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... heard of in my life , to leave a young lady to find her own way through a wood ! It does not speak very highly of Mr. Pennington's politeness . I hope this headache is not a mere sham , to cover something worse . " " I thought Lewis ...
... heard of in my life , to leave a young lady to find her own way through a wood ! It does not speak very highly of Mr. Pennington's politeness . I hope this headache is not a mere sham , to cover something worse . " " I thought Lewis ...
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... heard any thing so odd ! " cried Miss Phoebe , " so rude , I may say ! Extremely tiresome , when we have so few gentlemen . " " Oh , you can't pretend to miss him much , at any rate , as you owned just now you had quite forgotten him ...
... heard any thing so odd ! " cried Miss Phoebe , " so rude , I may say ! Extremely tiresome , when we have so few gentlemen . " " Oh , you can't pretend to miss him much , at any rate , as you owned just now you had quite forgotten him ...
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... heard behind the hedge Rosina's heart beat fast ; the garden latch was raised , and she dared not look up , though she heard some one approaching . Bending over her flower border , she affected not to hear the quick breathing of the ...
... heard behind the hedge Rosina's heart beat fast ; the garden latch was raised , and she dared not look up , though she heard some one approaching . Bending over her flower border , she affected not to hear the quick breathing of the ...
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... heard of for several days . Mrs. Wellford , fearful she had had a relapse , wished one or both of her daughters to call on the old lady . As Hannah was finishing some fine work for Rosina , she offered either to accompany her or work ...
... heard of for several days . Mrs. Wellford , fearful she had had a relapse , wished one or both of her daughters to call on the old lady . As Hannah was finishing some fine work for Rosina , she offered either to accompany her or work ...
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... two equipages at Rosina's disposal had driven down the lane at once ! Matthew would have found that Mrs. Shivers's carriage literally " stopped the way . " Maria had heard that the Wellfords lived in a cottage 68 VILLAGE BELLES .
... two equipages at Rosina's disposal had driven down the lane at once ! Matthew would have found that Mrs. Shivers's carriage literally " stopped the way . " Maria had heard that the Wellfords lived in a cottage 68 VILLAGE BELLES .
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Page 214 - better come to you to ask whether or no to fetch Mr. Good, not liking to be the 'sponsible person myself." "What!" said Mrs. Wellford hastily, "do you mean that he is delirious ?" " Perhaps that may be the word, ma'am—what we call light-headed." " What can be done for this poor young man ?