Marchmont: A Novel, Volume 2S. Low, 1796 - English fiction |
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... objects , came home for the Christmas recefs , and , with the eldest , such a report from the mafter of the public school where he had been placed , that , though it was conveyed in terms the most confiderate , Sir Audley was convinced ...
... objects , came home for the Christmas recefs , and , with the eldest , such a report from the mafter of the public school where he had been placed , that , though it was conveyed in terms the most confiderate , Sir Audley was convinced ...
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... objects for fuch duties may not be found ; but none more forcibly at- tracted her benevolence than the poor old woman Mrs. Mofely , to whofe cot- tage tage her lonely rambles were the most frequently directed , 24 MARCHMONT .
... objects for fuch duties may not be found ; but none more forcibly at- tracted her benevolence than the poor old woman Mrs. Mofely , to whofe cot- tage tage her lonely rambles were the most frequently directed , 24 MARCHMONT .
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... objects of her generous care . One of them was a little boy of about five years old , who attached himfelf to her with fo much fimple affection , that he followed her in all her walks , and crept continually into her room when fhe was ...
... objects of her generous care . One of them was a little boy of about five years old , who attached himfelf to her with fo much fimple affection , that he followed her in all her walks , and crept continually into her room when fhe was ...
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... forwards before her , fhe figured to herself what Mrs. Mofely had formerly defcribed to her , the infancy of that unfortunate young man , when in thefe C 5 these then fplendid rooms he was the firft object of MARCHMONT . 33.
... forwards before her , fhe figured to herself what Mrs. Mofely had formerly defcribed to her , the infancy of that unfortunate young man , when in thefe C 5 these then fplendid rooms he was the firft object of MARCHMONT . 33.
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A Novel Charlotte Smith. these then fplendid rooms he was the firft object of his doting parents , who gazed at him with prophetic fondness , as the future support as one who was likely even to increase the refpecta- bility , of their ...
A Novel Charlotte Smith. these then fplendid rooms he was the firft object of his doting parents , who gazed at him with prophetic fondness , as the future support as one who was likely even to increase the refpecta- bility , of their ...
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affiftance affured againſt alarm almoſt anfwered appeared aſk becauſe believe cauſe CHAP cife circumftances compaffion concealed confiderable converfation dear defign deſtiny Eaftwoodleigh endeavoured enquire eſcape faid Althea faid fhe fancied father fear fecure feemed feen felf fervant fhall fhe faw fhe found fhe heard fhe thought fhew fhould fifters figh filence fince firſt fituation fome fomething fometimes foon fortune friendſhip ftill fuch fuffered fure haftened heart herſelf himſelf houfe houſe huſband impoffible impriſonment increaſe ingra intereft knew Lady Dacres laft leaſt lefs liftened Madam Marchmont Mifs Dacres mind Mofely moft mont moſt mother muft muſt myſelf neceffary never notwithſtanding obfervation otherwiſe paffage paffed perfon pleaſure poffeffed poffible poor prefent purpoſe reafon refolution ſaid ſeemed ſhe Sir Audley ſpeak thea thefe ther theſe thofe thoſe underſtand unhappy uſed Vampyre vifited walk Wans Wansford whofe whoſe wifhed wiſhes young
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