The Essays of EliaDent, 1923 - 294 pages |
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Page 90
... Gladman . My grand- mother was a Bruton , married to a Field . The Gladmans and the Brutons are still flourishing in that part of the county , but the Fields are almost extinct . More than forty years had elapsed since the visit I speak ...
... Gladman . My grand- mother was a Bruton , married to a Field . The Gladmans and the Brutons are still flourishing in that part of the county , but the Fields are almost extinct . More than forty years had elapsed since the visit I speak ...
Page 91
... Gladmans ; who , by marriage with a Bruton , had become mistress of the old mansion . A comely brood are the Brutons . Six of them , females , were noted as the hand- somest young women in the county . But this adopted Bruton , in my ...
... Gladmans ; who , by marriage with a Bruton , had become mistress of the old mansion . A comely brood are the Brutons . Six of them , females , were noted as the hand- somest young women in the county . But this adopted Bruton , in my ...
Page 92
... Gladmans , who did indeed know something more of us , at a time when she almost knew nothing . With what corresponding kindness we were received by them also - how Bridget's memory , exalted by the occasion , warmed into a thousand half ...
... Gladmans , who did indeed know something more of us , at a time when she almost knew nothing . With what corresponding kindness we were received by them also - how Bridget's memory , exalted by the occasion , warmed into a thousand half ...
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