Marchmont: A Novel, Volume 2S. Low, 1796 - English fiction |
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... prefent highly refpectable con- nections do fo much honour to , I am . free to believe that the young gentle- . man whom I have to mention to you can- not fail of being approved , he owing . the decline of his family's fortune to the ...
... prefent highly refpectable con- nections do fo much honour to , I am . free to believe that the young gentle- . man whom I have to mention to you can- not fail of being approved , he owing . the decline of his family's fortune to the ...
Page 55
... prefent fate of the Marchmont family . • Althea then was fet down to this let- ter , when , as was Mrs. Wansford's cuftom , the came into Althea's fitting- room to make the enquiries of the morn- ing after her health.To thofe Altheat ...
... prefent fate of the Marchmont family . • Althea then was fet down to this let- ter , when , as was Mrs. Wansford's cuftom , the came into Althea's fitting- room to make the enquiries of the morn- ing after her health.To thofe Altheat ...
Page 71
... prefent agitation , however , permitted her only to liften in breathlefs fufpenfe : fhe heard Wans- ford loudly infift on their leaving the houfe , declaring he would fue them if they dared to ftay ; while the old mif- creant preached ...
... prefent agitation , however , permitted her only to liften in breathlefs fufpenfe : fhe heard Wans- ford loudly infift on their leaving the houfe , declaring he would fue them if they dared to ftay ; while the old mif- creant preached ...
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... prefent , and attempted to lose the unealy impreffion that this ftrange circumftance had left : but it ftill recurred to her mind ; nor could fhe for- bear speaking of it , and suggesting such ideas as arose about it , to Mrs. Wans ...
... prefent , and attempted to lose the unealy impreffion that this ftrange circumftance had left : but it ftill recurred to her mind ; nor could fhe for- bear speaking of it , and suggesting such ideas as arose about it , to Mrs. Wans ...
Page 109
... prefent purfuit , by ways known only to myself ; but I cannot go till you conde- fcend to promise me the honour of five minutes converfation once again . Tell me - may I hope for it , Madam ? ” The voices became louder and nearer ...
... prefent purfuit , by ways known only to myself ; but I cannot go till you conde- fcend to promise me the honour of five minutes converfation once again . Tell me - may I hope for it , Madam ? ” The voices became louder and nearer ...
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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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