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Page 5
... hand contains several varieties of flour , and a buttery and milk- house supply other rustic dainties in pro- fusion . Is it not to be supposed that Mr. Hay and Mrs. Hay , and their five daughters , and their " help , " and their three ...
... hand contains several varieties of flour , and a buttery and milk- house supply other rustic dainties in pro- fusion . Is it not to be supposed that Mr. Hay and Mrs. Hay , and their five daughters , and their " help , " and their three ...
Page 7
... hand . This is , of course , the head man where hard work is to be done . Then comes ( I take them as they sit at table ) the rosy - cheeked , handsome , quizzical Tom Rice ; one of those resolutely agreeable persons , who are always ...
... hand . This is , of course , the head man where hard work is to be done . Then comes ( I take them as they sit at table ) the rosy - cheeked , handsome , quizzical Tom Rice ; one of those resolutely agreeable persons , who are always ...
Page 9
... hand " to perform Mr. Hay's bidding ; and Seymour would have liked his place passing well , if it had not been for Tom Rice's wit . This was " sair to ' bide , " surely ; but then Mr. Hay was such a nice man , and Mrs. Hay was such a ...
... hand " to perform Mr. Hay's bidding ; and Seymour would have liked his place passing well , if it had not been for Tom Rice's wit . This was " sair to ' bide , " surely ; but then Mr. Hay was such a nice man , and Mrs. Hay was such a ...
Page 26
... hand- writing of his sister . It was closely written , and carefully crossed , yet there stood Mr. Hay , -elbowed and shoved , -amid all the din of spelling out newspapers , higgling about postage , and anxious but ineffectual efforts ...
... hand- writing of his sister . It was closely written , and carefully crossed , yet there stood Mr. Hay , -elbowed and shoved , -amid all the din of spelling out newspapers , higgling about postage , and anxious but ineffectual efforts ...
Page 30
... hand ; " there is , my good friend . Our neighbour Mr. Ellingham has met with a great loss , the greatest , —he is a lonely man . " - " My sister ! " said or rather sighed Mrs. Thurston as she sank back , covering her face with her hands ...
... hand ; " there is , my good friend . Our neighbour Mr. Ellingham has met with a great loss , the greatest , —he is a lonely man . " - " My sister ! " said or rather sighed Mrs. Thurston as she sank back , covering her face with her hands ...
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