Life, or, Fashion and feelingA.K. Newman, 1822 |
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Mary Ann Hedge. Sout ntric determination of partner of his travels . as an elderly and re- 1 he had been in the ded lord many years could not be . His the man , was being that Fitzwalter is a master was too good t ; but if ever be re ...
Mary Ann Hedge. Sout ntric determination of partner of his travels . as an elderly and re- 1 he had been in the ded lord many years could not be . His the man , was being that Fitzwalter is a master was too good t ; but if ever be re ...
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... determined not to give up the point without some further discussion . - " Why , Charles , " she said , with a well- affected tender playfulness , " you would not have the barbarity to shut me up at Wilmot Lodge with the old family por ...
... determined not to give up the point without some further discussion . - " Why , Charles , " she said , with a well- affected tender playfulness , " you would not have the barbarity to shut me up at Wilmot Lodge with the old family por ...
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... determined , if possible , to lose in the exercise the recollection of those causes which had transformed the gay and thoughtless youth into the anxi- ous and dejected man . B 6 CHAP . CHAPTER II . " The die is cast , and LIFE . 11.
... determined , if possible , to lose in the exercise the recollection of those causes which had transformed the gay and thoughtless youth into the anxi- ous and dejected man . B 6 CHAP . CHAPTER II . " The die is cast , and LIFE . 11.
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... determined to economize , till the period when the promising beauty of her daughter rendered it probable she would attract admirers ; and to this her whole plan of education was subservient - to this aim all her attention directed . She ...
... determined to economize , till the period when the promising beauty of her daughter rendered it probable she would attract admirers ; and to this her whole plan of education was subservient - to this aim all her attention directed . She ...
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