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Page 11
... hope , for she is too amiable to play the part of a coquette . ' ' She must be morally , as well as personally an an- gel , ' replied Montgomery . ' Happy will that man be on whom she deigns to smile . Are you acquainted with her ...
... hope , for she is too amiable to play the part of a coquette . ' ' She must be morally , as well as personally an an- gel , ' replied Montgomery . ' Happy will that man be on whom she deigns to smile . Are you acquainted with her ...
Page 13
... hope- less one , on the fair citadel that contains the heart of Lady Rivers . ' He then departed , laughing heartily at Montgomery and his own nonsense , to perform his mission , with a feeling of great pleasure at the idea of obtaining ...
... hope- less one , on the fair citadel that contains the heart of Lady Rivers . ' He then departed , laughing heartily at Montgomery and his own nonsense , to perform his mission , with a feeling of great pleasure at the idea of obtaining ...
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... hope I shall recover my dig- nity and selfpossession by that time . ' They separated , Carroll to write to his beloved Constance , and Charles to reconnoitre the mansion of Lady Rivers in Sackville Street , and to give her , if possible ...
... hope I shall recover my dig- nity and selfpossession by that time . ' They separated , Carroll to write to his beloved Constance , and Charles to reconnoitre the mansion of Lady Rivers in Sackville Street , and to give her , if possible ...
Page 17
... hope of seeing her there . He was just stepping into a coach , when his progress was arrested by an arm being placed within his own . He turned round , and discovered it was his friend Gordon . 6 ' Dismiss your coach , ' said Gordon ...
... hope of seeing her there . He was just stepping into a coach , when his progress was arrested by an arm being placed within his own . He turned round , and discovered it was his friend Gordon . 6 ' Dismiss your coach , ' said Gordon ...
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... hope of dissipating his melancholy , perhaps with other expec- tations ; which if he did , such expectations were fully realized . Street , The piece was Gay's celebrated play of the Beg- gar's Opera ; but it appears Charles did not go ...
... hope of dissipating his melancholy , perhaps with other expec- tations ; which if he did , such expectations were fully realized . Street , The piece was Gay's celebrated play of the Beg- gar's Opera ; but it appears Charles did not go ...
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