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... tone , . . . we emphatically pronounce it tender and true . " - Vanity Fair . " The moral is one of considerable power . " - Church Times . BONNIE LESLEY . BY MRS . H. MARTIN . 55 . " Spirited , interesting , refined , and humorous a ...
... tone , . . . we emphatically pronounce it tender and true . " - Vanity Fair . " The moral is one of considerable power . " - Church Times . BONNIE LESLEY . BY MRS . H. MARTIN . 55 . " Spirited , interesting , refined , and humorous a ...
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... tone , more than in her words , was hard to bear . But May was determined not to strike her colours . " Sunni- ness " was to be her ensign . " I think , mamma , that if Palmer and I were to set to work to take all the lace and trimming ...
... tone , more than in her words , was hard to bear . But May was determined not to strike her colours . " Sunni- ness " was to be her ensign . " I think , mamma , that if Palmer and I were to set to work to take all the lace and trimming ...
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... tones of the chief dressmaker . " What would be the best day ? " " We don't get away till eight in the evening , miss . From eight to eight . Those are our hours . We get an hour for dinner in the middle of the day , and half an hour ...
... tones of the chief dressmaker . " What would be the best day ? " " We don't get away till eight in the evening , miss . From eight to eight . Those are our hours . We get an hour for dinner in the middle of the day , and half an hour ...
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... tone which can better be imagined than described . " Yes , mamma , " May said , feeling her courage ebbing swiftly away . " You know Blanche always had them here once a week ; so I thought you would not mind . ” " But Blanche had them ...
... tone which can better be imagined than described . " Yes , mamma , " May said , feeling her courage ebbing swiftly away . " You know Blanche always had them here once a week ; so I thought you would not mind . ” " But Blanche had them ...
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... tone of refined courtesy in which the greeting was uttered , approached the bed and held out her little hand to the occupant . " I must explain how it is that I am here , " May said , her inbred delicacy of feeling leading her to ...
... tone of refined courtesy in which the greeting was uttered , approached the bed and held out her little hand to the occupant . " I must explain how it is that I am here , " May said , her inbred delicacy of feeling leading her to ...
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