May you not rest, as long as I am living. You said I killed you - haunt me, then.
("Wuthering Heights")
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Riches I hold in light esteem,And love I laugh to scorn;
And lust of fame was but a dream
That vanish'd with the morn:
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You fight against that devil for love as long as you may; when the time comes, not all the angels in heaven shall save him!
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He said the pleasantest manner of spending a hot July day was lying from morning till evening on a bank of heath in the middle of the moors, with the bees humming dreamily about among the bloom, and the larks singing high up overhead, and the blue sky and bright sun shining steadily and cloudlessly.
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No coward soul is mine, No trembler in the worlds storm-troubled sphere I see heavens glories shine, And faith shines equal, arming me from fear.
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But there's this one difference: one is gold put to the use of paving-stones, and the other is tin polished to ape a service of silver. Mine has nothing valuable about it; yet I shall have the merit of making it go as far as such poor stuff can go. His had first-rate qualities, and they are lost, rendered worst than unavailing.
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I surveyed the weapon inquisitively. A hideous notion struck me: how powerful I should be possessing such an instrument! I took it from his hand, and touched the blade. He looked astonished at the expression my face assumed during a brief second: it was not horror, it was covetousness. He snatched the pistol back, jealously; shut the knife, and returned it to its concealment.
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