Ellen Glanville, Volume 1E.L. Carey and A. Hart, 1838 |
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... asking for a horse , and so on - you know the sort of thing . I will wait here till you come back . And kiss me , Ellen , before you go . You are a good girl , and pretty withal , and you know it is better to be pretty than good ...
... asking for a horse , and so on - you know the sort of thing . I will wait here till you come back . And kiss me , Ellen , before you go . You are a good girl , and pretty withal , and you know it is better to be pretty than good ...
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... asked the question , fixed his dark keen eyes upon her . Ellen was spared the trouble of answering , for Percival at that moment approached her . There was a little restless looking girl seated beside Ellen , who , for the last half ...
... asked the question , fixed his dark keen eyes upon her . Ellen was spared the trouble of answering , for Percival at that moment approached her . There was a little restless looking girl seated beside Ellen , who , for the last half ...
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... asked for his consent to Elizabeth's marriage with Charles Dalrymple , if he wondered at her choice of one whom he considered without exception as the most tiresome young man that he had ever admitted to his dinner - table , he was ...
... asked for his consent to Elizabeth's marriage with Charles Dalrymple , if he wondered at her choice of one whom he considered without exception as the most tiresome young man that he had ever admitted to his dinner - table , he was ...
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... asking for it . Now can you enlighten me ? " " If she cannot , Edward probably can , " interposed Eliza- beth : " I did not ... asked leave to bring her . When they were announced , I hurried to receive them , fearing that she might feel ...
... asking for it . Now can you enlighten me ? " " If she cannot , Edward probably can , " interposed Eliza- beth : " I did not ... asked leave to bring her . When they were announced , I hurried to receive them , fearing that she might feel ...
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... asked themselves , they will like to hear how the Mordaunt party went off last night . " This was Mrs. Beaumont's first address to her two eldest daughters , when they made their appearance the next morning in the drawing - room ; where ...
... asked themselves , they will like to hear how the Mordaunt party went off last night . " This was Mrs. Beaumont's first address to her two eldest daughters , when they made their appearance the next morning in the drawing - room ; where ...
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