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... mean seriously to propose this plan . " You are not serious , I am sure , " she added . 66 " No , " replied Mr. Morelle , " I am not really serious . I should not think it wise to send off two such children on such an expedition , as a ...
... mean seriously to propose this plan . " You are not serious , I am sure , " she added . 66 " No , " replied Mr. Morelle , " I am not really serious . I should not think it wise to send off two such children on such an expedition , as a ...
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... mean time she and the children , after Mr. Morelle's departure , were to amuse themselves in visiting the palaces and other objects of interest in Rome , and then , on Mr. Otis's return , they were all to set out together for the ...
... mean time she and the children , after Mr. Morelle's departure , were to amuse themselves in visiting the palaces and other objects of interest in Rome , and then , on Mr. Otis's return , they were all to set out together for the ...
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... very well until Saturday night , and then Mr. and Mrs. Otis will be here , and we can return to America with them . " The case did not seem by any means so plain to Mrs. Morelle as it did to her daughter . 20 AN UNEXPECTED CONTINGENCY .
... very well until Saturday night , and then Mr. and Mrs. Otis will be here , and we can return to America with them . " The case did not seem by any means so plain to Mrs. Morelle as it did to her daughter . 20 AN UNEXPECTED CONTINGENCY .
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... mean she had no idea , but her mother afterward explained it to her . The explanation was this . Florence was to have , besides the five hundred dollars in gold , a draft payable to her order , as the phrase is , that is , payable to ...
... mean she had no idea , but her mother afterward explained it to her . The explanation was this . Florence was to have , besides the five hundred dollars in gold , a draft payable to her order , as the phrase is , that is , payable to ...
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... which they had met with in being thus left alone at Rome , were it not for its being the means of giving him such a charming family to take through Italy . The vetturino always calls the company of passengers that he SETTING OFF . 47.
... which they had met with in being thus left alone at Rome , were it not for its being the means of giving him such a charming family to take through Italy . The vetturino always calls the company of passengers that he SETTING OFF . 47.
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Page 6 - NEW YORK: D. APPLETON & COMPANY, 200 BROADWAY. MDCCCXLH. V ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1842, BY D. APPLETON & COMPANY, in the Clerk's Office of the District Conrt of the United States, for the Southern District of New York.
Page 35 - ... income serve for your own expenses, as (I fear) from the narrowness of my present prospects It will not be in my power to afford you assistance. I had flattered myself with the contrary persuasion, and this is one of my airy Castles, the destruction of which gives me the most pain and disappointment. I assure you, it is a great source of satisfaction to me to think, that at least you have a comfortable House, where you are secure from vulgar intrusion, and vulgar occurrences; and I cannot but...
Page 71 - M sat at a window which was hall raised to admit the breath of a balmy summer day, and she had a book in her hand which she had been reading aloud to three of her daughters, who were engaged in useful and ornamental work.
Page 108 - So my mother was convinced that he was a thief, and that he had come in to steal the money from the pockets of her dresses.
Page 39 - Give my love to the children, and believe me, as ever, " Your very affectionate friend,