Guild Court: A London StoryGuild Court is the 1869 novel by the famous Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister, George MacDonald. The story follows two families through a series of interconnected tales and several twists of fortune. A quaint story with unforgettable characters that made George MacDonald the great author he was know as. |
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So he tells me , " returned Mr . Boxall , with remarkable good humour . “ We
expect you to dine with us to - morrow , mind . " “ Thank you , I have another
engagement , " answered Thomas , with dignity , as he thought . Now at length Mr
. Boxall ...
So he tells me , " returned Mr . Boxall , with remarkable good humour . “ We
expect you to dine with us to - morrow , mind . " “ Thank you , I have another
engagement , " answered Thomas , with dignity , as he thought . Now at length Mr
. Boxall ...
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I have no reason to doubt it , my young friend , ” returned the curate , who was not
ten years older than his young friend . “ I only fancied — no doubt it was but the
foolish fancy of my own anxiety - that you did not respond quite so heartily as ...
I have no reason to doubt it , my young friend , ” returned the curate , who was not
ten years older than his young friend . “ I only fancied — no doubt it was but the
foolish fancy of my own anxiety - that you did not respond quite so heartily as ...
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He had not returned home till late the night before , and Thomas had gone to bed
without seeing him . Still he had been up the first in the house , and had been at
work for a couple of hours upon the papers he had brought home in his blue ...
He had not returned home till late the night before , and Thomas had gone to bed
without seeing him . Still he had been up the first in the house , and had been at
work for a couple of hours upon the papers he had brought home in his blue ...
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But that is not exactly the kind of honesty I mean , " returned Mr . Worboise , with a
fishy smile , for his mouth was exactly of the fish - type . “ The law scarcely refers
to the conduct of a gentleman as a gentleman . " This was obscure to his son ...
But that is not exactly the kind of honesty I mean , " returned Mr . Worboise , with a
fishy smile , for his mouth was exactly of the fish - type . “ The law scarcely refers
to the conduct of a gentleman as a gentleman . " This was obscure to his son ...
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Leave it to me , then , my boy , " returned his father , kindly . “ I will manage it . My
business is not so very pressing but that I can go if I choose . I will write and say
that a change in my plans has put it in my power to be his guest , after all , and ...
Leave it to me , then , my boy , " returned his father , kindly . “ I will manage it . My
business is not so very pressing but that I can go if I choose . I will write and say
that a change in my plans has put it in my power to be his guest , after all , and ...
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Side 6 - Familiar Words. An Index Verborum, or Quotation Handbook. Affording an immediate Reference to Phrases and Sentences that have become embedded in the English language. 3rd and enlarged Edition. "The most extensive dictionary of quotation we have met with." — Notes and Queries. Essays by Montaigne. Edited and Annotated by the Author of "The Gentle Life.
Side 91 - The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren. How many things by season seasoned are To their right praise, and true perfection!
Side 6 - The Silent Hour; Essays, Original and Selected. By the Author of
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Side 1 - Child of the Cavern ( The) ; or, Strange Doings Underground. By JULES VERNE. Translated by WHG KINGSTON. Numerous Illustrations. Sq. cr. 8vo, gilt edges, Is.
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Side 1 - STONEHOUSE, F. TAYLER, G. THOMAS, HJ TOWNSHEND, EH WEHNERT, HARRISON WEIR, &c. Bloomfield's Farmer's Boy. Campbell's Pleasures of Hope. Coleridge's Ancient Mariner. Goldsmith's Deserted Village. Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield. Gray's Elegy in a Churchyard. Keat's Eve of St. Agnes. Milton's L' Allegro. Poetry of Nature. Harrison Weir. Rogers