 He thinks the whole world sees it in his face, reads it in his eyes, and almost hears its workings in the very silence of his thoughts. It has become his master. It betrays his discretion, it breaks down his courage, it conquers his prudence. When suspicions...  Daniel Webster, a Character Sketch - Page 164by Elizabeth Armstrong Reed - 1903 - 180 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Daniel Webster - 1830 - 518 pages
...sees it in his face, reads it in his eyes, and almost hears its workings in the very silence of his thoughts. It has become his master. It betrays his...from without, begin to embarrass him, and the net of circumstance to entangle him, th«T fatal secret struggles with still greater violence to burst forth.... | |
 | John Francis Knapp - 1830 - 258 pages
...seeg it in his face, reads it in his eyes, and almost hears its workings in the very silence of his thoughts. It has become his master. It betrays his...from without, begin to embarrass him, and the net of circumstance to entangle him, the fatal secrtt struggles with still greater violence to burst forth.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 pages
...sees it in his face, reads it in his eyes, and almost hears its workings in the very silence of his thoughts. It has become his master. It betrays his...from without, begin to embarrass him, and the net of circumstance to entangle him, the fatal secret struggles with stifl greater violence to burst forth.... | |
 | 1832 - 504 pages
...sees it in his face, reads it in his eyes, and almost hears its workings in the very silence of his thoughts. It has become his master. It betrays his...from without, begin to embarrass him, and the net of circumstance to entangle him, the fatal secret struggles with still greater violence to burst forth.... | |
 | 1834 - 614 pages
...sees it in his face, reads it in his eyes, and almas thews its workings in the very silence of his thoughts. It has become his master. It betrays his...discretion, it breaks down his courage, it conquers bis prudence. When suspicions from without begin to embarrass him, and the net of circumstance to entangle... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1835 - 524 pages
...When suspicions, from without, begin to embarrass him, and the net of circumstance to entangle htm, the fatal secret struggles with still greater violence...confessed, there is no refuge from confession but suicidu, and suicide is confession. Much has been said, on this occasion, of the excitement which has... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1835 - 1166 pages
...sees it in his face, reads it in his eyes, and almost hear» its workings in the very silence of his thoughts. It has become his master. It betrays his discretion, it breaks down his соигарт, it conquers his prudence. When suspicions, from without, beç'a to embarrass him, and... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pages
...sees it in his face, reads it in his eyes, and almost hears its workings in the very silence of his thoughts. It has become his master. It betrays his...suspicions, from without, begin to embarrass him, the fatal secret struggles with still greater violence to burst forth. It must be confessed, it will... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1838 - 284 pages
...sees it in his face, reads it in his eyes, and almost hears its workings in the very silence of his thoughts. It has become his master. It betrays his...from without begin to embarrass him, and the net of circumstance to entangle him, the fatal secret struggles with still greater violence to burst forth.... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1838 - 932 pages
...conquers his prudence. When suspicions from without begin to embarrass him, and the net of circumstance to entangle him, the fatal secret struggles with still...violence to burst forth. It must be confessed : it ivill be confessed ; there is no refuge from confession but suicide ; and suicide is confession." Mr.... | |
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