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... will be a better son than I have been to you." Then, the reckless spirit of the man surviving to the last, Sir Jasper laughed faintly, as he seemed to beckon some invisible shape, and died saying gaily, "Now, Father Abbot, lead on, I'll follow you." ...

— The Abbot's Ghost, Or Maurice Treherne's Temptation • A. M. Barnard

... complimentary vote to him and other favourite sons, Adams would become their beneficiary. But the work of Fenton quickly betrayed itself. In obedience to a bargain, Gratz Brown of Missouri, at the end of the first ballot, withdrew in favour of Greeley, and although Adams held the lead on the next four ballots, the strength of Davis and Trumbull shrivelled while Greeley's kept increasing. Yet the managers did not suspect a stampede. Eighty per cent. of the New Yorker's votes came from the Middle and Southern States.[1367] ...

— A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 • DeAlva Stanwood Alexander

... it not when much indulg'd, Or held by slack and yielding hand, Lead on to woes oft undivulg'd, To crimes unknown, throughout ...

— Canada and Other Poems • T.F. Young

... forget—what's behind us," he said. "Now to find Surprise Valley. Lead on. Nack-yal is gentle. Pull him the way you want to ...

— The Rainbow Trail • Zane Grey

... lost inheritance, of course; that was a bona-fide discovery, even if Wiley had been the instrument in bringing it to light. However, the fact that Wiley had stumbled upon the documents while in Arizona might have given Thode a lead on some ulterior project out there in which Wiley was trying to cut the ground out from under ...

— The Fifth Ace • Douglas Grant

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