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Page 255
... Lewis Arden , who knew a good deal , had never hinted to her that she did not look as pretty as she ought . But light will occasionally penetrate even the depths of the wilderness . A young lady came to make a visit at Mrs. Flyaway's ...
... Lewis Arden , who knew a good deal , had never hinted to her that she did not look as pretty as she ought . But light will occasionally penetrate even the depths of the wilderness . A young lady came to make a visit at Mrs. Flyaway's ...
Page 261
... Lewis Arden , who did not like the gay lady , and had treated her some- what cavalierly , especially after he observed her efforts to acquire an influence over Can- dace . We cannot say how far the guest was conscious of a spiteful ...
... Lewis Arden , who did not like the gay lady , and had treated her some- what cavalierly , especially after he observed her efforts to acquire an influence over Can- dace . We cannot say how far the guest was conscious of a spiteful ...
Page 262
... Lewis Arden had one immense , undeniable , unpardonable fault . - His father , a plain , hardworking farmer , had toiled all his life for little more than a living for his family . He was one of those farmers who look neither to the ...
... Lewis Arden had one immense , undeniable , unpardonable fault . - His father , a plain , hardworking farmer , had toiled all his life for little more than a living for his family . He was one of those farmers who look neither to the ...
Page 263
... which was the only one . to be charged against that fine high - spirited Lewis Arden was poor . youth , his son . CHAPTER XLV . " How rarely reason guides the stubborn S 4 FOREST LIFE . 263 business should not be influenced by causes ...
... which was the only one . to be charged against that fine high - spirited Lewis Arden was poor . youth , his son . CHAPTER XLV . " How rarely reason guides the stubborn S 4 FOREST LIFE . 263 business should not be influenced by causes ...
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... Lewis Arden's poverty , it was not only inconvenient on the ordinary accounts , just as other men's poverty is inconvenient , but it took a shape of aggravated cruelty in his eyes , ( Lewis was no philosopher , least of all a stoic ...
... Lewis Arden's poverty , it was not only inconvenient on the ordinary accounts , just as other men's poverty is inconvenient , but it took a shape of aggravated cruelty in his eyes , ( Lewis was no philosopher , least of all a stoic ...
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