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Page 37
... improved her beauty , and , as a further and incontestible proof of their rustic breeding , they told her so , which made her cry , and then they were sorry ; and , on the whole , there was a degree of constraint in their intercourse ...
... improved her beauty , and , as a further and incontestible proof of their rustic breeding , they told her so , which made her cry , and then they were sorry ; and , on the whole , there was a degree of constraint in their intercourse ...
Page 169
... improvements , while he is in reality catching a very consoling nap now and then , is just now awake enough to beg his duteous remembrances to your ladyship , with like friendly greeting to Mr. Williamson , and to Mr. Ellis , who lives ...
... improvements , while he is in reality catching a very consoling nap now and then , is just now awake enough to beg his duteous remembrances to your ladyship , with like friendly greeting to Mr. Williamson , and to Mr. Ellis , who lives ...
Page 200
... improved by cultivation . Wild grass does not spring so early , except in moist situ- ations . The cows have been picking a little on the marshes for a week or two past , but the pastures near us are still rather brown . The trees do ...
... improved by cultivation . Wild grass does not spring so early , except in moist situ- ations . The cows have been picking a little on the marshes for a week or two past , but the pastures near us are still rather brown . The trees do ...
Page 233
... tyrannical propen- sities but she had so much of that charity which " hopeth all things , " that she per- suaded herself always that her husband was improving . CHAPTER XLII . " For the true - hearted soul FOREST LIFE . 233.
... tyrannical propen- sities but she had so much of that charity which " hopeth all things , " that she per- suaded herself always that her husband was improving . CHAPTER XLII . " For the true - hearted soul FOREST LIFE . 233.
Page 251
... improved her ; and though the vehemence of her gratitude to her husband's mother faded with the unna- tural excitement which attended its birth , the sentiment remains in undiminished force , and is exhibited in a thousand tender cares ...
... improved her ; and though the vehemence of her gratitude to her husband's mother faded with the unna- tural excitement which attended its birth , the sentiment remains in undiminished force , and is exhibited in a thousand tender cares ...
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