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... them nothing prohibi- tory ; he had no particular objection sometimes to do a thing he was asked to do ; but a thing he was asked not to do , he was always sure to do ! And if it happened to be a thing 22 DILEMMAS OF PRIDE .
... them nothing prohibi- tory ; he had no particular objection sometimes to do a thing he was asked to do ; but a thing he was asked not to do , he was always sure to do ! And if it happened to be a thing 22 DILEMMAS OF PRIDE .
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... the length of an evening , stuck upright on one of these here ricketty bits of chairs , I'd be glad to know . " " Why , it will not be very comfortable , to be sure , " answered Mrs. Dorothea , " so long DILEMMAS OF PRIDE . 29.
... the length of an evening , stuck upright on one of these here ricketty bits of chairs , I'd be glad to know . " " Why , it will not be very comfortable , to be sure , " answered Mrs. Dorothea , " so long DILEMMAS OF PRIDE . 29.
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Dilemmas, Margracia Loudon. sure , " answered Mrs. Dorothea , " so long as it lasts ; but she has promised faithfully , that as soon as the sick lady goes away , which will be in about a week , she will let me have the sofa out of the ...
Dilemmas, Margracia Loudon. sure , " answered Mrs. Dorothea , " so long as it lasts ; but she has promised faithfully , that as soon as the sick lady goes away , which will be in about a week , she will let me have the sofa out of the ...
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... sure , are lined with blue and they should have been pink . " " And here's no key , " said Sarah , examining the chiffonier ; " and I declare if the lock ante broke . " " That is provoking , " said Mrs. Dorothea , “ she must get me a ...
... sure , are lined with blue and they should have been pink . " " And here's no key , " said Sarah , examining the chiffonier ; " and I declare if the lock ante broke . " " That is provoking , " said Mrs. Dorothea , “ she must get me a ...
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... the other day ; and as for his poor good- natured , vulgar wife , she has been fattened on whey , I suppose , till no reasonable door can admit her . " " Well to be sure ! " exclaimed the abigail DILEMMAS OF PRIDE . 35.
... the other day ; and as for his poor good- natured , vulgar wife , she has been fattened on whey , I suppose , till no reasonable door can admit her . " " Well to be sure ! " exclaimed the abigail DILEMMAS OF PRIDE . 35.
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