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... surprised into reflecting that , while no other country was more naturally and bountifully favoured than his own , there was yet no other where the art of living was as vexatiously misunderstood . Of these impressions he said nothing ...
... surprised into reflecting that , while no other country was more naturally and bountifully favoured than his own , there was yet no other where the art of living was as vexatiously misunderstood . Of these impressions he said nothing ...
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... surprise and wonder of an inexperienced sensation ; he awoke with the con- sciousness of being in love , wholly , turbulently , absurdly in love with a girl to whom he had not addressed a single word . The general opinion to the ...
... surprise and wonder of an inexperienced sensation ; he awoke with the con- sciousness of being in love , wholly , turbulently , absurdly in love with a girl to whom he had not addressed a single word . The general opinion to the ...
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... surprise at the discovery waned , delight took its place . He saw her amber eyes , he recalled as she had crossed the room the indolent un- dulation of her hips , he breathed the atmosphere of health which she exhaled , and in his ears ...
... surprise at the discovery waned , delight took its place . He saw her amber eyes , he recalled as she had crossed the room the indolent un- dulation of her hips , he breathed the atmosphere of health which she exhaled , and in his ears ...
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... he went to Gramercy Park and drank tea there , not once , but four afternoons in succession , an excess of civility which surprised Mrs. Weldon C 2 Tristrem Varick . 35 if ever there were one. There was every reason ...
... he went to Gramercy Park and drank tea there , not once , but four afternoons in succession , an excess of civility which surprised Mrs. Weldon C 2 Tristrem Varick . 35 if ever there were one. There was every reason ...
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A Novel Edgar Saltus. succession , an excess of civility which surprised Mrs. Weldon not a little . That he should make an early visit of digestion was quite in the order of things , but when that visit was repeated again and again , Mrs ...
A Novel Edgar Saltus. succession , an excess of civility which surprised Mrs. Weldon not a little . That he should make an early visit of digestion was quite in the order of things , but when that visit was repeated again and again , Mrs ...
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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.