The daughter of a geniusGriffith and Farran, 1879 - 127 pages |
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... continued to rave against what he called a " murdering maniac , " for a week , when he expired . Maria , fainting from loss of blood , was taken from her father's bed to be placed in another ; but as soon as she was restored , she ...
... continued to rave against what he called a " murdering maniac , " for a week , when he expired . Maria , fainting from loss of blood , was taken from her father's bed to be placed in another ; but as soon as she was restored , she ...
Page 57
... continued , because I liked it , and was enabled to read books in it , and that paid me for my labour . " " Oh ! I will soon teach them to read ; we will begin to - morrow - they shall learn it as a mother tongue : I will not permit ...
... continued , because I liked it , and was enabled to read books in it , and that paid me for my labour . " " Oh ! I will soon teach them to read ; we will begin to - morrow - they shall learn it as a mother tongue : I will not permit ...
Page 62
... continued to wonder and to doubt , if a letter from Mrs Margaret ( which , though short and pithy , contained much good advice ) had not led her to watch narrowly , and fully convince herself of this distressing fact . afflicting and ...
... continued to wonder and to doubt , if a letter from Mrs Margaret ( which , though short and pithy , contained much good advice ) had not led her to watch narrowly , and fully convince herself of this distressing fact . afflicting and ...
Page 67
... continued in her mistress's service without recurring to her former errors , being , by the care of Maria , placed out of temptation , and watched for a long time with a caution extremely painful in its exercise . This incident recalled ...
... continued in her mistress's service without recurring to her former errors , being , by the care of Maria , placed out of temptation , and watched for a long time with a caution extremely painful in its exercise . This incident recalled ...
Page 74
... continued , and its income was on the increase , eventual injury could not arise either to their creditors or themselves , and as they no longer were paying interest , the present oppres- sion could not long continue . Alas ! reason as ...
... continued , and its income was on the increase , eventual injury could not arise either to their creditors or themselves , and as they no longer were paying interest , the present oppres- sion could not long continue . Alas ! reason as ...
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