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... Meloveeden's Narrative . - A living Automation and his Housekeeper . An Old Maid's Family - Panorama of Moscow Society — A friendly Quadrille . - Russian Foreigner . - Company at the Watering Places.- Glance at Venice , CHAPTER XVII ...
... Meloveeden's Narrative . - A living Automation and his Housekeeper . An Old Maid's Family - Panorama of Moscow Society — A friendly Quadrille . - Russian Foreigner . - Company at the Watering Places.- Glance at Venice , CHAPTER XVII ...
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... Meloveeden , with a troop of Hussars . He had all the good and bad qualities of a young dragoon ; was brave and honourable , acquainted with service , but was frequently out of order owing to his giddiness and his extraordinary passion ...
... Meloveeden , with a troop of Hussars . He had all the good and bad qualities of a young dragoon ; was brave and honourable , acquainted with service , but was frequently out of order owing to his giddiness and his extraordinary passion ...
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... Meloveeden , a spoiled child of fortune , be- came an object of love to all the young women for a hun- dred miles round . For him they made fetes , and always wished to have him at their parties , and what was most astonishing of all ...
... Meloveeden , a spoiled child of fortune , be- came an object of love to all the young women for a hun- dred miles round . For him they made fetes , and always wished to have him at their parties , and what was most astonishing of all ...
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... Meloveeden was touched by such a powerful ex- pression of passion on the part of the charming Petronella : he had never in his life seen how people grew sick and died from love , and being both a witness and an object of a scene worthy ...
... Meloveeden was touched by such a powerful ex- pression of passion on the part of the charming Petronella : he had never in his life seen how people grew sick and died from love , and being both a witness and an object of a scene worthy ...
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... Meloveeden remained constant : he returned an answer to every ten of Petronella's letters , full of tenderness , with the additional attraction that it was written on rose - coloured or green or light blue paper ; this was the fashion ...
... Meloveeden remained constant : he returned an answer to every ten of Petronella's letters , full of tenderness , with the additional attraction that it was written on rose - coloured or green or light blue paper ; this was the fashion ...
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Page 192 - But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest : for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.