New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 147Henry Colburn, 1870 |
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... felt sure that her grand- mother ( yes , I saw now that Mrs. Lawford was much more like her grandmother than her mother ) was by no means a fitting person to have the care of her , or one on whose word I could rely , when she gave a ...
... felt sure that her grand- mother ( yes , I saw now that Mrs. Lawford was much more like her grandmother than her mother ) was by no means a fitting person to have the care of her , or one on whose word I could rely , when she gave a ...
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... felt in joining in it . The words were commonplace , but he had the advantage of what people generally call " a nice manner . " I gathered from further conversation with him that he had bought Coombe Lodge , and intended to live there ...
... felt in joining in it . The words were commonplace , but he had the advantage of what people generally call " a nice manner . " I gathered from further conversation with him that he had bought Coombe Lodge , and intended to live there ...
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... felt more angry with myself than with Captain Landgrave for the simplicity with which I had walked into the snare . All this time I had not seen or heard anything of Priscilla , and as day after day went by and faded into the past , I ...
... felt more angry with myself than with Captain Landgrave for the simplicity with which I had walked into the snare . All this time I had not seen or heard anything of Priscilla , and as day after day went by and faded into the past , I ...
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... idea where I was , we came to the foot of a hill , and I really thought I never should have got up it , but the old woman cantered up in first - rate style , and I felt bound in honour to follow her as long as I 18 Stronger than Death .
... idea where I was , we came to the foot of a hill , and I really thought I never should have got up it , but the old woman cantered up in first - rate style , and I felt bound in honour to follow her as long as I 18 Stronger than Death .
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... felt the spell Of Christmas Tales , and sighed o'er gentle Nell ? Followed , enchained , a countless , varied train , Breathing of life , though children of the brain ? Ah ! what a boast is thine ! The alchemy which golden makes thy ...
... felt the spell Of Christmas Tales , and sighed o'er gentle Nell ? Followed , enchained , a countless , varied train , Breathing of life , though children of the brain ? Ah ! what a boast is thine ! The alchemy which golden makes thy ...
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