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residence in a frame of mind that was moderately complacent. As the thing was going to be done he w...
been perfectly well able to recite "On Linden when the sun was low," but one felt certain that noth...
distilled and stored for hundreds of years, and where the windows have seldom been opened. In the d...
that he must take the patent leather from off his feet, for the ground on which he stands is hallow...
with its pitiless, ghastly mockery of consolation would never stop. End ghastly [´gɑ:stli] &n...
Youghal greeted Lady Caroline and subsided gracefully into a chair well in the front of the box. A ...
"Lady Veula is an ardent Free Trader, isn't she?" someone once remarked to Lady Caroline. "I wonde...
The head waiter there is an old Viennese friend of mine and looks after me beautifully. I've never ...
artificial growth. "It leaves a great deal to the imagination, doesn't it?" said Ada Spelvexit, wh...
"You are not very fond of the Jews," said Elaine. "I've travelled and lived a good deal in Eastern ...
satisfaction. Human nature knows millions of these inconsequent little feuds, springing up and flou...
a bluebottle that finds itself thwarted by the cold unreasoning resistance of a windowpane. "You're...
information of any importance was likely to come early to hand. Instead of the news she was hankeri...
"Yes, the House of Commons still remains rather at the opposite pole to the Kingdom of Heaven as re...