Dilemmas of Pride, Volume 1Bull and Churton, Holles street., 1833 |
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... never done before . So absorbing had been her reflections , that she had not noticed the gathering clouds which had gradually extinguished every star , and dar- kened the heavens , till all on which she still looked out had become one ...
... never done before . So absorbing had been her reflections , that she had not noticed the gathering clouds which had gradually extinguished every star , and dar- kened the heavens , till all on which she still looked out had become one ...
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... never done before . So absorbing had been her reflections , that she had not noticed the gathering clouds which had gradually extinguished every star , and dar- kened the heavens , till all on which she still looked out had become one ...
... never done before . So absorbing had been her reflections , that she had not noticed the gathering clouds which had gradually extinguished every star , and dar- kened the heavens , till all on which she still looked out had become one ...
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... never marrying , and his being consequently heir to the Arden estates , which were strictly entailed in the male line . Nay , his very nursemaid's usual threat was , that if he cried when his face was being washed , he should never be ...
... never marrying , and his being consequently heir to the Arden estates , which were strictly entailed in the male line . Nay , his very nursemaid's usual threat was , that if he cried when his face was being washed , he should never be ...
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... been brought into the world , except indeed to ruin his prospects . Had they never been born , they would not have wanted the property , and he might have enjoyed it . Now he must go and drudge at DILEMMAS OF PRIDE . 19.
... been brought into the world , except indeed to ruin his prospects . Had they never been born , they would not have wanted the property , and he might have enjoyed it . Now he must go and drudge at DILEMMAS OF PRIDE . 19.
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... never read any portion with interest or attention but the law of male entail . He was a batchelor , and likely to remain such for he could not afford to marry , unless he obtained a much larger fortune than he was entitled to expect ...
... never read any portion with interest or attention but the law of male entail . He was a batchelor , and likely to remain such for he could not afford to marry , unless he obtained a much larger fortune than he was entitled to expect ...
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