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Page 94
... turning every means of com- fort in her mind , stood in anxious cogitation . The long closeting of the parties caused a whispering among the domestics , as if it augured evil , and it was at length interrupted by the guilty party ...
... turning every means of com- fort in her mind , stood in anxious cogitation . The long closeting of the parties caused a whispering among the domestics , as if it augured evil , and it was at length interrupted by the guilty party ...
Page 98
... turned of eighty to disturb " the tenor of her way , " thus far upon the path , by fits of generosity . All her property was placed in the funds and other securities , which she did not choose to disturb ; and she gave Maria clearly to ...
... turned of eighty to disturb " the tenor of her way , " thus far upon the path , by fits of generosity . All her property was placed in the funds and other securities , which she did not choose to disturb ; and she gave Maria clearly to ...
Page 109
... turning its inside out on the bed , beheld all the contents in a moment . There was indeed a smelling bottle : there was also , to the amazement of Maria , a multitude of bank notes , and several gui- neas , which rolled about in every ...
... turning its inside out on the bed , beheld all the contents in a moment . There was indeed a smelling bottle : there was also , to the amazement of Maria , a multitude of bank notes , and several gui- neas , which rolled about in every ...
Page 125
... turned over ; for ever since Misses set off , there have people been coming continually , and they say as how she have gone beyond seas , and took all the money she had , and that you would never come back : and Cook and Sally , as they ...
... turned over ; for ever since Misses set off , there have people been coming continually , and they say as how she have gone beyond seas , and took all the money she had , and that you would never come back : and Cook and Sally , as they ...
Page 128
... turned thirty , one does not expect any thing so romantic . However , your mother is certainly always a little in extremes - somewhat Quixotic in her benevolence ; very good , but a little singular . " Words to this effect , implying ...
... turned thirty , one does not expect any thing so romantic . However , your mother is certainly always a little in extremes - somewhat Quixotic in her benevolence ; very good , but a little singular . " Words to this effect , implying ...
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