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... . I have been a scholar of Berto- lini's , " " Indeed ! " exclaimed Rosina . Huntley smiled . " If you should hear a guitar tinkling beneath your window , some night , " said he , " be ader . " sure not to B 3 VILLAGE BELLES . 9.
... . I have been a scholar of Berto- lini's , " " Indeed ! " exclaimed Rosina . Huntley smiled . " If you should hear a guitar tinkling beneath your window , some night , " said he , " be ader . " sure not to B 3 VILLAGE BELLES . 9.
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... night ; and a mock ermine boa which has begun the evening as a trimming to Lady Mac- beth's royal robe , has next made its appearance on the dress of a Russian countess in Love in Wrinkles , and finally encircled the neck of our ...
... night ; and a mock ermine boa which has begun the evening as a trimming to Lady Mac- beth's royal robe , has next made its appearance on the dress of a Russian countess in Love in Wrinkles , and finally encircled the neck of our ...
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... night after the battle , by his wife and a friar , who recovered him from his swoon and conveyed him to a hermitage where he remained concealed for many years . Huntley worked up these circumstances , which he imagined Harold to divulge ...
... night after the battle , by his wife and a friar , who recovered him from his swoon and conveyed him to a hermitage where he remained concealed for many years . Huntley worked up these circumstances , which he imagined Harold to divulge ...
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... night before , had arrived at the Grange in their absence , and Matthew was coming to tea . He presently entered , with his crony Sam Good . " I thought Pennington would be here , " said he to Rosina , after looking round the room ...
... night before , had arrived at the Grange in their absence , and Matthew was coming to tea . He presently entered , with his crony Sam Good . " I thought Pennington would be here , " said he to Rosina , after looking round the room ...
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... wonder whereabouts that Bloomsbury is , they are always talking of . A good way from the west end , I should fancy . " " Why , Matthew , what makes you so bitter to - night ? " " Am I bitter ? Well then , to please 22 VILLAGE BELLES .
... wonder whereabouts that Bloomsbury is , they are always talking of . A good way from the west end , I should fancy . " " Why , Matthew , what makes you so bitter to - night ? " " Am I bitter ? Well then , to please 22 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 ?