A Modern MephistophelesRoberts Brothers, 1877 - 290 oldal |
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... pain plays strange pranks , and sometimes preserves to manhood a youthful delicacy in re- turn for the vigor it destroys . But at a second glance the eye was arrested and interest aroused , for an indefinable expression of power ...
... pain plays strange pranks , and sometimes preserves to manhood a youthful delicacy in re- turn for the vigor it destroys . But at a second glance the eye was arrested and interest aroused , for an indefinable expression of power ...
29. oldal
... known a day's rest from pain of some sort , and never will , till death releases him ten years hence , perhaps , if his indomitable will keeps him alive so long . " 66 Alas , alas ! is there no cure ? A MODERN MEPHISTOPHELES . 29.
... known a day's rest from pain of some sort , and never will , till death releases him ten years hence , perhaps , if his indomitable will keeps him alive so long . " 66 Alas , alas ! is there no cure ? A MODERN MEPHISTOPHELES . 29.
32. oldal
... pain which preys upon him , till it grows too great to be concealed ; then shuts himself up alone , to endure it like a Spartan . Forgive me if in my eagerness I have said too much , and for- get whatever troubled you . " Canaris spoke ...
... pain which preys upon him , till it grows too great to be concealed ; then shuts himself up alone , to endure it like a Spartan . Forgive me if in my eagerness I have said too much , and for- get whatever troubled you . " Canaris spoke ...
39. oldal
... me much . " " I know it ; " and , stifling a pang of jealous pain , Olivia obeyed with the docility of one in whom will was conquered by a higher power . " A freak took me to the hills in March A MODERN MEPHISTOPHELES . 39.
... me much . " " I know it ; " and , stifling a pang of jealous pain , Olivia obeyed with the docility of one in whom will was conquered by a higher power . " A freak took me to the hills in March A MODERN MEPHISTOPHELES . 39.
43. oldal
... pain had failed to conquer the spirit of the man , and it seemed to sit aloof , viewing with a curious mixture of compassion and contempt the slow ruin of the body which imprisoned it . With an impulse womanly as winning , Olivia ...
... pain had failed to conquer the spirit of the man , and it seemed to sit aloof , viewing with a curious mixture of compassion and contempt the slow ruin of the body which imprisoned it . With an impulse womanly as winning , Olivia ...
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