And now, mine own sweetest ! do you still wish to live single with me?" "Oh, father! father!" " Or do you desire that I should marry Charles to the woman of his heart ?" "Father! dear father!" " Choose, my Agnes ! It shall be as you command. Speak freely.... The Edinburgh Tales - Page 179edited by - 1846 - 379 pagesFull view - About this book
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...Choose, my Agnes! It shall be as you command. Speak freely. Do not cling so around me, but speak !" ' And so it was settled; and a very few months proved...title, and her fopperies, was the very thing to be vain of—the very thing to visit for a day ;—but Agnes, and the cousin, whose noble character and splendid... | |
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...Charles — surely, father, we may all live together !" And so it was settled ; and a very few mouths proved that love had contrived better for Mr. Molesworth...splendid talents so well deserved her, made the pride and the happiness of his home. THE DBEAM OF THE SEVENTH SON. BY WILLIAM KENNEDY. I. " THREE times thy red... | |
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