I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.
Self-Reliance and Other EssaysKiss me one last time Skye... before I die. I want to enter heaven with the taste of you on my lips.
Sins of the FatherAnd I know when your lips meet mine I feel as though I have never been kissed before.
Seduction of a Proper GentlemanYou know I have duties──we both have duties──before which feeling must be sacrificed.
Scenes of Clerical LifeDamien glared at the buxom beauty before him and almost gave in to the urge to strangle her himself.
Match Made in HellDeath, in its certainty, is exacting its due respect and repose before it takes my hand.
Mornings in JeninWhat was I before the war? It’s hard to remember that far back. But I think maybe I was human.
Majesty's OffspringHe had suffered, and he had learnt to think, two advantages that he had never known before…
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