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Page 36
... stop , as it is very late , and we have to get up quite early to - morrow morn- ing to take the steamer . So good night . " From your very loving mother , " JANE MORELLE . ” I suppose it is almost unnecessary to say that Mrs. 36 STILL ...
... stop , as it is very late , and we have to get up quite early to - morrow morn- ing to take the steamer . So good night . " From your very loving mother , " JANE MORELLE . ” I suppose it is almost unnecessary to say that Mrs. 36 STILL ...
Page 52
... stop each night . There are also a great many other details , providing for various contingencies which may occur , such as detentions on account of sickness or accidents , payments at the custom- houses , and at police stations , extra ...
... stop each night . There are also a great many other details , providing for various contingencies which may occur , such as detentions on account of sickness or accidents , payments at the custom- houses , and at police stations , extra ...
Page 65
... stop the carriage a moment , having waited for a favorable time for doing this just as the horses had reached the top of a hill , when they would of course like the opportunity to stop and breathe a little before setting off upon a trot ...
... stop the carriage a moment , having waited for a favorable time for doing this just as the horses had reached the top of a hill , when they would of course like the opportunity to stop and breathe a little before setting off upon a trot ...
Page 72
... stop . " Thus urged , Mr. King spoke to the vetturino , and when the carriage stopped , he went to take his place upon the front seat . All this took place just before the two car- riages met each other , and thus it happened that while ...
... stop . " Thus urged , Mr. King spoke to the vetturino , and when the carriage stopped , he went to take his place upon the front seat . All this took place just before the two car- riages met each other , and thus it happened that while ...
Page 75
... stop the first night was a town called Civita Castellana . Some time before reaching this place they came in sight of a high mountain which seemed to follow them as they went on along the road , and to keep with them a long time . The ...
... stop the first night was a town called Civita Castellana . Some time before reaching this place they came in sight of a high mountain which seemed to follow them as they went on along the road , and to keep with them a long time . The ...
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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,