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He finds the happy and blooming girl whom he left the idol of her home circle , accustomed to affection and attention , surrounded by cheerful pleasures and graceful duties -he finds her in a miserable lodging , among strangers , faded ...
He finds the happy and blooming girl whom he left the idol of her home circle , accustomed to affection and attention , surrounded by cheerful pleasures and graceful duties -he finds her in a miserable lodging , among strangers , faded ...
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... and is like its parent , creative , impetuous , and credulous . Earth holds no misery so great as that of doubting the affection , which is dearer than life itself - and perhaps it takes its worst shape to a woman .
... and is like its parent , creative , impetuous , and credulous . Earth holds no misery so great as that of doubting the affection , which is dearer than life itself - and perhaps it takes its worst shape to a woman .
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I do not believe that affection can exist without truth , without the ideal , and without blending with itself all that is best and most earnest in our nature . Charles thinks far less of Alice than of the sneer of Buckingham and the ...
I do not believe that affection can exist without truth , without the ideal , and without blending with itself all that is best and most earnest in our nature . Charles thinks far less of Alice than of the sneer of Buckingham and the ...
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Contents
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The Gurney Papers Nos XIII XIV XV XVI By the Author | 264 |
Little Pedlington in a Pucker By the Author of Paul Pry | 321 |
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