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... considered good of its kind . The various matters are also arranged under distinct heads , forming a ready manual to turn to on all occasions . " - Satur- day News . Every parent should insist on his daughter being able to quote page ...
... considered good of its kind . The various matters are also arranged under distinct heads , forming a ready manual to turn to on all occasions . " - Satur- day News . Every parent should insist on his daughter being able to quote page ...
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... considered without exception as the most tiresome young man that he had ever admitted to his dinner - table , he was satisfied that Elizabeth must be the best judge , as to whether his intrinsic worth , and his ten thousand pounds a ...
... considered without exception as the most tiresome young man that he had ever admitted to his dinner - table , he was satisfied that Elizabeth must be the best judge , as to whether his intrinsic worth , and his ten thousand pounds a ...
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... for ; unhesitatingly promised that Edward only should be told of all that had passed between them . Had Ellen considered the solemn nature of the engagement she was entering into , she would have paused ; but she ELLEN GLANVILLE . 19.
... for ; unhesitatingly promised that Edward only should be told of all that had passed between them . Had Ellen considered the solemn nature of the engagement she was entering into , she would have paused ; but she ELLEN GLANVILLE . 19.
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... considered as the truest , the frank- est of human beings ! she could not bear the thought.— “ I never saw Harriet Rivers till yerterday ; " these were his very words ; and yet a mutual understanding subsisted be- tween them , a ...
... considered as the truest , the frank- est of human beings ! she could not bear the thought.— “ I never saw Harriet Rivers till yerterday ; " these were his very words ; and yet a mutual understanding subsisted be- tween them , a ...
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... considered whether she could avoid asking them to her second party ; but , the matter had been set at rest by Edward , who informed her that she need take no trouble about it , as he had told them the day for which it was fixed , and ...
... considered whether she could avoid asking them to her second party ; but , the matter had been set at rest by Edward , who informed her that she need take no trouble about it , as he had told them the day for which it was fixed , and ...
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Page 176 - Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last ; One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen ; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes ; At every word a reputation dies.
Page 160 - That something still which prompts th' eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die ; Which still so near us, yet beyond us lies, O'erlook'd, seen double, by the fool and wise.
Page 38 - Women born to be controlled, Stoop to the forward and the bold, says Waller — and Lovelace too!
Page 122 - Tis yours, unmoved, to sever and to meet ; No pledge is sacred, and no home is sweet ! Who that would ask a heart to dulness wed, The waveless calm, the slumber of the dead ? No ; the wild bliss of Nature needs alloy, And Fear and Sorrow fan the fire of Joy...