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... mind changed in regard to minor details and distributions of the trust . But the wise law was there , and there too were the wise lawyers . The decision was made in accordance with the statute , and the estate reverted to Tristrem , who ...
... mind changed in regard to minor details and distributions of the trust . But the wise law was there , and there too were the wise lawyers . The decision was made in accordance with the statute , and the estate reverted to Tristrem , who ...
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... mind , and in the growing it had assumed a variety of attractive attributes . He was , therefore , much pleased at the prospect of renewing his acquaintance with Fifth Avenue , and during the homeward journey he pictured to himself the ...
... mind , and in the growing it had assumed a variety of attractive attributes . He was , therefore , much pleased at the prospect of renewing his acquaintance with Fifth Avenue , and during the homeward journey he pictured to himself the ...
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... mind which , since the days of Stendhal , has been known as crystallization . When a man becomes interested in a woman , when he pictures her not as she really is , but as she seems to him as she ought to be , in fact - he experiences ...
... mind which , since the days of Stendhal , has been known as crystallization . When a man becomes interested in a woman , when he pictures her not as she really is , but as she seems to him as she ought to be , in fact - he experiences ...
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... mind which he chased indignantly . There was about the girl an aroma that was incompatible with coquetry . То " You would not , I am sure , have me think of you in the vox et præterea nihil style , " he replied . " To be candid , I ...
... mind which he chased indignantly . There was about the girl an aroma that was incompatible with coquetry . То " You would not , I am sure , have me think of you in the vox et præterea nihil style , " he replied . " To be candid , I ...
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... mind you , daguerreotypes won't do . There are any number of your ancestors strung along the walls of the Historical Society , and how many more you may have in that crypt of yours in Waverley Place , heaven only knows . Imprimis , if ...
... mind you , daguerreotypes won't do . There are any number of your ancestors strung along the walls of the Historical Society , and how many more you may have in that crypt of yours in Waverley Place , heaven only knows . Imprimis , if ...
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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.