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Page 11
... sure I cannot . I have been studying ar- chitecture these six months ; Palladio , Vi- truvius , Wyatt , and Steuart , are all at my fingers ' end . Poor Belle , who has seen after my wedding - clothes , knows that the only order I gave ...
... sure I cannot . I have been studying ar- chitecture these six months ; Palladio , Vi- truvius , Wyatt , and Steuart , are all at my fingers ' end . Poor Belle , who has seen after my wedding - clothes , knows that the only order I gave ...
Page 41
... sure it's no such thing , for it's a finè ancient place ; and I hope you will never let such a word slip out of your mouth again , ' specially before my mistress . " This " ' ' specially " was unfortunately ut- tered much too often ...
... sure it's no such thing , for it's a finè ancient place ; and I hope you will never let such a word slip out of your mouth again , ' specially before my mistress . " This " ' ' specially " was unfortunately ut- tered much too often ...
Page 47
... sure , from having just married the elder of her two sisters , and placed her brother at the University , set out immediately . Whether the complaint of Mrs. Margaret took a turn from the nature of the case soon after Miss Henville's ...
... sure , from having just married the elder of her two sisters , and placed her brother at the University , set out immediately . Whether the complaint of Mrs. Margaret took a turn from the nature of the case soon after Miss Henville's ...
Page 54
... sure all your clever women , when I was young , came under some of these descriptions what slatternly dresses , littered houses , neglected children , and dissipated husbands have I not witnessed in my younger days from such causes ...
... sure all your clever women , when I was young , came under some of these descriptions what slatternly dresses , littered houses , neglected children , and dissipated husbands have I not witnessed in my younger days from such causes ...
Page 64
... sure you the same - and " ( in a low voice ) " are you not come here to meet my mother ? " love me all " This is your mother , my love , ” said a lady , coming forward , who was , indeed , her aunt . Maria flung herself again upon the ...
... sure you the same - and " ( in a low voice ) " are you not come here to meet my mother ? " love me all " This is your mother , my love , ” said a lady , coming forward , who was , indeed , her aunt . Maria flung herself again upon the ...
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