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Page 109
... Purfleet , of Lincoln's Inn Fields , of the firm of Purfleet , Herring , and Smallcroft , can give you all the information you require . Write that down now . " ' The next few days my dear father spent in reading and prayer . Mr. Dupuis ...
... Purfleet , of Lincoln's Inn Fields , of the firm of Purfleet , Herring , and Smallcroft , can give you all the information you require . Write that down now . " ' The next few days my dear father spent in reading and prayer . Mr. Dupuis ...
Page 110
... Purfleet's power to cross from Southampton to the island in time for a funeral arranged in the ordinary man- ner ... PURFLEET , OF PURFLEET , HERRING , AND " " SMALLCROFT . ' ' My dear father , ' continued Edward , ' was buried on the ...
... Purfleet's power to cross from Southampton to the island in time for a funeral arranged in the ordinary man- ner ... PURFLEET , OF PURFLEET , HERRING , AND " " SMALLCROFT . ' ' My dear father , ' continued Edward , ' was buried on the ...
Page 111
... Purfleet and Dr. Anstruther ; and when I turned away from the holy ground , I saw that some of the village boatmen , to whom father was in the habit of talking and showing kind- ness , had of their own accord joined the pro- cession ...
... Purfleet and Dr. Anstruther ; and when I turned away from the holy ground , I saw that some of the village boatmen , to whom father was in the habit of talking and showing kind- ness , had of their own accord joined the pro- cession ...
Page 113
... Purfleet tells me that your father informed you of your relationship to me some months before his death ? " " Mr. Purfleet told you the truth , sir . " " But until your father then told you about his birth , you were ignorant of the ...
... Purfleet tells me that your father informed you of your relationship to me some months before his death ? " " Mr. Purfleet told you the truth , sir . " " But until your father then told you about his birth , you were ignorant of the ...
Page 114
... Purfleet has represented to me that it is desirable you should be raised above your present ignominious and vagabond condition , and as I have always found reason to respect Mr. Purfleet's judgment , I mean to be influ- enced by his ...
... Purfleet has represented to me that it is desirable you should be raised above your present ignominious and vagabond condition , and as I have always found reason to respect Mr. Purfleet's judgment , I mean to be influ- enced by his ...
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Page 264 - He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
Page 11 - Sabrina fair, Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, In twisted braids of lilies knitting The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair; Listen for dear honour's sake, Goddess of the silver lake, Listen and save! Listen, and appear to us, In name of great Oceanus, By the earth-shaking Neptune's mace, And Tethys...
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