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... remains little trace of their footsteps : here and there an old scantily endowed chapel , long ago fallen into Socinian hands , marks where they once were ; but name and fame of them as a Church have long since de- parted . The ...
... remains little trace of their footsteps : here and there an old scantily endowed chapel , long ago fallen into Socinian hands , marks where they once were ; but name and fame of them as a Church have long since de- parted . The ...
Page xvi
... remains , that even in the Court , and its immediate vicinity , this gentle piety lived and flourished , and that the royal iniquity flourished with it , side by side . There has been much written on this crisis of the na- tional ...
... remains , that even in the Court , and its immediate vicinity , this gentle piety lived and flourished , and that the royal iniquity flourished with it , side by side . There has been much written on this crisis of the na- tional ...
Page 32
... remain behind . his companions ; and on the next morning Edith and he were to set out alone on their momentous journey . He had to leave the cottage immediately to meet with his brethren , and make the necessary arrangements . Early on ...
... remain behind . his companions ; and on the next morning Edith and he were to set out alone on their momentous journey . He had to leave the cottage immediately to meet with his brethren , and make the necessary arrangements . Early on ...
Page 53
... remain within the fated bounds of London ? " " Truly , for what men would call fantastic reasons , " said the author , with his thoughtful smile : because there were various guidings of me , in my humble way , that pointed , as I ...
... remain within the fated bounds of London ? " " Truly , for what men would call fantastic reasons , " said the author , with his thoughtful smile : because there were various guidings of me , in my humble way , that pointed , as I ...
Page 89
... remain- ed timidly in her kitchen , bathing her hands and forehead with vinegar , and ejaculating under her breath , fears , prayers , wishes , and resolves - very natural if not the most coherent in the world , while Edith , with a ...
... remain- ed timidly in her kitchen , bathing her hands and forehead with vinegar , and ejaculating under her breath , fears , prayers , wishes , and resolves - very natural if not the most coherent in the world , while Edith , with a ...
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Page 19 - So placed, — to be shut out from all the world ! Urn-like it was in shape, deep as an urn ; With rocks encompassed, save that to the south Was one small opening, where a heath-clad ridge Supplied a boundary less abrupt and close. A quiet treeless nook, with two green fields, A liquid pool, that glittered in the sun, And one bare dwelling ; one abode, no more...
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