Mirk abbey, by the author of 'Lost sir Massingberd'.

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Hurst and Blackett, 1866
 

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Side 181 - ... sight of him, and almost quaked for fear), and, holding Leonisa also by the hand, thus addressed the bystanders: "Under your favour, gentlemen, I beg that, before we enter the city and the temple to return the thanks so justly due to our Lord for the great mercies vouchsafed to us in our distresses, that you will listen to a • few words I have to say to you.
Side 90 - in the course of which," said he, " I shall not be surprised to find that, one way and the other, some fifty thousand has gone wrong." Mr. Stamps was not quite at his ease, for the more he thought of it the more he felt convinced that " that Tweezer " had ferreted out more than he spoke of ; a great deal more, in fact, than was agreeable to Mr. Jabez Stamps. But he had told no one of the approaching return of Colonel Barbecue, and this event bothered him more than...
Side 80 - The representative of the Harmsworth press got on his feet so suddenly that he knocked over the chair on which he had been sitting. Having apologized for his clumsiness and set it on its legs, he thanked me for my "courtesy," said I would probably hear from "the chief" to-morrow, and held out his hand.

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