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A woman's crime has almost always its origin in that which was given to be the sweetest and best part of her nature - her affections : a man's influence is much greater over a woman than hers over him— almost unconsciously she models ...
A woman's crime has almost always its origin in that which was given to be the sweetest and best part of her nature - her affections : a man's influence is much greater over a woman than hers over him— almost unconsciously she models ...
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The woman of his choice is fixed upon , precisely because everybody said that she was the last woman in the world whom he would marry ; and he chooses a silent simpleton , because all the world believed that he could endure none but a ...
The woman of his choice is fixed upon , precisely because everybody said that she was the last woman in the world whom he would marry ; and he chooses a silent simpleton , because all the world believed that he could endure none but a ...
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We can trust you — yes , Madam , I see by your enlarged forehead , your glittering eye , your resolute lip , that you are a woman above your sex . It seems that you already guessed the object of the Thistles : you were right .
We can trust you — yes , Madam , I see by your enlarged forehead , your glittering eye , your resolute lip , that you are a woman above your sex . It seems that you already guessed the object of the Thistles : you were right .
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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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