The confederates [by A. Moysey].1823 |
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... night or to - morrow morning ; and surely you do not call ten o'clock late . Besides , at all events - Better late , et cætera . " Here she condescended to look towards him , perhaps in order to see by what mode of expression her ...
... night or to - morrow morning ; and surely you do not call ten o'clock late . Besides , at all events - Better late , et cætera . " Here she condescended to look towards him , perhaps in order to see by what mode of expression her ...
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... night they liked each other so well , as to continue their discussions to the ex- clusion of all others ; and since nobody else spoke a word , the attention of the whole party became more and more ab- sorbed by them . Rupert , intent ...
... night they liked each other so well , as to continue their discussions to the ex- clusion of all others ; and since nobody else spoke a word , the attention of the whole party became more and more ab- sorbed by them . Rupert , intent ...
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... night . Ha ! Rupert ! You're fallen upon easy days and beds of roses , my man . In my time , the discipline of your university was another kind of story ; and I do assure you , a little more was expected of us , than just a Greek play ...
... night . Ha ! Rupert ! You're fallen upon easy days and beds of roses , my man . In my time , the discipline of your university was another kind of story ; and I do assure you , a little more was expected of us , than just a Greek play ...
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... night's occurrences , and hoping it might be the same man whom he had seen already , about whose character he predetermined there should be some- thing extraordinary , he made what haste he could in pursuit ; but all in vain ; and he ...
... night's occurrences , and hoping it might be the same man whom he had seen already , about whose character he predetermined there should be some- thing extraordinary , he made what haste he could in pursuit ; but all in vain ; and he ...
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... night , Sir- Mr. Mac - something - Maclean , I've a no- tion . " 66 " Mac - Eure , Mac - Eure , " said Hol- tofte , short and quick . Why , Mr. Ullesbey , you cannot be so intimate with the Cothelstons , as I took for granted . He is ...
... night , Sir- Mr. Mac - something - Maclean , I've a no- tion . " 66 " Mac - Eure , Mac - Eure , " said Hol- tofte , short and quick . Why , Mr. Ullesbey , you cannot be so intimate with the Cothelstons , as I took for granted . He is ...
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