The Lady of the Manor: Being a Series of Conversations on the Subject of Confirmation Intended for the Use of Middle and Higher Ranks of Young Females, Volume 6F. Houlston, 1828 - Charity |
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... hope that my niece has done the honours of my house in my absence , as she ought to have done . ' " Your niece , Sir ! ' said Mr. Fitzgerald , evidently much discomposed , and blushing up to his very fore- head . " Yes , ' returned my ...
... hope that my niece has done the honours of my house in my absence , as she ought to have done . ' " Your niece , Sir ! ' said Mr. Fitzgerald , evidently much discomposed , and blushing up to his very fore- head . " Yes , ' returned my ...
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... hope , that there was some other cause for this violent glow besides that which was apparent . " At dinner our party was augmented by a visitor , whose habit it was to sit long over the bottle . I , however , left the dining - room soon ...
... hope , that there was some other cause for this violent glow besides that which was apparent . " At dinner our party was augmented by a visitor , whose habit it was to sit long over the bottle . I , however , left the dining - room soon ...
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... hope that he should find in my cousin any qualities which could make him cease to regret his disappointment . " All this was very fine to the ear , but it was decidedly wrong , and it was what I ought not to have listened to for one ...
... hope that he should find in my cousin any qualities which could make him cease to regret his disappointment . " All this was very fine to the ear , but it was decidedly wrong , and it was what I ought not to have listened to for one ...
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... hope you watch him , ' replied my aunt . ' I have seen many die ; and death sometimes comes on when'- — " She was proceeding , when I burst out upon her from behind the curtain , and , putting the worst interpretation on my aunt's ...
... hope you watch him , ' replied my aunt . ' I have seen many die ; and death sometimes comes on when'- — " She was proceeding , when I burst out upon her from behind the curtain , and , putting the worst interpretation on my aunt's ...
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... hope , were now admitted there , and for ambition and covetousness , envy and ran- cour , there was no room . Those benevolent persons , therefore , who are anxious to remove the authority of such tormenting passions from the minds of ...
... hope , were now admitted there , and for ambition and covetousness , envy and ran- cour , there was no room . Those benevolent persons , therefore , who are anxious to remove the authority of such tormenting passions from the minds of ...
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