'I should think, sir, if either of those ladies would give leave, I might some way get out by favour of your key: and as it is impossible, watched as I am, to know when it can be, suppose, sir, you get one made by it, and put it, the next opportunity, under the sunflower?—I am sure no time is to be lost, because it is rather my wonder, that she is not thoughtful about this key, than otherwise; for she forgets not the minutest thing. — from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson
good laugh in my sleeve
When I had anything to say to the King, I requested a private audience, which threw them all into despair, and furnished me with a good laugh in my sleeve. — from Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete by Various
grow lighter in mind she
After the first few days she appeared to grow lighter in mind; she talked more freely with those who came to see her, and gladly accepted friendly aid in little practical matters which had to be seen to. — from A Life's Morning by George Gissing
a b.a. rolfe production new york GROSSET & DUNLAP publishers Published May, 1919 PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTIONS FROM THE HOUDINI SUPER-SERIAL the automaton, the iron terror locke comes upon startling evidence in the path of the deadly acid the fight in the cafe after the escape from the acid the hag aids balcom in his nefarious plans eva is imprisoned in the chinese den upon de luxe dora's orders locke in the coil of the garotte the escape from the garotte in the clutches of the iron terror reviving from the effects of chlorine gas, locke is much surprised to see it is zita who has resuscitated him locke is bound in the "death noose" locke perfects his explosive-gas bullet firing-arm to use against the automaton bound at last "and i will marry her in spite of you," paul told locke locke foils the conspirators The last two photos in the above list appear to be from a scene that does not occur in this text. — from The Master Mystery by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
George lapsed into moody silence
It was not a cheerful meal, on the whole, for every now and then Sir George lapsed into moody silence and May's gaiety was fitful. — from Hard Pressed by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White
gently laid in mine She
The angel hand of her I loved Was gently laid in mine; She led me, by a path of peace, To Truth’s eternal shrine, Where my glad soul will never cease To worship Love Divine. — from Poems of Progress by Lizzie Doten
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