Dilemmas of Pride, Volume 1Bull and Churton, Holles street., 1833 |
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... attempted to help yourself or any one else to a chair , flew off , either into the mid- dle of the floor , or if it was the fire you had wished to approach , perchance under the grate . Over the mantelpiece was placed what the land ...
... attempted to help yourself or any one else to a chair , flew off , either into the mid- dle of the floor , or if it was the fire you had wished to approach , perchance under the grate . Over the mantelpiece was placed what the land ...
Page 31
... was never in such a place in her life ; that there was no getting any thing done , and that as to unpacking , there was no use in attempting it , in a place where they should never be able to stop . When the dinner DILEMMAS OF PRIDE . 31.
... was never in such a place in her life ; that there was no getting any thing done , and that as to unpacking , there was no use in attempting it , in a place where they should never be able to stop . When the dinner DILEMMAS OF PRIDE . 31.
Page 42
... attempt a supper - and who begins the dancing . The Miss Salters will get partners for once in their lives , I suppose ! And I dare say they will contrive to have a tolerably full room ; for I hear they have been getting all their ...
... attempt a supper - and who begins the dancing . The Miss Salters will get partners for once in their lives , I suppose ! And I dare say they will contrive to have a tolerably full room ; for I hear they have been getting all their ...
Page 140
... attempts to bow to Mrs. Dorothea ; but that lady always took care to be so much oc- cupied with other people , as to make it impossible for them to catch her eye . She however no- ticed their proceedings ; and observing that some time ...
... attempts to bow to Mrs. Dorothea ; but that lady always took care to be so much oc- cupied with other people , as to make it impossible for them to catch her eye . She however no- ticed their proceedings ; and observing that some time ...
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... attempt at imposition ; and minor exactments , to hunt eva- sion through all its windings . There might , also , " he added , " be an alien tax , to prevent the foreign artizan from sharing the immunity from taxation , purchased by our ...
... attempt at imposition ; and minor exactments , to hunt eva- sion through all its windings . There might , also , " he added , " be an alien tax , to prevent the foreign artizan from sharing the immunity from taxation , purchased by our ...
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