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... took my only sister , elderly and unmarried , to keep house for me . I find we shall suit each other . Moreover , there are no nice distinctions of society here to annoy us ; but all is frankness , cordiality , and ease . Unhappy the ...
... took my only sister , elderly and unmarried , to keep house for me . I find we shall suit each other . Moreover , there are no nice distinctions of society here to annoy us ; but all is frankness , cordiality , and ease . Unhappy the ...
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... took kindly to the Refor- mation , with its soberer ritual , and less ostentatious out- ward show of emotional worship . If the English are reserved , the Scotch are still more so ; and hence at the Reformation they proceeded much ...
... took kindly to the Refor- mation , with its soberer ritual , and less ostentatious out- ward show of emotional worship . If the English are reserved , the Scotch are still more so ; and hence at the Reformation they proceeded much ...
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... took him away from her . The letter which she was now reading was one of the many letters full of respect and attachment , written to her late accomplished son by some of the most distinguished men of the day ; and there she had sat on ...
... took him away from her . The letter which she was now reading was one of the many letters full of respect and attachment , written to her late accomplished son by some of the most distinguished men of the day ; and there she had sat on ...
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... took our Crown Inn , and began to prosper . Her simple worth made her respected , and her curious primi- tiveness was quite attractive . Two spruce young chaps , passing one hot day through the Village , stepped into the Crown to have a ...
... took our Crown Inn , and began to prosper . Her simple worth made her respected , and her curious primi- tiveness was quite attractive . Two spruce young chaps , passing one hot day through the Village , stepped into the Crown to have a ...
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... took ill and died , only a few months after we had become acquainted . An odd incident befel him on his death - bed ; and I must relate it , as illustrative of his character : —A thief made his way into his cottage one midnight , and ...
... took ill and died , only a few months after we had become acquainted . An odd incident befel him on his death - bed ; and I must relate it , as illustrative of his character : —A thief made his way into his cottage one midnight , and ...
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