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On the following day the promised letter came , and having been read and re - read by those bright eyes to whom it was specially addressed , was brought to Miss Wells by her faithful maid , who , irritated to the highest pitch by the ...
On the following day the promised letter came , and having been read and re - read by those bright eyes to whom it was specially addressed , was brought to Miss Wells by her faithful maid , who , irritated to the highest pitch by the ...
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They sustained him in the amphibious character of a courtier and a man of letters ; made him liked , though not much reverenced ... A letter from him in 1810 , gives his characteristics in the most unconscious yet accurate manner .
They sustained him in the amphibious character of a courtier and a man of letters ; made him liked , though not much reverenced ... A letter from him in 1810 , gives his characteristics in the most unconscious yet accurate manner .
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Now , " said Grunter , " as I said before , I am neither punctilious nor captious ; but when I find all the strong points of my letter cautiously avoided and I took remarkable pains in writing that letter - I will appeal to you , or to ...
Now , " said Grunter , " as I said before , I am neither punctilious nor captious ; but when I find all the strong points of my letter cautiously avoided and I took remarkable pains in writing that letter - I will appeal to you , or to ...
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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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