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... But , though the curriculum was not entirely to his fancy , he was conscientious and did his best . There are answers that he gave in class that are quoted still , tangential flights that startled the listeners into 14 Tristrem Varick .
... But , though the curriculum was not entirely to his fancy , he was conscientious and did his best . There are answers that he gave in class that are quoted still , tangential flights that startled the listeners into 14 Tristrem Varick .
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... . trifle tired , I fancy . " stupid phrase got in my head He hesitated a moment , and H'm , " he went on , " I am a Mrs. Weldon looked suspiciously at the glasses at his side , but apparently they had not been so 24 Tristrem Varick .
... . trifle tired , I fancy . " stupid phrase got in my head He hesitated a moment , and H'm , " he went on , " I am a Mrs. Weldon looked suspiciously at the glasses at his side , but apparently they had not been so 24 Tristrem Varick .
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... I wish I deserved that , " she said . Tristrem began again with new courage . " It is like anything else , I fancy . I doubt if anyone , ignorant of difficulties overcome , ever appreciates a masterpiece . Tristrem Varick . 39.
... I wish I deserved that , " she said . Tristrem began again with new courage . " It is like anything else , I fancy . I doubt if anyone , ignorant of difficulties overcome , ever appreciates a masterpiece . Tristrem Varick . 39.
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... fancy . This , however , by the way . Mrs. Raritan was a woman who , in her youth , must have been very beautiful , and traces of that beauty she still preserved . When she spoke her voice endeared her to you , and in her manner there ...
... fancy . This , however , by the way . Mrs. Raritan was a woman who , in her youth , must have been very beautiful , and traces of that beauty she still preserved . When she spoke her voice endeared her to you , and in her manner there ...
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... fancy pictured him ; to a trick cheated the heart - in fact , to a phantom real existence outside of the imaginati perience a sinking more sickening than can convey . At the moment , the cra that is to herald an eternal silence appal ...
... fancy pictured him ; to a trick cheated the heart - in fact , to a phantom real existence outside of the imaginati perience a sinking more sickening than can convey . At the moment , the cra that is to herald an eternal silence appal ...
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Page 105 - No person having a husband, wife, child or parent, shall, by his or her last will and testament, devise or bequeath to any benevolent, charitable, literary, scientific, religious or missionary society, association or corporation, in trust or otherwise, more than one-half part of his or her estate, after the payment of his or her debts, and such devise or bequest shall be valid to the extent of one-half, and no more.
Page 106 - ... no such devise or bequest shall be valid in any will which shall not have been made and executed at least two months before the death of the testator.