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Page 7
... situation in which they stood in life , as to fit them either for exercising judi- cious care over a large and splendid esta- blishment , or submitting to the privations of narrow fortune . Her cares and wishes took their full effect on ...
... situation in which they stood in life , as to fit them either for exercising judi- cious care over a large and splendid esta- blishment , or submitting to the privations of narrow fortune . Her cares and wishes took their full effect on ...
Page 15
... situation in life did not ne- cessarily exact personal attendance on her babe , it soon appeared that all the change effected by her confinement , was , a deter- mination to alter the dwelling , hitherto planned as an Italian villa ...
... situation in life did not ne- cessarily exact personal attendance on her babe , it soon appeared that all the change effected by her confinement , was , a deter- mination to alter the dwelling , hitherto planned as an Italian villa ...
Page 23
... roses , twining woodbines , green lattices , climbing ivy , seemed to forget the impor- tant change of situation , which was , in fact , combined with her removal . and It was her custom , on these occasions , to A TALE FOR YOUTH . 23.
... roses , twining woodbines , green lattices , climbing ivy , seemed to forget the impor- tant change of situation , which was , in fact , combined with her removal . and It was her custom , on these occasions , to A TALE FOR YOUTH . 23.
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... situation so full of care and labour . The first business of Miss Henville , and the most painful , was to discharge the upper servants , as she intended to retain only the lower , for whom she meant to procure sub- ordinate assistance ...
... situation so full of care and labour . The first business of Miss Henville , and the most painful , was to discharge the upper servants , as she intended to retain only the lower , for whom she meant to procure sub- ordinate assistance ...
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... and day by day , she pined after this unknown parent , with an intensity of anxiety not to be expected at her age , and arising entirely from her situation . As she was never admitted into the par- lour when 38 THE DAUGHTER OF A GENIUS ;
... and day by day , she pined after this unknown parent , with an intensity of anxiety not to be expected at her age , and arising entirely from her situation . As she was never admitted into the par- lour when 38 THE DAUGHTER OF A GENIUS ;
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