Life ...Houghton, Mifflin, 1874 - 208 pages |
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Page 23
... light ; but he did n't need it . I went out , holding stu- pidly the candle in my hand in the calm , frosty air ; we were soon at the gate . I could have helped him , but I saw he was not to be meddled with , and he was strong , and did ...
... light ; but he did n't need it . I went out , holding stu- pidly the candle in my hand in the calm , frosty air ; we were soon at the gate . I could have helped him , but I saw he was not to be meddled with , and he was strong , and did ...
Page 24
... light touching the Pentlands and making them like on - looking ghosts ; then down the hill through Auch- indinny woods , past " haunted Woodhouselee " ; and as daybreak came sweeping up the bleak Lammermuirs , and fell on his own door ...
... light touching the Pentlands and making them like on - looking ghosts ; then down the hill through Auch- indinny woods , past " haunted Woodhouselee " ; and as daybreak came sweeping up the bleak Lammermuirs , and fell on his own door ...
Page 31
... lights were still seen burning in the windows , and asked the aston- ished people who answered their summons whether any Mr. Hapford were known to live in the neighborhood . And although the search for this gentleman proved vain , the ...
... lights were still seen burning in the windows , and asked the aston- ished people who answered their summons whether any Mr. Hapford were known to live in the neighborhood . And although the search for this gentleman proved vain , the ...
Page 33
... lights , in the mere wantonness of good - will , and going away before they could be answered ( it would be enter- taining to know what dreams they caused the sleepers within ) , there seemed to be nothing for it but to give up the ...
... lights , in the mere wantonness of good - will , and going away before they could be answered ( it would be enter- taining to know what dreams they caused the sleepers within ) , there seemed to be nothing for it but to give up the ...
Page 38
... light as he climbed the hill and rang at Mr. Hapford's door . The door was opened by a young girl of fifteen or sixteen , whom he knew at a glance for the second mate's daughter , but of whom , for form's sake , he asked if there were a ...
... light as he climbed the hill and rang at Mr. Hapford's door . The door was opened by a young girl of fifteen or sixteen , whom he knew at a glance for the second mate's daughter , but of whom , for form's sake , he asked if there were a ...
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