A Lost Love1833 - 243 pages |
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... idea of Chinese trees , whose branches , in the circumference of a flower - pot , imitate those of the gnarled , knotted forest oaks . Park too ! The place had nothing of that excepting the name , for " down in our country " they call ...
... idea of Chinese trees , whose branches , in the circumference of a flower - pot , imitate those of the gnarled , knotted forest oaks . Park too ! The place had nothing of that excepting the name , for " down in our country " they call ...
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... idea of insecurity to a long engagement . His brother and his two sisters had been betrothed - the one for two years , and the others for more than four , and the respective persons were on both sides of one mind at the end of their ...
... idea of insecurity to a long engagement . His brother and his two sisters had been betrothed - the one for two years , and the others for more than four , and the respective persons were on both sides of one mind at the end of their ...
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... things without much consulting either of them , had no idea of a woman's not waiting three years , or thirty , if her parents or guardians wished it . CHAPTER II . GEORGY having read her letter , went A LOST LOVE . 9.
... things without much consulting either of them , had no idea of a woman's not waiting three years , or thirty , if her parents or guardians wished it . CHAPTER II . GEORGY having read her letter , went A LOST LOVE . 9.
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... ideas of a husband were rather exacting . Her day came at length ; a worthy , prosaic gentleman presented himself , and Margaret contented her mother by ac- cepting him . But she was disappointed , and showed it in her sarcasm , which ...
... ideas of a husband were rather exacting . Her day came at length ; a worthy , prosaic gentleman presented himself , and Margaret contented her mother by ac- cepting him . But she was disappointed , and showed it in her sarcasm , which ...
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... idea of disloyalty seemed to attach itself to the omission ; but that was only a momentary reflection . " What mattered it to him whether she was engaged or not ? and what need was there to mention such things to him ? " so she never ...
... idea of disloyalty seemed to attach itself to the omission ; but that was only a momentary reflection . " What mattered it to him whether she was engaged or not ? and what need was there to mention such things to him ? " so she never ...
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