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Page 22
... important business Seymour was far more competent than before , and especially when he observed the clerkly skill and neatness with which he could use the pen ( an accomplishment but too rare in the neighbourhood ) , his respect for his ...
... important business Seymour was far more competent than before , and especially when he observed the clerkly skill and neatness with which he could use the pen ( an accomplishment but too rare in the neighbourhood ) , his respect for his ...
Page 23
... important to Seymour , his scarce - remembered flame , Ca- roline Hay , had spent in New York , per- haps less profitably . She had gone to the city by invitation of a dear aunt , her father's sister , a member of the Society of Friends ...
... important to Seymour , his scarce - remembered flame , Ca- roline Hay , had spent in New York , per- haps less profitably . She had gone to the city by invitation of a dear aunt , her father's sister , a member of the Society of Friends ...
Page 57
... importance should be better weighed . I was consulting my own wishes rather than thy good in this . Take a week for thy consideration of my proposal , and ask the counsel of thy friends . They will be better judges of thy real interest ...
... importance should be better weighed . I was consulting my own wishes rather than thy good in this . Take a week for thy consideration of my proposal , and ask the counsel of thy friends . They will be better judges of thy real interest ...
Page 80
... scatter on all sides , to give an air of importance to their business . The floors were uncarpeted , and the windows . were hung with paper curtains . The room was almost unfurnished , for it had not been judged 80 FOREST LIFE .
... scatter on all sides , to give an air of importance to their business . The floors were uncarpeted , and the windows . were hung with paper curtains . The room was almost unfurnished , for it had not been judged 80 FOREST LIFE .
Page 113
... important points , is , in personal habits , quite as fastidious as one could wish . To me these things would be matters of in- difference , especially where the contact was only for a limited period . Mere accidents in social condition ...
... important points , is , in personal habits , quite as fastidious as one could wish . To me these things would be matters of in- difference , especially where the contact was only for a limited period . Mere accidents in social condition ...
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