Dilemmas of Pride, Volume 1Bull and Churton, Holles street., 1833 |
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... least , if not me- lancholy in such thoughts . While her son was a minor , Arden Park had still been hers , at least the right of living there ; but to - morrow she was to set out for town ; she was to take her daughters from under the ...
... least , if not me- lancholy in such thoughts . While her son was a minor , Arden Park had still been hers , at least the right of living there ; but to - morrow she was to set out for town ; she was to take her daughters from under the ...
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... least , if not reconciled her . Ere she had quitted the pedestal of her youth- ful pride , beneath the shelter of her father's roof , with what appalling horror would she have thought of the chance - collected mob , about whose ...
... least , if not reconciled her . Ere she had quitted the pedestal of her youth- ful pride , beneath the shelter of her father's roof , with what appalling horror would she have thought of the chance - collected mob , about whose ...
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... least , Sir James Lindsey ; least in conse- quence we mean , for he was a very little , very ugly man , the express image of the knave of spades . He was , however , a vastly important personage , a bachelor baronet , with fifteen thou ...
... least , Sir James Lindsey ; least in conse- quence we mean , for he was a very little , very ugly man , the express image of the knave of spades . He was , however , a vastly important personage , a bachelor baronet , with fifteen thou ...
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... , every thing in short at which a glowing imagination takes fire ; the very material for a frantic lover , yet con- demned by his circumstances , either to lead a single life , or possibly at least contract a 48 DILEMMAS OF PRIDE .
... , every thing in short at which a glowing imagination takes fire ; the very material for a frantic lover , yet con- demned by his circumstances , either to lead a single life , or possibly at least contract a 48 DILEMMAS OF PRIDE .
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Dilemmas, Margracia Loudon. a single life , or possibly at least contract a mar- riage with the purse of some old rich widow , fitter to be his mother than his wife . For Henry Lindsey was one of the many living sa- crifices hourly ...
Dilemmas, Margracia Loudon. a single life , or possibly at least contract a mar- riage with the purse of some old rich widow , fitter to be his mother than his wife . For Henry Lindsey was one of the many living sa- crifices hourly ...
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