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... wish for a daughter , that I could almost be selfish enough , my dear brother , to ask her of thee for a life - long comfort . With four sweet girls left , would it be too much ? " But gradually , and by degrees almost impercepti- ble ...
... wish for a daughter , that I could almost be selfish enough , my dear brother , to ask her of thee for a life - long comfort . With four sweet girls left , would it be too much ? " But gradually , and by degrees almost impercepti- ble ...
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... wish to call on him , and I will trouble you to introduce me , as I have not the pleasure of a personal acquaintance with him . Miss Hay was not at liberty to leave her friend this morning . " Seymour bowed coldly , as if not well ...
... wish to call on him , and I will trouble you to introduce me , as I have not the pleasure of a personal acquaintance with him . Miss Hay was not at liberty to leave her friend this morning . " Seymour bowed coldly , as if not well ...
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... wishes . But no ! " he added , recollecting himself , " I did wrong to ask thee for a sudden answer . Affairs of importance should be better weighed . I was consulting my own wishes rather than 30 FOREST LIFE .
... wishes . But no ! " he added , recollecting himself , " I did wrong to ask thee for a sudden answer . Affairs of importance should be better weighed . I was consulting my own wishes rather than 30 FOREST LIFE .
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Caroline Matilda Kirkland. weighed . I was consulting my own wishes rather than thy good in this . Take a week for thy consideration of my proposal , and ask the coun- sel of thy friends . They will be better judges of thy real interest ...
Caroline Matilda Kirkland. weighed . I was consulting my own wishes rather than thy good in this . Take a week for thy consideration of my proposal , and ask the coun- sel of thy friends . They will be better judges of thy real interest ...
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... wishes . His own partialities were certainly not in favor of Tim Rice , since we cannot always love our benefactors ; and his view of Tim's character was a good deal clearer , and cooler , and less indulgent than was Mr. Hay's , this ...
... wishes . His own partialities were certainly not in favor of Tim Rice , since we cannot always love our benefactors ; and his view of Tim's character was a good deal clearer , and cooler , and less indulgent than was Mr. Hay's , this ...
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Page 115 - Fit you like a whistle, sir," said the pedlar, fumbling among his wares, and at length drawing forth a pair of candle moulds, much to the amusement of the bystanders. The rain which had begun to fall now cut short our conference. I bought a few trifles, and the pedlar received his pay with a bow which was almost a salaam. Mounting his blue hearse, he drove off in triumph, not minding the rain, from which he was completely sheltered by a screen of boughs fitted in the sides of his wagon, and meeting...
Page 35 - I DID but prompt the age to quit their clogs By the known rules of ancient liberty, When straight a barbarous noise environs me Of owls and cuckoos, asses, apes, and dogs...