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and - mind you don't tell Edgar, or Catherine - above every sorrow beside, this rose pre-eminent: despair at finding nobody who could or would be my ally against Heathcliff!
Although as pre-eminent in the chase as in war, a deer or a buffaloe was never seen to enter whole into his lodge.
This reticence upon his part had increased the somewhat inhuman effect which he produced upon me, until sometimes I found myself regarding him as an isolated phenomenon, a brain without a heart, as deficient in human sympathy as he was pre-eminent in intelligence.
There was a very pretty show of young women, and above them, the handsome old face and fine responsible portly figure of the housekeeper towered pre-eminent. The pretty girl of whom Mr.
"Reflecting this, New York and London have switched places, as the share of those choosing the City as pre-eminent dropped from slightly more than half to slightly more than a third," the report said.
In recognition of our capabilities as the pre-eminent global provider of health and wellness products and services, two new agreements, one with Virgin Voyages and the second an extension of an existing agreement with Norwegian Cruise Lines, were announced.
The acquisition of UBM Life Sciences assets includes iconic multimedia platforms in the health care, animal care, pharma sciences and dental fields, as well as three pre-eminent veterinarian conferences.
Summary: The independent cinema in known for it programming from the world's pre-eminent film festivals and regional film premieres
Summary: New Delhi [India], Jan 14 (ANI): A tribute to one of modern India's pre-eminent writers and activists, Mahasweta Devi, will be the first thing Google users will see today.
In her message on 17th death anniversary of Madam Noor Jahan, she said the songs, national anthems, ballads and poetry of Iqbal sung by her still enjoyed pre-eminent status.
The Capa Aviation Awards for Excellence, the world's pre-eminent aviation strategy awards, are for strategic leadership in the aviation industry.
Summary: The pre-eminent Christian political post in Lebanon moved closer to becoming vacant when MPs failed to gather in Parliament Wednesday to elect a successor to President Michel Sleiman.