The daughter of a geniusGriffith and Farran, 1879 - 127 pages |
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... probably meet on the road . He was successful , and the immediate help thus given to Mr Albany placed the sad accident under the most favourable character it could assume . Maria was herself bled , to guard her from the fever her ...
... probably meet on the road . He was successful , and the immediate help thus given to Mr Albany placed the sad accident under the most favourable character it could assume . Maria was herself bled , to guard her from the fever her ...
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... probably to the weak state she was in from excessive bleeding ; but she was long confined to her bed and before she left it , her husband and father slept in the grave , and she had not the consolation of knowing that she had soothed ...
... probably to the weak state she was in from excessive bleeding ; but she was long confined to her bed and before she left it , her husband and father slept in the grave , and she had not the consolation of knowing that she had soothed ...
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... probably taught cunning and artifice . But they did not tempt her to this sin by any little indulgences in their power to give , although they frequently accused her of it , and had called her so often " a little lump of deceit , " that ...
... probably taught cunning and artifice . But they did not tempt her to this sin by any little indulgences in their power to give , although they frequently accused her of it , and had called her so often " a little lump of deceit , " that ...
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... Probably ! —I have often known your very clever people show great adroitness , both in tormenting them- selves and others - they most obligingly call their fancy to assist the evils of their situation . " " My sister will never trouble ...
... Probably ! —I have often known your very clever people show great adroitness , both in tormenting them- selves and others - they most obligingly call their fancy to assist the evils of their situation . " " My sister will never trouble ...
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... probably with great truth , " that she had never known a woman equal to her duties , whatever might be her station , who could not sew quick and well . " Miss Henville now returned to that dear mother whom she had never left for so long ...
... probably with great truth , " that she had never known a woman equal to her duties , whatever might be her station , who could not sew quick and well . " Miss Henville now returned to that dear mother whom she had never left for so long ...
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