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Or if it be said that students require style rather than politics, let us recall what Lord Morley has written of Burke's style: "A magnificence and elevation of expression place him among the highest masters of literature, in one of its highest and most commanding senses."
Even Sandy approached this innovation with ingrained reluctance, but Marcia Lowe was overcoming his timidity and Cynthia had already conquered its mysteries and was instructing Martin. The greatest change on the Morley place, however, was the one-time shed bedroom of Sandy.
But the day before that in which we now see him alone, he had asked her abruptly, "If, during his absence, any one besides George Morley had visited at Lady Montfort's any one whom she had seen?"
Mr. Morley in the House of Commons. Hansard, June 6, 1907, p. 885. In England itself, though great political inventions are always a glorious possibility, the changes in our political structure which will result from our new knowledge are likely, in our own time, to proceed along lines laid down by slowly acting, and already recognisable tendencies.
Morley would seek to do that if she had her rights?" asked Isaura, with her musical laugh. "Not a doubt of it; but perhaps you share her opinions." "I scarcely know what her opinions are, but " "Yes? but " "There is a what shall I call it? a persuasion, a sentiment, out of which the opinions probably spring, that I do share."
But when the second day of the trial dawned, and she came down after a sleepless night to read discouraging news reports of the previous day's proceedings, she found that something stronger than herself was taking possession of her. In vain did she try to fulfil her accustomed tasks. Every atom of her was there in the courthouse beside Donald Morley, standing trial with him.
"It was you who started all this infernal business. But it's all over. You can arrest me as soon as you like, Steel, and if you can catch Morley I'll willingly stand in the dock beside him." As he said this the door opened. There was a noise outside. Portia was trying to keep some one back, but the man forced his way past her and into the room. It was Trim, and he presented a letter to his master.
Morley, that I wish to confide in you as far as I can. Now, you see, I am already an old man, and my chief object is to raise up a friend for Sophy when I am gone, a friend in her own sex, sir. Oh, you cannot guess how I long, how I yearn, to view that child under the holy fostering eyes of a woman. Perhaps if Lady Montfort saw my pretty Sophy she might take a fancy to her.
No one could tell him to what residence the ladies who occupied it the last year had removed. "I shall learn from Mrs. Morley," thought Graham, and at her house he called in going back, but Mrs. Morley was not at home; he had only just time, after regaining his apartment, to change his dress for the dinner to which he was invited.
I had been working along the lines of a fixed idea. Now that idea had been knocked into a cocked hat, and my intellect had been knocked with it. "Why why, no," I repeated, stupidly. "Francis Morley is the son of Strickland Morley." "There was no son," impatiently. "I am Frances Morley, I tell you. I am Strickland Morley's daughter. I wrote that letter."
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