Widow Wakefull's mission; or Gleanings in mildewed and blighted fields [by C. Grant].1873 |
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... girls who never knew miseries of the kind I have suffered from . " The widow bowed assent , but looked as if she feared they were coming on tender ground . A rather painful pause in the conversation ensued , during which Harry Stancliff ...
... girls who never knew miseries of the kind I have suffered from . " The widow bowed assent , but looked as if she feared they were coming on tender ground . A rather painful pause in the conversation ensued , during which Harry Stancliff ...
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... girl ( of this Selden family ) could make money honestly , surely almost any girl of average ability could do it ; and the inquisitive widow resolved to try and have another confidential conversation with Miss Selden.
... girl ( of this Selden family ) could make money honestly , surely almost any girl of average ability could do it ; and the inquisitive widow resolved to try and have another confidential conversation with Miss Selden.
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... girl had left her native land in disgust , owing to the disgrace she had apparently incurred , it was amply proved that she was entirely innocent of the theft that had been laid to her charge ; for a fellow - servant , who for some ...
... girl had left her native land in disgust , owing to the disgrace she had apparently incurred , it was amply proved that she was entirely innocent of the theft that had been laid to her charge ; for a fellow - servant , who for some ...
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Catherine Grant. of his prey for a little while ; and young fair girls will come , hoping to meet with congenial spirits of the stronger sex , with whom they can have tender rural flirtations amongst woods and groves , or " by the sad ...
Catherine Grant. of his prey for a little while ; and young fair girls will come , hoping to meet with congenial spirits of the stronger sex , with whom they can have tender rural flirtations amongst woods and groves , or " by the sad ...
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... girl on her first introduc- tion into the family . In fact she may have regarded me as somewhat of an intruder , and if this were really the case , I must confess that by degrees the good that was really in her nature , overcame in a ...
... girl on her first introduc- tion into the family . In fact she may have regarded me as somewhat of an intruder , and if this were really the case , I must confess that by degrees the good that was really in her nature , overcame in a ...
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