The Recollections of Geoffry HamlynMacmillan and Company, 1860 - 433 pages |
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... MARY'S EXPEDITION • 116 CHAPTER XVII . EXODUS 129 CHAPTER XVIII . THE FIRST PUFF OF THE SOUTH WIND 135 • CHAPTER XIX . I HIRE A NEW HORSEBREAKER 142 CHAPTER XX . A WARM CHRISTMAS DAY . • 147 CHAPTER XXI . JIM STOCKBRIDGE BEGINS TO TAKE ...
... MARY'S EXPEDITION • 116 CHAPTER XVII . EXODUS 129 CHAPTER XVIII . THE FIRST PUFF OF THE SOUTH WIND 135 • CHAPTER XIX . I HIRE A NEW HORSEBREAKER 142 CHAPTER XX . A WARM CHRISTMAS DAY . • 147 CHAPTER XXI . JIM STOCKBRIDGE BEGINS TO TAKE ...
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... MARY HAWKER LOSES ONE OF HER OLDEST SWEETHEARTS . PAGE • • 154 159 174 · 182 CHAPTER XXV . IN WHICH THE NEW DEAN OF B MAKES HIS APPEARANCE , AND ASTONISHES THE MAJOR OUT OF HIS PROPRIETY · • CHAPTER XXVI . WHITE HEATHENS 195 • 204 ...
... MARY HAWKER LOSES ONE OF HER OLDEST SWEETHEARTS . PAGE • • 154 159 174 · 182 CHAPTER XXV . IN WHICH THE NEW DEAN OF B MAKES HIS APPEARANCE , AND ASTONISHES THE MAJOR OUT OF HIS PROPRIETY · • CHAPTER XXVI . WHITE HEATHENS 195 • 204 ...
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... MARY HAWKER HEARD THE NEWS 389 CHAPTER XLV . IN WHICH THERE ARE SOME ASTONISHING REVELATIONS WITH RE- GARD TO DR . MULHAUS AND CAPTAIN DESBOROUGH • CHAPTER XLVI . IN WHICH SAM MEETS WITH A SERIOUS ACCIDENT , AND GETS CRIPPLED FOR LIFE ...
... MARY HAWKER HEARD THE NEWS 389 CHAPTER XLV . IN WHICH THERE ARE SOME ASTONISHING REVELATIONS WITH RE- GARD TO DR . MULHAUS AND CAPTAIN DESBOROUGH • CHAPTER XLVI . IN WHICH SAM MEETS WITH A SERIOUS ACCIDENT , AND GETS CRIPPLED FOR LIFE ...
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... Mary . And his sister , Miss Thornton , a quiet good old maid , who had been a governess all her life , had come to live with him , so that he was now comfortably off , with the only two relations he cared about in the world staying ...
... Mary . And his sister , Miss Thornton , a quiet good old maid , who had been a governess all her life , had come to live with him , so that he was now comfortably off , with the only two relations he cared about in the world staying ...
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... Mary adored him ; the rest of the village disliked and dis- trusted him ; but she , with a strange perversity , loved him as it seldom falls to the lot of man to be loved - with her whole heart and soul . " I have brought you some ...
... Mary adored him ; the rest of the village disliked and dis- trusted him ; but she , with a strange perversity , loved him as it seldom falls to the lot of man to be loved - with her whole heart and soul . " I have brought you some ...
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