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Page 22
... aware that she had done wrong , and she aban- doned her house as suddenly , and delivered it as unreservedly into the hands of the new claimants , as she had formerly pertinaciously insisted on finishing 22 THE DAUGHTER OF A GENIUS ;
... aware that she had done wrong , and she aban- doned her house as suddenly , and delivered it as unreservedly into the hands of the new claimants , as she had formerly pertinaciously insisted on finishing 22 THE DAUGHTER OF A GENIUS ;
Page 25
... aware of her own error , bitterly lamented it ; and added , " that in addition to her own paternal fortune , all the ready money of her late husband had been placed in that bank since her widowhood . " The sisters went together : the ...
... aware of her own error , bitterly lamented it ; and added , " that in addition to her own paternal fortune , all the ready money of her late husband had been placed in that bank since her widowhood . " The sisters went together : the ...
Page 26
... aware she might , at least , have saved something from the general wreck . The sight of her mother and her child added to her misery , and she passed the rest of the night in strong hysterics , unhappily adding to the trouble and alarm ...
... aware she might , at least , have saved something from the general wreck . The sight of her mother and her child added to her misery , and she passed the rest of the night in strong hysterics , unhappily adding to the trouble and alarm ...
Page 46
... aware that it was by no means deficient in the higher qualities of generosity and disinterest- edness ; and she thought if her sister should resemble her , perhaps she would come to her , stranger as she was , and distant as was her ...
... aware that it was by no means deficient in the higher qualities of generosity and disinterest- edness ; and she thought if her sister should resemble her , perhaps she would come to her , stranger as she was , and distant as was her ...
Page 49
... aware how severe a stroke parting with her must be to a child so situated — a child that , with all the ardent , artless affections of early life , and with a more than common sensi- bility to the loss it sustained in being robbed of ...
... aware how severe a stroke parting with her must be to a child so situated — a child that , with all the ardent , artless affections of early life , and with a more than common sensi- bility to the loss it sustained in being robbed of ...
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