifteen , in a spotless cotton frock and white apron , opened to them . Inside was a small flagged courtyard and the old - fashioned house ...
... half - way down the Mile End Road , before a piece of wall with a door in it . A trim maiden of fifteen , in a spotless cotton frock and white apron , opened to them . Inside was a small flagged courtyard and the old - fashioned house ...
Page 42
... half the room knew that she was Lord Maxwell's wife . But by the end of ten minutes their attention was gone . They were only staring at her be- cause she was handsome and a great lady . Otherwise , they seemed not to know what to make ...
... half the room knew that she was Lord Maxwell's wife . But by the end of ten minutes their attention was gone . They were only staring at her be- cause she was handsome and a great lady . Otherwise , they seemed not to know what to make ...
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