Dilemmas of Pride, Volume 1Bull and Churton, Holles street., 1833 |
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... friends as sought to flatter their secret wishes , speculate on the pos sibility of his uncle's never marrying , and his being consequently heir to the Arden estates , which were strictly entailed in the male line . Nay , his very ...
... friends as sought to flatter their secret wishes , speculate on the pos sibility of his uncle's never marrying , and his being consequently heir to the Arden estates , which were strictly entailed in the male line . Nay , his very ...
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... friend of mine ) , for they was a saying , as I said , that they didn't think as they should call any more ; for that nobody never knew where to find you , as you was always a chang ... friends that they would call c 3 DILEMMAS OF PRIDE . 33.
... friend of mine ) , for they was a saying , as I said , that they didn't think as they should call any more ; for that nobody never knew where to find you , as you was always a chang ... friends that they would call c 3 DILEMMAS OF PRIDE . 33.
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Dilemmas, Margracia Loudon. lar a request of my friends that they would call on them , that I quite laid myself under obliga- tions to people . They could find out my lodg- ings fast enough , when they were coming to my little sociable ...
Dilemmas, Margracia Loudon. lar a request of my friends that they would call on them , that I quite laid myself under obliga- tions to people . They could find out my lodg- ings fast enough , when they were coming to my little sociable ...
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... It was a set I should not have joined cer- tainly ; but quite good enough for the Salters , whom I should never have visited , had the friend 4 ་ ་ who wrote to me about them been sufficiently explicit as 38 DILEMMAS OF PRIDE .
... It was a set I should not have joined cer- tainly ; but quite good enough for the Salters , whom I should never have visited , had the friend 4 ་ ་ who wrote to me about them been sufficiently explicit as 38 DILEMMAS OF PRIDE .
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... with as much cir- cumlocution , preparation , and management , as though he had in view nothing less than the place of prime minister , demanded if he could : venture to introduce him to his fair friends , as 74 DILEMMAS OF PRIDE .
... with as much cir- cumlocution , preparation , and management , as though he had in view nothing less than the place of prime minister , demanded if he could : venture to introduce him to his fair friends , as 74 DILEMMAS OF PRIDE .
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