Robert Severne, His Friends and His Enemies: A Novel

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J. B. Lippincott & Company, 1867 - 369 páginas
 

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Página 171 - And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months ; and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion when he striketh a man. 6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it ; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
Página 334 - ... asleep beside the ox. There was straw in her hair when he roused her, and when he called her she put up her arm suddenly in her sleep as though to defend herself from a blow. When she opened her eyes at last, she looked at him with her strange speechless gaze, and he felt as though he faced a child He took her by the hand and led her into the room where that morning he had bathed himself for her, and he lit a red candle upon the table. In this light he was suddenly shy when he found himself alone...
Página 152 - ... place known to the Arabs as ' Bel-Kernin,' that is, ' the hundred thousand low (or little) towers.' M. Bourguignat says, that on the plateau of ' Sersou ' the surface is covered with dolmens, in groups and singly. M. Le"tourneux describes the province of Constantine as ' constellee ' with them ; and it is only within the last few days that I have received news from Algiers of the recent discovery of a vast dolmen necropolis in the district of Oued-Zenuto. Nor is the arrangement of some of these...
Página 171 - And in those days men shall seek death, and shall not find it: and they shall desire to die, and death shall fly from them.
Página 25 - ... Seeking his materials for the most part in the common paths of life — often in the humblest— he gives an importance to everything, and sheds a grace over all.
Página 171 - I speak what I do know, and testify what I have seen. " The name of the God of Jacob defend thee.
Página 187 - she is the most beautiful creature I ever saw in my life!" Lord Orville, as he well might, laughed; but answered, "Yes, a pretty modestlooking girl/' "O my Lord!" cried the madman, "she is an angel!" "A silent one,
Página 267 - an honest confession is good for the soul," and we were thankful that Gen.
Página 138 - When he got to his place he looked behind him and walked round to the other side of the table, and sat down next to the Duchess of St.
Página 306 - He took out his handkerchief and wiped the perspiration from his face. " Did you wear sleeve-buttons that day in your shirt ?" " I believe I did,

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